''Surja Dighal Bari'' (''The Ominous House'') is a 1979 Bangladeshi

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

directed and produced by

Sheikh Niamat Ali Sheikh Niamat Ali (30 April 1940 – 24 November 2003) was a Bangladeshi film director. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director in 1979, 1985 and 1995 for all the three feature films he ever made - '' Surja Dighal Bari'', ''Dahan' ...

and

Masihuddin Shaker Masihuddin Shaker is a Bangladeshi film director and writer. In 1979, he won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film ''Surja Dighal Bari''. Background Shaker studied architecture at Bangladesh University of Engineering ...

. The screenplay was based on

Abu Ishaque Abu Bashar Mohammad Ishaque ( bn, আবু ইসহাক; 1 November 1926 – 2003) was a Bangladeshi novelist. Early life Ishaque was born in the village of Shirangal in Naria, Faridpur District (now in Shariatpur District) on 1 November 192 ...

's 1955 novel of the same title. It was the first film made from the

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grant. The film was first released in a theater in

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. The film won

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in 7 categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress. It also won five international awards, including

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and Portugal Film Society.

Cast

Dolly Anwar Dolly Anwar (; 1 July 1948 – 3 July 1991) was a Bangladeshi stage, television and film actress and writer and editor of ''Saatdin'' magazine. She was awarded Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film ''Surjo Dighol ...

as Jaigun *

Rawshan Jamil Rawshan Jamil (8 May 1931 – 14 May 2002) was a Bangladeshi actress and dancer. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in the dance category in 1995 and Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film '' Noyonmoni'' ( ...

as Shafi's mother * Sitara Begum as Lalu's Mother *

ATM Shamsuzzaman Abu Taher Mohammad Shamsuzzaman ( bn, আবু তাহের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জ়ামান; 10 September 1941 – 20 February 2021), better known as known as ATM Shamsuzzaman, was a Bangladeshi film and telev ...

as Jobed Fakir *

Elora Gohor Elora Gahar is a Bangladeshi film and television actress. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Child Artist for the film '' Surja Dighal Bari'' (1979). Selected films and drama * '' Surja Dighal Bari'' - 1979 * '' Gangchil'' - 1980 * ...

as Maymun

Response

Film critic

Ahmed Muztaba Zamal Ahmed Muztaba Zamal is a Bangladeshi film critic. He is editor of ''Celluloid'', a quarterly film magazine, and is director of the Dhaka International Film Festival. Biography Zamal first attended a film festival, the Munich Film Festival, in 199 ...

, writing in ''

Cinemaya ''Cinemaya'' (a blend of ''cinema'' and ''maya'' (illusion)) is a film magazine established in 1988 devoted exclusively to coverage of Asian film. It is published in New Delhi, India and distributed internationally. The present editor-in-chief o ...

'' in 2000, named ''Surja Dighal Bari'' as one of the top twelve films from Bangladesh. Writing in 2010, scholar of Asian cinema

Zakir Hossain Raju Zakir Hossain Raju is a Bangladeshi film director. Besides film-making, he is also a story writer, screenplay and dialogue writer. He won three National Film Awards for the films ''Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na'' (2010) and ''Moner Moto Manush P ...

called it "one of the best films ever made in Bangladesh".

Awards

;Bangladesh National Film Awards *

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* Best Screenplay * Best Cinematography * Best Editing * Best Child Artist * Best Child Artist (special)

References

External links

* {{Bachsas Award for Best Film Bengali-language Bangladeshi films 1970s Bengali-language films Best Film Bachsas Award winners Best Film National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Films whose writer won the Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) Government of Bangladesh grants films