Sheikh Niamat Ali (30 April 1940 – 24 November 2003)[1] was a Bangladeshi film director.[2] He won the 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 Anyajiban respectively.[1][3]
Sheikh Niamat Ali | |
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| Born | 30 April 1940 |
| Died | 24 November 2003 (aged 63) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | Calcutta University |
| Occupation | Film director |
Career
editIn 1977, Ali and his co-director Masihuddin Shaker started shooting the film Surja Dighal Bari. The film was based on a novel by Abu Ishaque about the rural people in the 1950s. It won five international awards, including the Mannheim Film Festival and the Portugal Film Society.[4] It was the first film made with a Bangladesh government grant.[1]
Filmography
edit- Surja Dighal Bari (1979)
- Dahan (1985)
- Anya Jibon (1995)
Awards
edit- Chalachchitram Award 2004[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Sabbir Chowdhury (December 11, 2003). "Homage to Salahuddin and Sheikh Niamat Ali, filmmakers : Bangladesh loses two great exponents of film art". The Daily Star. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ^ "Sheikh Niamat Ali". The Daily Star. November 24, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ^ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Government of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Did you know?". The Daily Star. June 13, 2005. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
- ^ Jamil Mahmud (November 24, 2007). "Tanvir Mokammel receives 'Chalachchitram Padak'". The Daily Star. Retrieved January 11, 2016.