Sheikh Niamat Ali


Sheikh Niamat Ali was a Bangladeshi film director. 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.

Career

In 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. It was the first film made with a Bangladesh government grant.

Filmography

Surja Dighal Bari Dahan

Awards

  • Chalachchitram Award 2004