Aha! (film)
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Directed by | Enamul Karim Nirjhar |
Written by | Enamul Karim Nirjhar |
Produced by | Faridur Reza Sagar |
Starring | Humayun Faridi Tarik Anam Khan Fazlur Rahman Babu Shahidul Islam Shachhu Shathi Yasmin Ferdaus (Guest) Pragja Laboni Khaled Khan Gazi Rakayet |
Cinematography | Saiful Islam Badal |
Edited by | Arghakamal Mitra |
Music by | Debajyoti Misra |
Distributed by | Impress Telefilm Ltd. |
Release date | 2007 |
Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bengali |
Aha! (Bengali: আহা!) is a 2007 Bangladeshi film, directed by Enamul Karim Nirjhar. It was the first film directed by Nirjhar. He won the National Film Award 2007 for Best Direction for Aha!.
Plot
Mr. Mallik (Tarik Anam) lives in an about 100 years' old house. There are constructions developed by Real Estate companies around his house at Old Dhaka. They offers him to deminish his old house and build apartment instead. But, he is confused to decide. At that time, his daughter Ruba comes back from USA with her 6 years old child, being tortured by her husband. She was against of deminishing the house. Ruba moves from house to house, she remembers memories with the old house. One day, she finds a red cloth at the next door balcony. That's an underwear. 7 colors colors of underwears of neighbor Kislu (Humayun Faridi), different color every weekday. Ruba gets interested and starts to move out regularly with Kislu. She gets involved to a relationship with Kislu. Stranger Soleman (Fazlur Rahman Babu), who has committed murder in previous life is now working as a guard of Mallik's house. He often gets involved in fight with local boys. When Mr. Mallik knew about Ruba and Kislu he tried to fetch his daughter from Kislu. Kislu was murdered.
Starring
- Humayun Faridi as Kislu
- Tarik Anam Khan as Mr. Mallik
- Fazlur Rahman Babu as Soleman
- Shahidul Islam Shachhu as Rafik
- Shathi Yasmin
- Ferdaus (Guest)
- Pragja Laboni
- Khaled Khan
- Gazi Rakayet
Awards
Aha! won National Film Award 2007 in four catagories:[citation needed]
- Best Director: Enamul Karim Nirjhar
- Best Female Singer: Fahmida Nabi
- Best Cinematography: Saiful Islam Badal
- Best Editing: Arghakamal Mitra
Aha! was viewed in many international film festivals in Cairo, Dubai, Munich. It also got the National Nomination from Bangladesh for the 81st Academy Awards in the foreign language film category.[citation needed]
External links
References
- Enamul Karim Nirjhar: Winner of National Film Award 2007; The Daily Star [1]
- “Aha!” to represent Bangladesh at the Oscars; The Daily Star [2]