Baby Islam Explained

Baby Islam
Native Name:বেবী ইসলাম
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Date:1931
Birth Name:Anwarul Islam
Birth Place:Murshidabad, Bengal, India
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Occupation:Cinematographer and film director
Spouse:Tandra Islam[1]
Children:1 including Joy Islam

Anwarul Islam (known as Baby Islam; 1931 – 24 May 2010) was an Indian and Bangladeshi cinematographer and film director. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography for the film (1975).[2]

Early life and education

Islam was born in 1931 in Murshidabad, West Bengal to Abdul Hossain Biswas and Motaharun Nessa. He went to a missionary school in Sealdah and moved to Cathedral Mission High School. He matriculated in 1945 before attending Bangabasi College, under the University of Calcutta.[3]

Career

Islam started his career as the assistant of Bengali film director Ajoy Kar.[4] In 1956, he joined as a senior photographer at the Information Department in Dhaka.[4] He served as the general manager of Film Development Corporation (FDC).[4]

Islam was the cinematographer of notable films including Harano Sur, Bor Didi, Saptapadi, Saat Paake Bandha and Kabuliwala. He worked with filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak on two films, Titash Ekti Nadir Naam and Jukti Takko Aar Gappo.[5]

He received the Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 for his outstanding contribution to the Bangladeshi Film Industry.[6]

Filmography

Cinematographer
Director

Notes and References

  1. News: The story behind a movie . The Daily Star . 2013-01-05.
  2. Web site: http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২ . bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) . bn . List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012) . 25 March 2019 . Bangladesh Film Development Corporation . Government of Bangladesh.
  3. News: Baby Islam's 5th death anniversary today . The Daily Observer . 2015-05-24.
  4. News: We Lost This Year . The Daily Star . 2010-12-31 . 2019-04-07.
  5. News: http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-05-27/news/66216 . bn:অনেক বড় একটি জায়গা শূন্য হলো . A Space is void . bn . Prothom Alo . 2010-05-27 . 2019-04-07 .
  6. News: Meril-Prothom Alo Award ceremony held . The Daily Star . 2009-04-11.
  7. News: Revisiting 'Kabori Road' . The Daily Star . 2021-04-18.
  8. News: Ekatoorer Jishu (Jesus'71): A great cinematic tale reminding us of the secular spirit of the Liberation War . Dhaka Tribune . 2019-12-24.
  9. Book: Gazdar, Mushtaq . Mushtaq Gazdar . 1997 . Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 . Oxford University Press . 253 . 0-19-577817-0.