Aha! (film)

Aha! (Bengali: আহা!) is a 2007 Bangladeshi film, directed and written by Enamul Karim Nirjhar, produced by Faridur Reza Sagar, Impress Telefilm. It was the first film by Enamul Karim Nirjhar and he won the National Film Award 2007 as Best Director and other 3 categories for best cinematography, best editing and best song Lukochuri Lukochuri Golpo by Fahmida Nabi. He worked with Impress Telefilm for first time.[1]

Aha!
DVD cover
Directed byEnamul Karim Nirjhar
Produced byFaridur Reza Sagar
Written byEnamul Karim Nirjhar
Starring
Music byDebojyoti Misra
CinematographySaiful Islam Badal
Edited byArghakamal Mitra
Distributed byImpress Telefilm
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

Plot

Mr. Mallik (Tariq Anam Khan) lives in a house about a hundred years old, at the old part of Dhaka city. Real estate companies frequent around his house at Old Dhaka as they construct multiple apartments. Mr. Malik is also provided with an offer, to have his house demolished and the conpanies would construct an apartment in its place. This brings Mr. Malik to a point of dilemma. Meanwhile, her daughter, Ruba returns from the United States with her 6 year old daughter, after being abused by her husband. Hearing about the offer of demolishing their house from her father, she opposes.

Ruba reminisces her memories around the house as she moves from one room to another. All on a sudden, she comes across a piece of red cloth in the balcony next door. It turns out to be a men's underwear owned by their next door neighbor, Kislu (Humayun Faridi), who has the habit of wearing different colored underwears for each day of the week. Ruba finds this funny and eventually, gets close with Kislu as they start spending more and more time together.

Soleman (Fazlur Rahman Babu), who has committed a murder in his ealier life, is now working as a security guard at Mr. Mallik's house. He often gets involved in fights with the local goons. As Mr. Malik comes to know about the relation between Ruba and Kislu, he plans on breaking them up and rescuing his daughter. Stories entangle when Kislu is found murdered.

Starring

Awards

Aha! won National Film Award 2007 in Six categories:[1]

  • Best Director: Enamul Karim Nirjhar
  • Best Female Singer: Fahmida Nabi
  • Best Cinematography: Saiful Islam Badal
  • Best Editing: Arghakamal Mitra
  • Best Film: Impress Telefilm
  • Best Story: Enamul Karim Nirjhar

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.[2]

References
  1. Kamol, Ershad (2 September 2008). "Enamul Karim Nirjhar: Winner of National Film Award 2007". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. "Aha! to represent Bangladesh at the Oscars". The Daily Star. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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