Aha! (film)

Aha!
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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 Yasmin Bilkis Sathi Ferdaus (Guest) Pragja Laboni Khaled Khan Gazi Rakayet
Cinematography	Saiful Islam Badal
Edited by	Arghakamal Mitra
Music by	Debojyoti Misra
Distributed by	Impress Telefilm
Release date	June 2007 (2007-06) (Munich Film Festival)[1]
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

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 three other categories for best cinematography, best editing and best song Lukochuri Lukochuri Golpo by Fahmida Nabi. He worked with Impress Telefilm for first time.^[2]

Plot

Mr. Mallik 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 companies 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 six-year-old son, after being abused by her husband. Hearing about the offer of demolishing their house from her father, she opposes it.^{[citation needed]}

Ruba reminisces her memories around the house as she moves from one room to another. On a balcony, she comes across a man's red underwear owned by their next-door neighbor, Kislu, who wears a different color of underwear each day of the week. Ruba is amused by this and eventually bonds with Kislu.^{[citation needed]}

Soleman, who murdered someone earlier in his life, now works as a security guard at Mr. Mallik's house. He often has fights with the local goons. When Mr. Malik discovers about the relationship between Ruba and Kislu, he plans to separate them and rescue his daughter. When Kislu is murdered, the plot becomes more complicated. ^{[citation needed]}

Starring

• Humayun Faridi as Kislu
• Tariq Anam Khan as Mr. Mallik
• Fazlur Rahman Babu as Soleman
• Shahidul Alam Sachchu as Rafik
• Yasmin Bilkis Sathi
• Ferdous (guest)
• Pragya Labonii
• Khaled Khan
• Gazi Rakayet

Awards

Aha! won National Film Award 2007 in six categories:^[2]

• 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.^[3]

References

1. ""Aha" screened at three international film festivals". 27 December 2007.
2. Kamol, Ershad (2 September 2008). "Enamul Karim Nirjhar: Winner of National Film Award 2007". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
3. "Aha! to represent Bangladesh at the Oscars". The Daily Star. 13 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

External links

• Aha! at IMDb