Enamul Karim Nirjhar

Enamul Karim Nirjhar, architect and filmmaker, was born in Rajshahi, a district of Bangladesh. From the earlier period of his life he had the passion for searching new ways of doing things. he is known for his use of contemporary themes, complexities of modern times and the social issues in his films. He changed different professions like graphic design, photography, interior design and architecture and then he started his journey as a filmmaker. He primarily finds inspiration for his films from the contemporary reality that we live in. Nirjhar had his first solo art exhibition 1978, organized by Bangladesh parishad, an agency of information ministry of Bangladesh government at a young age. after this successful exhibition he got inspired and concentrated on art and photography. initially he made a few documentaries like the shadow gap (2003) about the comparison of the culture and spiritual difference between people of east and west, once upon a time!(2004), the architect (2005), and others then stepped in to make his first feature film aha in 2007 where he was the writer, director, lyricist and producer. as a source of inspiration the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971 had a deep impact on his mind which later on had a lasting impact on his creative journey in the later years. feature films: aha! (2007) was based on the alienation of people in a society on the verge of massively aggressive urbanization. It won national award in 4 categories best director, cinematography, editing and best song and traveled to different film festivals like, Dubai film festival, munich, cairo, and kolkata etc. it also got the national nomination from Bangladesh for the 81st academy awards. nomuna-the example (2009) is a social satire based upon the twisted political reality of bangladesh.