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{{Infobox person
| name = Baby Islam
| native_name = বেবী ইসলাম
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = 1931
| birth_name = Anwarul Islam
| birth_place = [[Murshidabad]], [[Bengal]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|05|24|1931}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| other_names =
| occupation = Cinematographer and film director
| spouse = Tanda Islam<ref>{{cite news |title=The story behind a movie |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-263838 |work=The Daily Star |date=2013-01-05}}</ref>
}}

'''Anwarul Islam''' (known as '''Baby Islam'''; 1931 – 24 May 2010)<ref name="obs24May2015" /><ref name="lost" /> was a Bangladeshi cinematographer and film director. He won the [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography]] for the film ''[[Charitraheen (film)|Charitraheen]]'' (1975).<ref name=nfa>{{cite web |url=http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২ |script-title=bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) |language=bn |trans-title=List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012) |access-date=25 March 2019 |work=Bangladesh Film Development Corporation |publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref>

==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]].<ref name="obs24May2015">{{cite news |title=Baby Islam's 5th death anniversary today |url=https://www.observerbd.com/2015/05/24/90418.php |work=The Daily Observer |date=2015-05-24}}</ref>

==Career==
Islam started his career as the assistant of Bengali film director [[Ajoy Kar]].<ref name="lost">{{Cite news |title=We Lost This Year |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-168129 |work=The Daily Star |date=2010-12-31 |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> In 1956, he joined as a senior photographer at the Information Department in [[Dhaka]].<ref name=lost/> He served as the general manager of [[Bangladesh Film Development Corporation|Film Development Corporation]] (FDC).<ref name=lost/>

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]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-05-27/news/66216 |script-title=bn:অনেক বড় একটি জায়গা শূন্য হলো |trans-title=A Space is void |language=bn |work=Prothom Alo |date=2010-05-27 |access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref>

He received the [[Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2009 for his outstanding contribution to the Bangladeshi Film Industry.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meril-Prothom Alo Award ceremony held |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-83741 |work=The Daily Star |date=2009-04-11}}</ref>

==Filmography==
;Cinematographer
* ''Barjatri'' (1951, assistant camera)
* ''[[Harano Sur]]'' (1957, assistant cinematographer)
* ''[[Akash Ar Mati]]'' (1959)<ref name=lost />
* ''Surja Snan'' (1962)<ref name=lost />
* ''[[Nawab Sirajuddaula (film)|Nawab Sirajuddaula]]'' (1967)<ref name=lost />
* ''[[Nil Akasher Niche]]'' (1969)<ref name=lost />
* ''[[Ka Kha Ga Gha Umo]]'' (1970)<ref>{{cite news |title=Revisiting 'Kabori Road' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/revisiting-kabori-road-2079501 |work=The Daily Star |date=2021-04-18}}</ref>
* ''[[Titash Ekti Nadir Naam]]'' (1973)<ref name=lost />
* ''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]]'' (1974/1977)
* ''[[Charitraheen (film)|Charitraheen]]'' (1975)<ref name=nfa />
* ''Noyoner Alo'' (1984)<ref name=lost />
* ''Obhijan'' (1984)<ref name=nfa />
* ''Premik'' (1985)<ref name=nfa />
* ''Bor Didi''
* ''Saptapadi''
* ''Saat Paake Bandha''
* ''Kabuliwala''
* ''[[Ekattorer Jishu]]'' (''Jesus '71'')<ref>{{cite news |title=Ekatoorer Jishu (Jesus'71): A great cinematic tale reminding us of the secular spirit of the Liberation War |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2019/12/24/ekatoorer-jishu-jesus-71-a-great-cinematic-tale-reminding-us-of-the-secular-spirit-of-the-liberation-war |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=2019-12-24}}</ref>

;Director
*''Tanha'' (1964)<ref>{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=253 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
*''[[Charitraheen (film)|Charitraheen]]'' (1975)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0411256}}

{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography}}
{{Meril Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award}}
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[[Category:Best Cinematographer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners]]
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