![]() In the next year, this film was selected for the National Film Awards. Also his famous short story named " Ranir Ghater Brittanto " was screen played as " Faltu "(2006) in Bengali language. His novels Nishimrigaya (1970) and Krishna Bari Fereni (1980) have been filmed in Bengali. He also won the Narasimha Das Memorial Award for his novel Amartya Premkatha (1988). His best known novel is Mythical Man ( Aleek Manush), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1994), the Bankim Puraskar, and has been translated into eleven Indian languages. His first novel is Neel Gharer Nati (1966), it is about a village performer forced into the profession by her father, it received critical acclaim. His short stories "Uro pakhir Chhaya", "Manusher Janma", "Ranabhumi", "Rakter Pratyasha", "Maati", "Goghna", and "Mrityur Ghora" immediately attracted Bengali readers and intellectuals. He wrote around 150 novels and 300 short stories. He joined a Bengali daily newspaper and worked as a journalist for years. "Inti, pisi o ghatbabu", "Bhalobasa o down train" (his first story that was published in Desh, 1962), "Hizal Biler Rakhalera" and "Taranginir Chokh" brought fame for him. Later he came to Kolkata and entered the world of serious writings and immediately became famous for his short stories. He turned to writing poetry and short stories. One day he got tired of this life and felt he had a wider life spreading around him. These experiences would influence his later writing. In those days, he used to perform whole nights and sleep during the day. He traveled rural West Bengal including the districts of Murshidabad, Malda, Burdwan, Birbhum and also performed in Kolkata. In his youth he was involved with Leftist politics and was active with the folk drama group Aalkaap for six years (1950–56) where he played the flute and was a teacher of folk dance and drama. His mother who wrote poetry was influential. He grew up in a home with a strong literary background surrounded by books and familiarity with several languages including Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit. Syed Mustafa Siraj was born in a village named Khoshbaspur in the district of Murshidabad in 1930. He is the creator of the detective character Colonel Niladri Sarkar a.k.a. In 2005, his short story "Ranirghater Brittanto" was made into the film Faltu by Anjan Das. ![]() In 1994, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Mythical Man ( Aleek Manush), considered his most lauded work. Syed Mustafa Siraj (14 October 1930 – 4 September 2012) was an eminent Indian writer. Sahitya Akademi, Bankim Puraskar, Bhuyalka Puraskar, Ananda Puraskar Writer (essayist, novelist, story writer) ![]()
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