Tanju Miah (Bengali: তানজু মিয়া) is a 2006 British short documentary film directed and written by Sadik Ahmed.
Seven-year-old Tanju Miah has been forced to fend for himself after his mother abandoned him – apparently, she was badly shaken up after getting beaten by her husband.
[5] Mark Dening of The New York Times said of Tanju Miah, "the uncharitable realities of his existence are never far away as he struggles to hold on to his hope and his dignity in the face of long odds.
"[1] British Council Film said, "Director Sadik Ahmed uses a series of graceful scenes to build a psychologically complex portrait of a child who might otherwise disappear into statistics.
"[6] In Sadik's following film The Last Thakur, Tanju Miah, narrated and played the role of the young orphan Waris who earns a living serving in a tea hut.