Jalsaghar

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Jalsaghar is a 1958 Bengali drama film by Satyajit Ray that poignantly portrays the decline of a feudal landlord clinging to his past glory through music and lavish gatherings.

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Jalsaghar canonical 3
short story "Jalsaghar" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bengali-language film
Indian film
drama film
film
basedOn Jalsaghar self-linksurface differs
surface form: short story "Jalsaghar"
basedOnWorkAuthor Taraknath Gangopadhyay
centralMotif lavish musical gatherings
music
cinematographyBy Subrata Mitra
countryOfOrigin India
director Satyajit Ray
editedBy Dulal Dutta
filmMovement parallel cinema
genre drama
social drama
hasFilmFormat black-and-white
hasTitleInEnglish The Music Room
mainCharacter Biswambhar Roy
mainCharacterOccupation zamindar
medium feature film
musicBy Robin Majumdar
Ustad Vilayat Khan
narrativeTheme clinging to past glory
decline of feudal aristocracy
social change
notableFor exploration of class and status
portrayal of a decaying zamindari household
use of Indian classical music
originalLanguage Bengali
partOfFilmographyOf Satyajit Ray
portrays conflict between tradition and modernity
erosion of wealth and power
feudal landlord
producedBy Satyajit Ray
producedIn West Bengal
recognizedAs classic of Indian cinema
major work of Satyajit Ray
releaseDecade 1950s
releaseYear 1958
screenplayBy Satyajit Ray
setting rural Bengal
stars Chhabi Biswas
Gangapada Basu
Padma Devi
Tulsi Lahiri
timePeriod early 20th century
writer Satyajit Ray

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Satyajit Ray notableWork Jalsaghar
Bengali cinema hasNotableFilm Jalsaghar
Jalsaghar basedOn Jalsaghar self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: short story "Jalsaghar"
Chhabi Biswas notableWork Jalsaghar