Jalsaghar
Original title Jalsaghar (The music room)
Year 1958
Duration 100 minutes
Country India
Director Satyajit Ray
Screenplay Satyajit Ray
Music Ustad Vilayt Khan
Photography (B & W) Subrata Mitra
Production Cast Chabi Biswas, Ganga Pada Basu, Pinaki Sen Gupta, Kali Sarkar, Tulsi Lahari, Padma Devi Satyajit Ray.
Genre Drama
Biswambhar Roy is a rajah, the last descendant of an ancient and aristocratic caste, which is ruined. Patron of the arts and lover of music, decided to give one last big concert in his home.
The filmmaker Satyajit Ray takes this story to compare two social classes: an aristocracy under threat of extinction and an emerging bourgeoisie interested only in money and not culture.
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