Jalsaghar
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| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Produced by | Satyajit Ray Productions |
| Screenplay by | Satyajit Ray |
| Based on | Short story Jalsaghar by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay |
| Starring | Chhabi Biswas Padma Devi Pinaki Sen Gupta Gangapada Bose Tulsi Lahari Kali Sarkar Ustad Waheed Khan Roshan Kumari Begum Akhtar |
| Music by | Vilayat Khan |
| Cinematography | Subrata Mitra |
| Editing by | Dulal Dutta |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (In US) |
| Release date(s) | 1958 |
| Running time | 100 Mins |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Bengali |
Jalsaghar [1] [2] (Bengali: জলসাঘর, English: The Music Room) is the fourth feature film directed by Satyajit Ray. The shooting of the film was done at Nimtita Raajbari, in Nimtita Village, 10 kilometers away from Murshidabad. Jalsaghar is a narration of the end days of a Zamindar in Bengal. The landlord, Roy (Chhabi Biswas), is a just but other-worldly man who loves to spend time listening to music and putting up spectacles rather than managing his fields ravaged by floods and the abolition of zamindari system by the Indian Government. He is challenged by a commoner who has attained riches through business dealings, in putting up spectacles and organizing music fests. This is the tale of a zamindar who has nothing left but respect, and sacrifices his family and wealth in trying to retain it.
[edit] Cast
- Chhabi Biswas - Biswambhar Roy
- Padma Devi - Mahamaya, Roy's wife
- Pinaki Sen Gupta - Khoka, Roy's son
- Gangapada Bose - Mahim Ganguly, Neighbour
- Tulsi Lahari - Manager of Roy's estate
- Kali Sarkar - Ananta, Roy's servant
- Ustad Waheed Khan - Ustad Ujir Khan, Singer
- Roshan Kumari - Krishna Bai, The dancer
- Begum Akhtar - Durga Bai, Singer
[edit] Other credits
- Music & Dance performances
- (On screen) - Begum Akhtar, Roshan Kumari, Ustad Waheed Khan, Bismillah Khan
- (Off screen) - Dakhshinamohan Thakur, Ashish Kumar, Robin Mazumdar, Imrat Khan
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