The Music Room ( Jalsaghar )

The Music Room (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Original Title: Jalsaghar
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Moscow International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Bengali ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
India ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Satyajit Ray

Written By:
Satyajit Ray
Tarashankar Banerjee (novel)

Actors:
Bismillah Khan ..... Musician
Chhabi Biswas ..... Huzur Biswambhar Roy
Gangapada Basu ..... Mahim Ganguly
Kali Sarkar ..... Roy's Servant
Padmadevi ..... Mahamaya, Roy's wife (as Padma Devi)
Pinaki Sengupta ..... Khoka, Roy's Son
Roshan Kumari ..... Krishna Bai, dancer
Salamat Ali Khan ..... Khyal singer
Sardar Akhtar ..... Singer
Tulsi Chakraborty ..... Manager of Roy's Estate
Tulsi Lahiri ..... Manager of Roy's Estate
Waheed Khan ..... Ustad Ujir Khan

Synopsis:

Biswambhar Roy is a zamindar (landlord) and the last of his kind. With the title, he has none of the perquisites, inheriting diminishing lands that are being eroded by the neighbouring river. But he must maintain the lifestyle of his heritage. This ostentation is most apparent in the grandest room of his mansion, the music room. Here he imports the finest musicians and dancers to perform, and invites the area's most important commoners. His wife's entreaties to control spending are ignored, and the puberty party he throws for his son bring him down to the last few sacks of family jewels. Then, struck by tragedy, he locks the music room and slips into lethargy - until a final grand soiree consumes the last of his funds.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 27 April, 2009.

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