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Jalsaghar (The Music Room)
| Year | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Producer | Satyajit Ray Productions |
| Screenplay | Satyajit Ray |
| Based on | The short story Jalsaghar by Tarasankar Banerjee |
| Photography | Subrata Mitra |
| Editor | Dulal Dutta |
| Art Director | Bansi Chandragupta |
| Music | Vilayat Khan |
| Sound | Durgadas Mitra |
| Length | 100 min. |
| Black & White |
Cast:
| Huzur Biswambhar Roy | Chhabi Biswas |
|---|---|
| Mahamaya | Padma Devi |
| Khoka | Pinaki Sen Gupta |
| Mahim Ganguly | Gangapada Bose |
| Taraprasanna | Tulsi Lahari |
| Anantra | Kali Sarkar |
| Ustad Ujir Khan | Ustad Waheed Khan |
| Krishna Bai | Roshan Kumari |
The action occurs in a palace in Nimitia, in Bengal, at the beginning of the century. On his terrace, smoking a hookah, the zamindar has his memory stirred by the sound of some music from the coming of age ceremony of his neighbor's son. He recalls his own son's initiation and the recitals in his salon to which he invited the finest musicians, the most beautiful singers, the greatest dancers. Now his wife and his son are dead and his status as an important landowner has declined. Goaded by his neighbor, an arrogant pretender who boasts of his taste in music, the zamindar opens his salon once again and ruins himself with a final recital. He savors the music. He savors his victory and toasts his ancestors. At dawn, he departs on his horse and leaves this elegant world behind.
The original negative of this film was lost in a fire.
