Jalsaghar : The music room /

A declining nobleman sits in his once-great house, now decaying and reminisces on his past life and his great parties as well as the loss of his son and wife. His inability to adapt to and cope with changing times has made him into a recluse. He gives one last party, tosses away all his money and di...

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Uniform Title:Jalasāgara (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Satyajit Ray Productions, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, Biswas, Sachindranath, 1900-1962, Basu, Gaṅgāpada, 1910-1971, Sarkar, Kali, Bandyopādhyāẏa, Tārāśaṅkara, 1898-1971
Format: Video VHS
Language:Bengali
Language Notes:In Bengali with English subtitles.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1997]
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Summary:A declining nobleman sits in his once-great house, now decaying and reminisces on his past life and his great parties as well as the loss of his son and wife. His inability to adapt to and cope with changing times has made him into a recluse. He gives one last party, tosses away all his money and dies in a fall from a horse.
Item Description:Title and publication information from cassette label and container.
"A Sony Pictures Classics release"--Cassette label.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
From the story: Jalsaghar / by Tarasankar Banerjee.
A foreign film (India).
Digitally mastered.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (approximately 100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS hi-fi.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Subrata Mitra ; editor, Dulai Dutta ; music, Vilayat Khan.
ISBN:0800180089 :