Jalsaghar

Jalsaghar (1958), known in the U.S. and Europe as The Music Room, is the 4th feature film directed by Satyajit Ray. Based on a short story by Bengali writer Tarasankar Banerjee, the film is a detailed dramatic study of the last days of a zamindar - a semi-feudal landlord in Bengal. Told with a detail and sense of empathy that typified Ray's films, Jalsaghar drew high praise internationally (Bosley Crowther in The New York Times, Derek Malcom in The Guardian), and is discussed in the second volume of Roger Ebert's Great Movies as a landmark film in global cinema.

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1958: 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar....

Bengali: Bengali is an adjective and noun that may refer to the following:...

Zamindar: Zamindar, also know as Zamindari, or the Zamindari System, is a variant on the feudal system, introduced by the Mughals to collect taxes from peasants. The practice was continued under British rule. After independence, however, the system was abolished in India and East Pakistan (present day Banglad...