SATYAJIT RAY'S POWERFUL TRAGIC DRAMA A CORNERSTONE OF THE MONUMENTAL DIRECTOR'S CAREER With The Music Room (Jalsaghar), SATYAJIT RAY (Pather Panchali) brilliantly evokes the crumbling opulence of the world of a fallen aristocrat (the beloved actor CHHABI BISWAS) desperately clinging to his way of life. His greatest joy is the music room in which he has hosted lavish concerts over the years now a shadow of its former vivid self. An incandescent depiction of the clash between tradition and modernity, and a showcase for some of India's most popular musicians of the day,... The Music Room is a defining work by the great Bengali filmmaker. Special Features: New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Satyajit Ray (1984), a feature documentary by Shyam Benegal that chronicles Ray's career and includes interviews with the filmmaker, family photographs, and extensive clips from his films New interview with filmmaker Mira Nair New interview in which Ray biographer Andrew Robinson discusses the making of The Music Room and the film's cultural significance Excerpt from a 1981 French roundtable discussion with Ray, film critic Michel Ciment, and filmmaker Claude Sautet New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp as well as reprints of a 1963 essay by Ray and a 1986 interview with the director about the film's music [show more]
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Satyajit Ray directs this Bengali drama starring Chhabi Biswas and Gangapada Basu. The film follows the story of aristocrat Huzur Biswamghar Roy (Biswas) who has recently fallen on hard times. Roy prides himself in living a lavish lifestyle and shows off his wealth at every opportunity. Although his assets are dwindling due to his reckless spending, Roy refuses to admit defeat and decides to sell some of his family jewels in order to throw an extravagent party in his beloved music room.
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