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. Jump to: navigation, search Satyajit Ray (Bangla:সত্যজিত্‍ রায়) (May 2, 1921 - April 23, 1992) was an Academy Award winning Indian film director whose films are perhaps the greatest testament to Bengali and Indian cinema. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Satyajit Ray (Bangla:সত্যজিত্‍ রায়) (May 2, 1921 - April 23, 1992) was an Academy Award winning Indian film director whose films are perhaps the greatest testament to Bengali and Indian cinema. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... Bosley Crowther (July 13, 1905 – March 7, 1981) was an American film critic. ... Jump to: navigation, search Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942, Urbana, Illinois) is a film critic who writes for the Chicago Sun-Times; his reviews are syndicated to over 200 newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. ...

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Roger Ebert: The Great Movies II, 2005, Broadway Books. Jump to: navigation, search Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942, Urbana, Illinois) is a film critic who writes for the Chicago Sun-Times; his reviews are syndicated to over 200 newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. ...

Andrew Robinson: Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye, 2nd Ed., 2004, I.B. Tauris Books. Andrew (Andy) Robinson born February 14, 1942 at New York City, New York, is an American actor best known for his role as the serial-killer Scorpio in Dirty Harry - a role which he played so convincingly, he found himself typecast as a psycho, and could get little acting work. ...

External link

• Jalsaghar (SatyajitRay.org)