Jalsaghar
E165973
Jalsaghar is a 1958 Bengali drama film by Satyajit Ray that poignantly portrays the decline of a feudal landlord clinging to his past glory through music and lavish gatherings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jalsaghar canonical | 3 |
| short story "Jalsaghar" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1436860 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jalsaghar Context triple: [Satyajit Ray, notableWork, Jalsaghar]
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A.
Kapalkundala
Kapalkundala is a classic 19th-century Bengali novel renowned for its romantic and spiritual themes, written by pioneering Indian author Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
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B.
Saundarya Lahari
Saundarya Lahari is a revered Sanskrit devotional and philosophical poem in Hinduism that celebrates the divine feminine, particularly the goddess Tripura Sundari, through intricate metaphysical and tantric imagery.
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C.
Palashi
Palashi is a town in West Bengal, India, historically renowned as the site of the pivotal 1757 Battle of Plassey that marked the beginning of major British colonial dominance in India.
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D.
Amar Kutir
Amar Kutir is a handicrafts cooperative and cultural center near Santiniketan in West Bengal, India, known for its traditional Bengali arts, crafts, and rural development heritage.
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E.
Gajanana
Gajanana is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, emphasizing his elephant-faced form and role as the remover of obstacles and bestower of wisdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jalsaghar Target entity description: Jalsaghar is a 1958 Bengali drama film by Satyajit Ray that poignantly portrays the decline of a feudal landlord clinging to his past glory through music and lavish gatherings.
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A.
Kapalkundala
Kapalkundala is a classic 19th-century Bengali novel renowned for its romantic and spiritual themes, written by pioneering Indian author Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
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B.
Saundarya Lahari
Saundarya Lahari is a revered Sanskrit devotional and philosophical poem in Hinduism that celebrates the divine feminine, particularly the goddess Tripura Sundari, through intricate metaphysical and tantric imagery.
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C.
Palashi
Palashi is a town in West Bengal, India, historically renowned as the site of the pivotal 1757 Battle of Plassey that marked the beginning of major British colonial dominance in India.
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D.
Amar Kutir
Amar Kutir is a handicrafts cooperative and cultural center near Santiniketan in West Bengal, India, known for its traditional Bengali arts, crafts, and rural development heritage.
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E.
Gajanana
Gajanana is a revered aspect of the Hindu deity Ganesha, emphasizing his elephant-faced form and role as the remover of obstacles and bestower of wisdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali-language film
ⓘ
Indian film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Jalsaghar
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
short story "Jalsaghar"
|
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Taraknath Gangopadhyay ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
lavish musical gatherings
ⓘ
music ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Subrata Mitra ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| director | Satyajit Ray ⓘ |
| editedBy | Dulal Dutta ⓘ |
| filmMovement | parallel cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
social drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | The Music Room ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Biswambhar Roy ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | zamindar ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Robin Majumdar
ⓘ
Ustad Vilayat Khan ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
clinging to past glory
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decline of feudal aristocracy ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of class and status
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portrayal of a decaying zamindari household ⓘ use of Indian classical music ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Satyajit Ray ⓘ |
| portrays |
conflict between tradition and modernity
ⓘ
erosion of wealth and power ⓘ feudal landlord ⓘ |
| producedBy | Satyajit Ray ⓘ |
| producedIn | West Bengal ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of Indian cinema
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major work of Satyajit Ray ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Satyajit Ray ⓘ |
| setting | rural Bengal ⓘ |
| stars |
Chhabi Biswas
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Gangapada Basu ⓘ Padma Devi ⓘ Tulsi Lahiri ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| writer | Satyajit Ray ⓘ |
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Subject: Jalsaghar Description of subject: Jalsaghar is a 1958 Bengali drama film by Satyajit Ray that poignantly portrays the decline of a feudal landlord clinging to his past glory through music and lavish gatherings.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
short story "Jalsaghar"