Meghe Dhaka Tara
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Meghe Dhaka Tara is a landmark 1960 Bengali drama film directed by Ritwik Ghatak, renowned for its poignant portrayal of a self-sacrificing woman set against the backdrop of Partition-era displacement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meghe Dhaka Tara canonical | 22 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meghe Dhaka Tara Context triple: [Bengali cinema, hasNotableFilm, Meghe Dhaka Tara]
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A.
Amar Shonar Bangla
"Amar Shonar Bangla" is a famous Bengali patriotic song by Rabindranath Tagore that later became the national anthem of Bangladesh.
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B.
Shesher Kobita
Shesher Kobita is a celebrated Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore, renowned for its lyrical prose and exploration of modern love and individuality.
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C.
Jalsaghar
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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D.
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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E.
Borgeet
Borgeet are devotional songs from Assam, India, composed primarily by the saint-scholar Srimanta Sankardev and central to Assamese Vaishnavite musical and spiritual traditions.
- 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: Meghe Dhaka Tara Target entity description: Meghe Dhaka Tara is a landmark 1960 Bengali drama film directed by Ritwik Ghatak, renowned for its poignant portrayal of a self-sacrificing woman set against the backdrop of Partition-era displacement.
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A.
Amar Shonar Bangla
"Amar Shonar Bangla" is a famous Bengali patriotic song by Rabindranath Tagore that later became the national anthem of Bangladesh.
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B.
Shesher Kobita
Shesher Kobita is a celebrated Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore, renowned for its lyrical prose and exploration of modern love and individuality.
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C.
Jalsaghar
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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D.
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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E.
Borgeet
Borgeet are devotional songs from Assam, India, composed primarily by the saint-scholar Srimanta Sankardev and central to Assamese Vaishnavite musical and spiritual traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali-language film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel Meghe Dhaka Tara by Shaktipada Rajguru ⓘ |
| castMember |
Anil Chatterjee
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Bijon Bhattacharya ⓘ Gita Dey ⓘ Niranjan Roy ⓘ Supriya Devi ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Dilip Ranjan Mukherjee ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| director | Ritwik Ghatak ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ramesh Joshi ⓘ |
| filmEra |
Golden Age of Indian cinema
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linked to:
Golden Age of Hindi cinema
|
| filmingLocation | Calcutta ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Komal Gandhar
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Subarnarekha ⓘ
linked to:
Subarnarekha River
|
| genre |
drama
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melodrama ⓘ |
| hasFilmLocationSetting | refugee colony ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later Indian art cinema directors ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
impact of Partition on Bengali middle class
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sacrifice of women in patriarchal society ⓘ |
| leadActor | Supriya Devi ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Neeta ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Partition-era displacement
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economic hardship ⓘ family responsibility ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jyotirindra Moitra ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressionistic cinematic style
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portrayal of a self-sacrificing woman ⓘ use of sound design to express inner anguish ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| partOf | Ritwik Ghatak’s Partition trilogy ⓘ |
| portrays |
middle-class Bengali refugee family
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refugee life in Calcutta ⓘ |
| producer | Ritwik Ghatak ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Chitrakalpa ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of Bengali cinema
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landmark of Indian parallel cinema ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 126 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ritwik Ghatak ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-Partition India ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Cloud-Capped Star ⓘ |
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