The Householder (film)
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The Householder is a 1963 Indian-English drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, adapted from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s novel about a young teacher navigating marriage and adulthood in Delhi.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Householder | 2 |
| The Householder (film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4311158 — 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: The Householder (film) Context triple: [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, workedOn, The Householder (film)]
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A.
Houseman
Houseman is a surname most notably associated with John Houseman, the Romanian-born American actor and Oscar-winning producer.
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B.
The Dark Corner
The Dark Corner is a 1946 film noir crime drama directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Mark Stevens and Lucille Ball.
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C.
Man of the House
Man of the House is the political memoir of longtime U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, recounting his career in Congress and his views on American politics.
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D.
Veidt
Veidt is a German surname most famously associated with Conrad Veidt, a prominent early 20th-century film actor known for roles in silent cinema and classic Hollywood.
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E.
Little Castle
Little Castle is a distinctive early 17th-century miniature mansion within the Bolsover Castle complex, noted for its richly decorated interiors and playful take on aristocratic living.
- 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: The Householder (film) Target entity description: The Householder is a 1963 Indian-English drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, adapted from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s novel about a young teacher navigating marriage and adulthood in Delhi.
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A.
Houseman
Houseman is a surname most notably associated with John Houseman, the Romanian-born American actor and Oscar-winning producer.
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B.
The Dark Corner
The Dark Corner is a 1946 film noir crime drama directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Mark Stevens and Lucille Ball.
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C.
Man of the House
Man of the House is the political memoir of longtime U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, recounting his career in Congress and his views on American politics.
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D.
Veidt
Veidt is a German surname most famously associated with Conrad Veidt, a prominent early 20th-century film actor known for roles in silent cinema and classic Hollywood.
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E.
Little Castle
Little Castle is a distinctive early 17th-century miniature mansion within the Bolsover Castle complex, noted for its richly decorated interiors and playful take on aristocratic living.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian-English film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Householder (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Subrata Mitra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
India
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
joint family dynamics
ⓘ
search for independence in marriage ⓘ teacher-student relationships ⓘ |
| director | James Ivory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
arranged marriage
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coming of age ⓘ family expectations ⓘ urban middle-class India ⓘ |
| filmMovement | parallel cinema-adjacent ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Achala Sachdev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Durga Khote NERFINISHED ⓘ Leela Naidu NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhur Jaffrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Pahari Sanyal NERFINISHED ⓘ Praveen Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Saeed Jaffrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Shashi Kapoor NERFINISHED ⓘ Utpal Dutt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor | Shashi Kapoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Leela Naidu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterName | Prem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | college teacher ⓘ |
| leadCharacterSpouseName | Indu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ustad Ali Akbar Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
early marriage
ⓘ
middle-class life in Delhi ⓘ young college lecturer ⓘ |
| notableAs | first feature film by Merchant Ivory Productions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
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Hindi ⓘ |
| partOf | Merchant Ivory filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Ismail Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Merchant Ivory Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1960 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Householder (film) Description of subject: The Householder is a 1963 Indian-English drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, adapted from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s novel about a young teacher navigating marriage and adulthood in Delhi.
Referenced by (3)
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The Householder