Jalsaghar

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sreehari k A brilliant plot executed within the technology of the time. It keeps us in a question about the perfection it would have been made with current technology. Amazing direction, performance and the authenticity of music is commendable. A must watch for cinema lovers and artists. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review Christopher B A look at the end of an era and of one man's fading away from this world and all that he knew and loved. What a universal and real, albeit super sad and depressing, film that captures time gone by. It's a intimate look at a man named Huzur Biswambhar Roy as he has survived through the years (Both his wife and son have died) and with each passing one, he is left behind from the consistently evolving modern world around him. He decides that he will throw one last grand event in order to relive the more happy past. This is my first film review of a Satajit Ray film and a nice and beautiful introduction to the profound Director's works, most of which I will one day view! Jalsaghar (The Music Room) gives a beautiful perspective of a culture gone by and the traditions involved. Recommended! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/23/22 Full Review Audience Member There is an almost harrowing simplicity at play in Ray's "Jalsaghar" that evokes the phantasmal associations of a bygone era with captivating intensity. It can be tempting to criticize the film on the basis of the narrow scope of its story, yet such a limiting quality heightens our sense of focus on the crumbling grandeur of the Zamindar's lost world, inviting deeper reflection into our own personal vices which simultaneously allow us to cope with life's travails while also insidiously exacerbating them. In such a sense the film shows us a man incapable of change, yet his innocence is paradoxically destructive and purifying. We absorb the film's images and sounds in a transfixed state, getting the most out of the story when we simply open our senses to it and allow it to translate into a meditative experience. The music is, of course, key to the intensity of the film's allure; the foundation upon which the edifice of the film might either stand or fall. In the opinion of this reviewer, the foundation proves a triumphant one as the exotic qualities of the Indian classical music carry us away into a distant land, evoking an experience that is both haunting and strangely cleansing. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. This was a touching nostalgic drama about days gone by and loss of identity, all based around Indian culture. It was well made for its day and certainly a different genre for the director. It was on Facebook. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I love Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, but did not like this film that much. It is moving far too slowly, making well-worn points about aristocratic decline. The music and dance in the film are its most interesting aspects. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review joe m Started watching "Jalsaghar (The Music Room") and got about 1/3 of the way through and then just fast forwarded through the rest. The film has that auteur sense that comes more with age than with what was likely the director's actual intent back in the late 1950's. Basically "Jalsaghar" offers us the current and retrospective story of Huzur Biswambhar Roy (Chhabi Biswas), an aging and dissolute Indian aristocrat who's life and villa have been overtaken by the passing of an era, the dissipation of a patrimony and the regrets of age. Probably worthy of a higher rating, yet it just wasn't particularly engaging for me to fully watch. In some way, shades of "The Magnificent Ambersons". Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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