JALSAGHAR (Satyajit Ray, Indien 1958)

In the organizer's words:

Tue 6.8. 20h & Fri 16.8., 19h JALSAGHAR The Music Room Satyajit Ray India 1958 35 mm Bengal. OF with English & French subtitles 100' Supporting film: MUSIC OF SATYAJIT RAY Utpalendu Chakraborty India 1984 35 mm English OF 42' (only on 6.8.)

JALSAGHAR: A homage to Bengali music as well as a swan song to the Indian aristocracy. A lonely old aristocrat lives in a seemingly unreal palace that combines the splendor of the Indian maharajas and the British Victorian colonial empire. He uses what remains of his fortune for house concerts and dance performances. To show a nouveau riche that he cannot simply appropriate the enjoyment of art that has been reserved for the aristocracy for centuries, he gives one last concert. For the first time, it was not Ravi Shankar who wrote the music for one of Ray's films, but sitar virtuoso Vilayat Khan. On August 6, Arsenal will be showing the documentary MUSIC OF SATYAJIT
RAY (Utpalendu Chakraborty, India 1984). It provides fascinating insights into Ray's work as a composer as well as the recording of his music with a film orchestra.