Jalsaghar (The Music Room, Bengali 1958) Director: Satyajit Ray A spaced-out zamindar is sitting on his rooftop smoking his hookah. He is oblivious of the month and season of the year it is. He is a keen follower of music and is fascinated by the sound of a shennai (a traditional trumpet). His mind wanders to a time when he was younger when wealth was more abound, and the music was vibrating over every nook of the house. Sure, even the estate coffers and family jewels were in dwindling amount. During the son Khoka's initiation ceremony, Roy spends a fortune to host a music party, fireworks and musical band. Although his grieved wife alerts him about the lack of funds and advises him to close the music room, it just falls into Roy's stuporous ears, and he sleeps it off. His distant neighbour, Ganguli, builds a new modern home with modern fittings. For the first time, he sees the depilatory condition of his home. Just to rival his neighbour, he has a mammoth celebration...
It is all Mimesis