| Director | Satyajit Ray |
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In the early twentieth century, Biswambhar Roy is a Bengali zamindar (landlord) in decline who lives in a palace that is empty except for a servant and his steward. The music from the coming of age ceremony for the son of Biswambhar's nouveau-riche businessman neighbor, Mahim Ganguly, makes Biswambhar think back to when his only son, Khoka, went through the same ceremony.