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Jana Aranya

1976 film by Satyajit Ray
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Summary

Jana Aranya is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (409 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Film Award for Best Direction[3]
  • Director: Satyajit Ray[4]
  • Screenwriter: Satyajit Ray[5]
  • Composer: Satyajit Ray[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7]
  • Follows: Seemabaddha[8]
  • Cast member: Pradip Mukherjee[9], Santosh Dutta[10], Aparna Sen[11], Ajit Bandyopadhyay[12], Deepankar De[13], Robi Ghosh[14], Utpal Dutt[15]
  • Part of the series: Calcutta trilogy[16]
  • Director of photography: Soumendu Roy[17]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Bangla[18]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[19]
  • Color: black-and-white[20]
  • Country of origin: India[21]
  • Publication date: February 20, 1976[22]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[23]
  • Narrative location: Kolkata[24]
  • Film editor: Dulal Dutta[25]
  • Title: জনঅরণ্য[26]
  • Duration: 135 minutes[27]
  • P14449: 198201[28]
  • P14724: 19672814[29]

Why It Matters

Jana Aranya has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Jana Aranya receive?

Honors received include National Film Award for Best Direction[3].

Related Entities

Aparna Sen film India Netflix Satyajit Ray

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 19672814
    Wikipedia languages → ['bn', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'hi', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ru', 'ta']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 19672814, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301970024|Jana aranya (#301970024)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (film"
  2. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 198201
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
  3. 19w ago · Mcampany · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → film
    Color → black-and-white
    Aliases → —
    Genre → drama film
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|3 */ Director: Satyajit Ray, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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