Yeap ant it states that it is 150 mins on the cover but when I play it it ran 164mins and I believe it had all the songs intact. The song menu looks exactly like the PAL R2 version. The rest looks like the NTSC errorneous version Ali posted except where it says Audio in special features it says Audio/Subtitles.

As I remember when Asoka was in USA and UK there were two versions in NTSC one with removable subtitles one without. Whether they are legit or not is still any bodies guess.

Ali

First Look shows it as released on 04/20/02 if anything. Anyhow main thing is I am a happy camper the sound is good and the subtitles are removable



Edited By urbanlegend on Aug. 07 2002 at 09:21

I think the version you got is the one socas received from DVD Empire.
Check this thread for more info on this version with the removable subtitles and the Malay sub option:

http://www.zulm.net/cgi-bin....3;st=40

Go to the second page, and read the last 5-6 posts. The screenshots from your dvd aren't available anymore though.

I didnt search hard enough I was looking for that post I knew it was somewhere in here. Thanks MalFUnXiON!

Something I thought I would add is that Asoka can be view in 3 ways:

16 X 9 mode
4:3 Letterbox mode
4:3 Pan & Scan mode

I believe Rana had mentioned once that Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge was the 1st disc which used the 4:3 p&s mode...well here is another one, so now there are two. I wonder if there are anymore out there or will be in the future.

you mean there is a option on the dvd to choose between the three ratios?

You can set your DVD player to 16:9 (on 4:3 stretched), Letterbox, or another function (I believe) every DVD player has is 4:3 Pan & Scan. It zooms in on the picture for 4:3 tvs and the almost fills the screen and the images are not stretched. Therefore, if you dont have a 16:9 tv and want the image to fill most of your screen with this DVD and TNBP you can choose 4:3 P&S mode.

Just a minor correction:
What I said was that TNBPG was the first “DEI” DVD that can be seen in 16:9 (anamorphic), Letterbox and also in Pan&Scan.

Long before, few EROS titles had this option as well (EROS didn’t/ doesn’t know about it). I have “Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega” and “Josh” (perhaps Dhadkan as well), for over a year, which have this option. They were interlaced though, not like DEI Film mode.

I am not sure, what you get now. Recently I bought “Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega”, for my friends (I am not sure if it was a bootleg copy but it looked genuine). It was not anamorphic and the picture was stretched (33%) vertically (I returned it). Either EROS goofed in this batch or may be it was a replicated bootleg.

Rana

Despite this option, I still prefer Metrodome, (playable on PC DVD) version. It may or may not have this option, I don't know. US version is copied from Metrodome and hence involves PAL to NTSC conversion.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/2001_11/asoka.html





Edited By DVD Collector on 1030771608

I'm with you on that one, Asoka has some great music, one of Anu Malik's best along with Border and Refugee.