HDMovies airs Gandhi in HD here in the US every now and then. I haven't watched the whole thing in HD, but what I've seen looks good. I'm sure a Blu-Ray would look even better.

Universal announced a few titles on Blu-Ray, but without release dates.

^ I am keeping my fingers crossed too for Gandhi BD

why crossed? Do you think, sony will screw it up in zeros style? Indeed! Gandhi in high def 1080i had been extremely good looking, so my hopes are pretty high and alive!

What I meant was that I am eagerly waiting for the Gandhi BD release too

If the HD comes from the DI and the DI is good quality and the conversion too you get a very good looking BD. Unfortunately the DIs in India are not always good and they are usually tossed anyway once the negative is filmed out. So the HD comes from scanning the negative (or worse) again. This does not yield superior quality.
As simple as that.
There are more good DIs of Indian films but that they have been stored properly I doubt for most cases. I would like to see the HD from DI of "Rang de Basanti". That was good looking material.

^ Fanaa was a good one too...

I have started reading this thread with GREAT interest. Thank you very much Shahran Sunny Audit for starting this thread and give us great insight to Indian blu-ray developments. I was starving for information on Indian blu-rays and was wondering what would happen after Heyy Babyy, OSO and Saawariya.

I should thank again and take my hat off for the way that you have maintained your coolness while under a baseless attack. I admire the way that you have handled the situation.

I will give my further opinion as I read through this thread.

I should say that I don't know the OP and decided to post just base on the way he/she provided information and handled a conflict.

Ali, Thank you very much for reading my mind. Before I read your post, I came to the same conclusion. I could see straight away that the image posted by FarooqBhai has no more details than the original. It has enhanced details by manipulating the "bits" around the edges. By doing this, an ugly edge enhancement has been added to the original and will look extremely annoying and ugly on a larger screen. I hate this type of electronic manipulation of an original film.

I agree with this opinion.

I cannot believe that this baseless and childish attack on Shahran Sunny Audit and Ayngaran is continuing. The so-called improvements have really damaged the original as Shahran Sunny Audit politely pointed out. If the same principle is applied to the original, I am sure, it would have been very easy to damage the original. This type of electronic manipulation would give a "false" quality enhancement in smaller screens. But when it is on a larger display all fake electronic enhancements would be exposed and the picture will become an ugly mess.

IMHO, Ayngaran will be in good hands as long as people like Sunny Audit are working for them. I believe this person is a rational human being and behaving very well under an irrational attack. When her or his work was challenged, this person did not boast about his/her knowledge but he/she was humble enough to seek a second opinion from an expert before defending his/her work. I am impressed.

Thanks for your input. I hope people like you would help Yash Raj and Eros. I couldn't believe how Yash Raj ruined Veer-Zaara DVD with wretched edge enhancement.

Thanks very much for this information. Very happy to hear about this development. Hope this would be released soon.

Yes, fully agree with this. Digital enhancements may lead to a big mess, especially on large screens. I am really happy to see that other people with the same thinking as me are involved in Indian movie transfers.

having followed this thread a fair bit ive come to the conclusion that FarooqBhai is an arrogant knobjockey.

Regards..

this seems like a direct attack on a member of zulm boards
ali, urbanlegend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd say it seems more like fair comment.