Title: Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)
Year: 2007
BD Release: 2010
IMDB Rating: 8.1
Category: Drama | Musical
MPAA/Censor Board Rating: PG for thematic material, brief violence and language
Distributor: T-Series
Authoring House: ??
Region Coding: A/B/C
MRP: Rs. 1199/- <-- OVER PRICED
Media: Main Feature - 50GB BD
Running Time: 00:00:00 hrs
Chapters: ?
Video:
2.35:1, HD 1080p 16:9, AVC 23.976Hz
Peak Bitrate ?Mbps | Average Bitrate ?Mbps
Audio:
1/2 Hindi - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48khz) <-- Default Track
2/2 Hindi - Dolby Digital 5.1 (48khz 640kbps)
Subtitles: <-- 2.35:1 Screen Friendly (Positioned at the bottom of the picture area)
1/1 English
Special Features:
1. Main Movie BD
2. Additional ACD, featuring Background Score
3. Intro Booklet
4. Eshan's Flipbook
5. Final Paintings of Ishan and Nikumbh
6. One Apsara HB pencil

BD contains:
1. Main Movie
2. Director's Commentary
3. Stills
4. Teasers, and Promos
5. Making of the film
6. Expert panel discussion on children


Special Mention:
No Watermark Logo, during songs or otherwise.<-- All Bollywood Video companies, please take note.
No scrolling advertisements during songs or otherwise. <-- All Bollywood Video companies, please take note.
No advertisements, forced or otherwise, during the movie. <-- All Bollywood Video companies, please take note.
Separate 'Song Menu' to allow direct selection of song. <-- This should be a no brainer for all Bollywood films.

Authoring issues:
1. Song Menu is not present in the Pop-up Menu and can only be accessed from the Main menu.
2. There is no pop-up menu when playing songs from the Song menu.
3.

Review:
Highly Recommended Based on a quick FIfteen minute viewing of the BD. Detailed Comments to follow after viewing the full movie. (Hopefully very soon).


My ratings:
Movie: 4.25 out of 5.0
Video: 4.15 out of 5.0
Audio: 4.25 out of 5.0
Extras: 3.5 out of 5.0
Overall: 4.15 out of 5.0






Screenshots courtesy DDR via Rancho

Equipment used for testing:
Projector: Panasonic PT-AE2000U
Screen: Da-Lite 4:3 120" 'Model B' - White Matte
Viewing Distance: 11' 6"
A/V Receiver: Denon AVR5800
Speakers: 5.1
Front/Main: Paradigm Reference 100 v2
Center: Paradigm Reference Studio CC v2
Rear: Tannoy - Mercury M5
Subwoofer: Paradigm Reference Servo 15
BD Player:
Oppo BDP-83 (Hardware Modified 'Region Free' with 'BDP83-50-0424' firmware)
PS3 (80GB US 'Region A' with firmware v3.41)

thank you for giving your verdict on the disk.......now ill surely be getting it but still only 3.5 to extras??? what more were you expecting.....??

on the extras? If it is the same as on the DVD then only some are in English and some in Hindi
No subtitles. BTW if you look closely in the making of the music , you can see me

1. I personally subtract '1' whole point for extras not being in HD. Thus effectively, the maximum extras in 'SD' can get is 4.0 out 5.0.
2. The deleted scenes are not optimized for 16:9 screens (aka not anamorphic).
3. The deleted scenes are not even in DD 5.1 sound.
4. The deleted scenes are not sub-titled.
5. The extras are not on a seperate DVD as was the case with the DVD.
6. Numerous errors and also lack of important information on the packaging.
7. Finally, I personally do not care too much for the huge, box packaging which in my opinion is very impractical. The least they could have done is to provide the actual discs in a regular BD case and packed it in the box.

o sorry i didnt know abt this..........thx for sharing the info.....so overall what you say this disk should be baught for 1200 or shall i get some other???? is it worth it???...........and yes you justified 3.5 correctly id have given 3 for spl features being in 4:3 sd

Based solely on the contents and quality of the BD, I have no hesitation in recommending a purchase. But considering the obscenely high price, I hesitate to recommend this blu-ray, atleast not unless you are very very fond of this movie. The value of something varies greatly based on personal needs/wants, thus this is a decision you shall have to make for yourself. For me personally the movie and the total package of this Blu-ray is simply not worth Rs. 1200.
Since this movie came out before bollywood got into releasing blu-ray's I think they can be excused to some extent for not planning for HD home video releases, which is why I reduce only '1' point for extras in SD. But moving forward, atleast with movies that are now being shot, there is no excuse for bollywood not to be shooting their extras in HD and thus I might be inclined to be more critical of SD extras as the Indian blu-ray market matures.

iam not that fond of this movie........but it was nice......i will finally get it when i get time to go......and screeshots credit goes to some team called ictv......

@Sanjay - Where did you buy this BD in India?

I actually only rented it and did not buy it. I personally think this blu-ray is way over priced and I certainly don't think the movie or the blu-ray package is worth it at this price. I probably would have bought it if it were priced at Rs. 799 - 899 or maybe even Rs. 999, then after a discount of 20% it would have cost me around Rs. 640 - 800. I really don't see myself buying very many titles beyond that price. Indian blu-ray companies really need to learn to price their BDs more apropriately, whereby they would actually sell far more copies and thus make more money.

PS: The rental library got it from their regular BD/DVD supplier.

FYI BD out now in planet M stores Bangalore

Is this BD region coded? Am I right in thinking the DVD was?

Watched it last night and am not very happy. The transfer is DNRed and smears regularly when there is motion. Would be much nicer without
the grain filtering. Was is already DNRed in the cinema?
The other point I disliked were the missing subtitles on the supplements.
The film has its moments and Darsheel is a find. Hope he continues acting and stays grounded.
Aamir's comments to the deleted scenes made me laugh because there he sits with his overblown
Ghajini body and in the film he looks nothing like that (thank God).

Not sure if this title is 'Out Of Print' but having a hard time tracking down a Blu Ray copy. Can anyone recommend a place i can purchase the blu ray please