These trailer shots were taken from Shemaroo Mughal-E-Azam DVD which unlike Eros trailer show better represenation of their DVD releases;











Ali

Ali

Hera Pheri


Shool


Most show better transfers than those already available from Yash Raj Films – although the sometime flaky compression and noise reduction is evident on these transfers too () and some of the title like RTGM are not in their proper aspect ratio.

Still some Raj Kapoor titles will be popular alternative to the YRF one, if some retailers can get and sell these DVDs – hint hint

Ali

Hi Ali,

Can we have some screenshots from Mughal-E-Azam. Is this film in widescreen? Where can I purchase the Shemaroo version in UK? :rolleyes:

Here's more details on Mughal-E-Azam DVD from lakeshore;

http://www.zulm.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=2332

Some old screen shots of the Gobal Mughal-E-Azam DVD;

http://www.zulm.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=10

And some screen shots of Shemaroo DVD;







I'll do a fuller preview later on today. As to where you can get it from - only retailer I know of is Indiaweekly where I got it from - their service to the UK has been really good so far.

Ali

BTW as you can see the film is not widesreen - I dont think it was shot in widescreen.

Ali

Ali, Mugal-E-Azam was not a widescreen movie. After viewing some shots from some of Shemaroo's DVD, once again I'm somewhat hopeful that quality will improve,will have to wait and see. Also, most of the Shemaroo DVD's are produced in India. I have Mugal-E-Azam and this version is the best I have seen so far.

lakeshore

Hi Ali,

I have emailed indiaweekly regarding shipping to UK, is $9.99 per dvd or is it per order? How long does delivery take?

Thanks!

Shipping charges for IW to UK are here;

http://www.panindia.com/store/shipping.asp

...it's $5.99 per order + $2 extra per DVD. It's only really economical if you order 4-5 DVDs at a time.

Ali

I must say shots posted from MEA looks good,wonder if the movie looks good as these shots. lakes preview helped but come on Ali post your review.

Sangam looks great! This will be a must buy for me! The YRF version had a scene missing and the last 45 minutes were out of synch.

Does anyone know who releases newer movies in India (e.g. Dil Chahta Hai, Nayak etc.) - I wonder of there are better quality than the DVDs we get over here?

Mughal-E-Azam DVD preview

..just a pity Shemaroo didn’t spend some time restoring this classic. Most distracting thing about the DVD is constant shaking but still it’s the best version of the film available on DVD - and the most complete. Compared with he Global version this version is much, much better.

Shemaroo DVD do show promise - hopefully more will appear from them and hopefully readily available for us guys to buy too and not just in India.

Ali

...BTW just a note: the screen shots make the DVD look much better than it is in reality - because they are re-sized and compressed in jpeg format, the wear/tear and shaking is not evident from the shots.

Ali

As long as they apply their awful noise reduction their DVDs
are not worth buying. It ruins quality. No Indian label gets
the noise reduction right, not a single one. Very depressing.
Michel Hafner

I was wondering Ali you have put a pic of Shool, is it also available from Shemaroo. I would love to purchase that film since the ones available are pathetic.