Saw the dvd, and it's the same old Spark crap in terms of picture (though I don't watch it in forceweave mode so I didn't have to strain my eyes with those combing lines ), but it does have decent sound.
As for the film itself, it's ok for time pass. The first half keeps you interested, but the second half is shoddy.

Just a quick question to the force weave promoters, isn't the forceweave method just a way of telling if a dvd is progressive or interlaced? Does it really idicate picture quality in terms of color, contrast, sharpness etc.? I figure the argument is that progressive dvd's are inherently better than interlaced ones, so why bother with forceweave screenshots? Why not just indicate if the dvd is progressive or interlaced and then post regular screenshots so people can actually judge the dvd's other aspects and I can see Urmila's body .



Edited By MalFUnXiON on 1036218855

sknath:

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when u have Desis here who have the "we-deserve-what-we-get" attitude... well what else can you expect

Well, I agree with you that this attitude needs to change. Everyone, not just desis should expect the best quality out of dvds, because the medium can obviously offer a great movie-going experience. However, the problem is that our (members of Zulm) desires and opinions are in the minority relative to all the dvd consumers (at least with respect to the Indian dvd market). No sizable amount of people will stop buying dvds to the point that it cripples the big companies. Also, us Zulmis WANT to see these movies, and so we don't want to give up buying all together, because for some of us (like me) only get to watch these movies on dvd. Where I live back in the states, for example, we don't have any theaters that show Indian movies. I don't think we even have a local store that sells dvds! So, for me, while I totally agree that Indian dvds are in need of serious improvement, I can't just not buy them, especially if they are movies that I like. I am forced to compromise, as unfair to me (and others) as it is. These companies don't listen to complaints from customers, they don't seem to listen to anyone on who signs their guestbooks, and if they read our posts on Zulm, they don't seem to care whatsoever, as long as they are raking in the dough. There is an alternative, of course, in pirates, but most of these are maybe as good or worse than the original (I assume, i could be wrong). So one way to affect these companies is to buy pirates, thereby depriving the big companies of the one thing they do answer to: money. Besides, the pirates are always cheaper, and in some cases better quality (or better value). These are my opinions, I am not saying it's better than anyone elses. I can only speak for myself. Any comments, anyone... although this has been discussed many many times..?

Hasan



Edited By Chebji on 1036221091

Hey Hasan can u do us a favor (in the good sense i mean).. Can you change ur settings so that your text appears as black... It really is difficult to read ur stuff in GREEN...

MalFunxion... again let me reiterate here.. if no Indian DVD was ever produced in a progressive manner I wouldnt have even stressed abt this... but for the fact that we had companies like DEI, Sai Digital Base and SD that gave us Progressively encoded DVDs... So after watching the real stuff why should we settle for the shitty stuff

And why the need for pictures in Force-weaved mode ?.. There is a vast plethora of DVD collectors out there who visit this site and they would like to get an unbiased opinion abt this DVD.. Ali has his bias (:D no offence here ) for interlaced dvds and I have my prefs for Progressively encoded DVds even though I dont have the system for viewing them ( if I omit my computer)...

So u can say that this is a way of public service and advising the dvd collectors out there to BUY this dvd at their own peril (now ) or be sensible till it drops down to the 3.99$ range (which will be in a few months from now) and then buy it

Hasan... have u ever heard of that adage... many drops make an ocean ? maybe zulm.net's voice is ineffective.. but think abt this :-

During the last one year or so.. Indiaweekly has been transformed from a nobody to a powerhouse for Indian dvds... Simultaneously Indiaplaza has taken a downward spiral ( with me being one of them who avoids shopping at that site... zulm.net made that difference...)

I don't deny that that all dvd's should be progressive because they are certainly better than interlaced. I do not believe we should have to settle for interlaced, but that's besides the point.
I was just saying that posting forceweave screenshots of interlaced dvd's doesn't tell us much about the dvd except if it's interlaced or progressive. Everything else is very hard to tell in those shots.

Darr anyone?????

I don't really agree with you Arsh, I thought it was a load of crap, I've written a review whcih Faddy is gonna post at azaadi soon.

Deewangee is simply too contrived & terrible.
Akshay Khanna by profession is a lawyer, but we see him ramancing with Urmila with most of his time and has others do his research duties for him. I loved Akshay Khanna in Dil Chahta Hai, but in Deewangee, he was just overrated.

Ajay Devgan in recent time has been an elite actor, but watching him in this movie brings back the memories of the time when he was considered one of the worst actors of Bollywood. This film isn't convincing at all at any level. Another pile of trash extracted out of Bollywood on a friday. Passsay!





Edited By DVD Collector on 1036822710

Starring: Ajay Devgan, Akshaye Khanna, Urmila, Farida Jalal
Music: Ismail Darbar
Director: Anees Bazmee
Released By: Shemaroo
Run time: 168 Min 30 Sec
Subtitles: English
Year: 2002
Region: NTSC, 5.1 Dolby Digital, 4:3 Widescreen
Extra: Trailer [Kraz,Karma,Baadhai Ho Baadhai,Mann And Dil]