shuman wrote:
Satyam Shivam Sundaram
160 mins (yashraj)
169 mins (shemaroo)
sounds like, shemaroo may be complete movie.
1978 Film CC is 4702 meters or 171 min 24 sec.
Shemaroo DVD that I bought early 2000s and also the Esquire VHS (early 1980s) are 169 min. (both are Film to NTSC, so, no 4% spped up)
When I saw SSS in theatre in 1978-79, was told that as the movie was not received well, some boring footage, mostly flooding waters, was chopped off from the theatrical prints. So, the Shemaroo's early DVD must be as complete as director intended version.
Not sure if the present Shemaroo version still is direct Film to NTSC ?? I recall someone saying that present Shemaroo SSS DVD batches are Film to PAL to NTSC converted, field averaged ?? (Same with RTGM ??)
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Sanjay: As I noted in earlier post above, correctly or in-correctly I mentioned that you were running DVD store back then ?? Is it true ?? If true, are you still running the store ?? If yes, you could be a big help in acquiring some PEN DVDs for me ?? Thanks.