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Shahran Sunny Audit
PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:30 pm 
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I have just seen the DVD of Boys, Dum and the hit Thirumalai and the quality is in comparision with BEI titles.

The DVDs are taken directly from a sprit datacine to a hard drive where it was rendered and encoded to DVD. The DVDs are presented in thier original aspect ratio 2.35:1 and are anamorphic. They also come with DTS and Dolby 5.1 and have improved English Subtitles. Of course each of these titles are 24fps progressive.

The Boys DVD was rendered through a programe to make the special effects sequence a little better then it was on cinema. There were many complaints on this film because of the crass effects and Ayngaran have ensured that this would improve for the video formats. Also this is the uncut version featuring uncensored scenes. However this cut is quite controversial and may not be suitable for yonger children...(don't worry there are no sex scenes).

All are expected to hit the stores in the next coming weeks.

I will give my review of Boys in a couple of weeks after my trip to India where I will meet with Top Indian Tamil director's (inc Mani Ratnam) to discuss the future of Indian cinema....namely making movies in High Def....watch this space....
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Thats good news about the uncut versions of movies on dvd. I personally think Indian censor board is retarded with MPAA being not quiet far behind.

Shahran Sunny Audit wrote:
I will give my review of Boys in a couple of weeks after my trip to India where I will meet with Top Indian Tamil director's (inc Mani Ratnam) to discuss the future of Indian cinema....namely making movies in High Def....watch this space....


After watching 'Once Upon a time in mexico' DVD and hearing Robert Rodriguez gush over HD cameras, I am not quiet sure if film is dead. Sure it gives the filmmaker an ultimate control of things, IMO Hi-def cameras have long way to go before competeting with 35mm cameras. But for independent and low budget film makers HD is an awesome tool to be at their disposal. Right now, Indian filmmakers are going ga-ga over Avid tools, ARRI 435 and jimmy jibs, so I think it will be a long time before mainstream Indian cinema starts to use a new technology like HD.
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BEI quality!! With MAHA GRAIN..If u have seen KAAKA KAAKA!! u know what am I implying too..t5hat grain looks awful, it seems all actors have SMALL POX scars like OM PURI! :nopity: :keh:
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Well I'll be checking out the Kaaka Kaaka DVD sometime this weekend. I think they should scrap the dolby digital track in favor of a lower bandwidth dolby surround one. Any receiver worth a darn has DTS in it these days.

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Sunny any chance in you trying to help out these stupid *** Hindi DVD Manufacturers? You seem to be doing an excellent job for the tamil film industry/group .... or any chance of Ayngaran doing Hindi films soon??
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Shahran Sunny Audit wrote:
I have just seen the DVD of Boys, Dum and the hit Thirumalai and the quality is in comparision with BEI titles.

The DVDs are taken directly from a sprit datacine to a hard drive where it was rendered and encoded to DVD.

So far so good. Now if the MPEG is decent and no DNR applied
and EE there is hope for a high quality DVD that looks like
the film master.
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Got to see Thirumalai on Tuesday and I did not see anything on the cover that says ala Kaakha Kaakha that it is 24FPS??
Is it the case as per the above post?

PQ is good and sound is tremendous on songs but too much bass on the fight sequences which make them look out of context.

Dredd.
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Shahran Sunny Audit
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urbanlegend wrote:
Sunny any chance in you trying to help out these stupid *** Hindi DVD Manufacturers? You seem to be doing an excellent job for the tamil film industry/group .... or any chance of Ayngaran doing Hindi films soon??

At the moment Tamil cinema is listening to me. I have advise bigwigs in the industry from Ratnam, Real Image (DTS), Sun/Gemini TV, AP International (financers), Ayngaran (distributors) and even one of India's oldest and most respected banner AVM...

I even got to travel to Chennai and speak to the influential people of the industry. There is now a working progress to save all Tamil films and digitise them onto High Def format. There is also a project to restore some MGR films.

The good thing with Tamil cinema is that they want to experiment. Besides what ever Tamil cinema does Hindi will do in three/four years...so just bear with Hindi cinema and it will get there....
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Shahran Sunny Audit
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dredd wrote:
Got to see Thirumalai on Tuesday and I did not see anything on the cover that says ala Kaakha Kaakha that it is 24FPS??
Is it the case as per the above post?

PQ is good and sound is tremendous on songs but too much bass on the fight sequences which make them look out of context.

Dredd.

24fps is now in effect on ALL future Ayngaran DVDs from Boys. You can do the progressive test as explained on this forum and check for yourself.

But avoid Alai, Anjenya, Winner, Thenavan, Thikudke. All of these was done in low quality and Ayngaran will re-release these in progressive next year.
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At the moment Tamil cinema is listening to me. I have advise bigwigs in the industry from Ratnam, Real Image (DTS), Sun/Gemini TV, AP International (financers), Ayngaran (distributors) and even one of India's oldest and most respected banner AVM...

I even got to travel to Chennai and speak to the influential people of the industry. There is now a working progress to save all Tamil films and digitise them onto High Def format. There is also a project to restore some MGR films.


Sunny, any new information on the progressive completely subtitled dvds for Kannathil Muthamittal and Kandukondein Kandukondein?
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My humble concern Audit? BOYS by no means looks like a 24fps, prog transfer from screen shots :baaa: :sus:
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Kuttappan
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just curious....!!! who is this guy Shahran Sunny Audit??
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Shahran Sunny Audit wrote:
The good thing with Tamil cinema is that they want to experiment. Besides what ever Tamil cinema does Hindi will do in three/four years...so just bear with Hindi cinema and it will get there....

Tamil films have yet to make sync sound mainstream - which Hindi films have been doing for the past 3-4 years. That too, for the pathetic reason that 3/4 of major Tamil films employ non-Tamil actresses who can't even speak the language.

Dolby Stereo came to India with 1942 - A Love Story long before any Tamil film. Granted, regional cinema is often an experiment ground for new formats as the costs incurred in a big industry like Bollywood would be far greater than less global industries like Chennai. Hindi cinema embraces anything that has been proven effective. That is why you would find far more Hindi films in both Dolby Digital and DTS than Tamil films which are usually only DTS - not surprising as Real Image is Chennai-based.

Sadly, Hindi cinema didn't even take 3-4 years to fall into the Madras-wave rut of the 1980s. Heavens forbid should Hindi cinema ever be plagued by pots, flowers that spell I-LOVE-YOU, white shoes and multi-coloured sweaters again.

Not in 3 or 4 years. Not ever. :devil:



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Aryan wrote:
Tamil films have yet to make sync sound mainstream - which Hindi films have been doing for the past 3-4 years. That too, for the pathetic reason that 3/4 of major Tamil films employ non-Tamil actresses who can't even speak the language.

Dolby Stereo came to India with 1942 - A Love Story long before any Tamil film. Granted, regional cinema is often an experiment ground for new formats as the costs incurred in a big industry like Bollywood would be far greater than less global industries like Chennai. Hindi cinema embraces anything that has been proven effective. That is why you would find far more Hindi films in both Dolby Digital and DTS than Tamil films which are usually only DTS - not surprising as Real Image is Chennai-based.

I think the only Tamil sync sound films in the past few years were Hey Ram, Aalavandhaan (not sure), Virumaandi, and Mani Ratnam's upcoming Ayudha Ezhudhu. And Kamal was behind three of those, which is telling of just how little support exists for sync sound.

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Dolby Stereo came to India with 1942 - A Love Story long before any Tamil film. Granted, regional cinema is often an experiment ground for new formats as the costs incurred in a big industry like Bollywood would be far greater than less global industries like Chennai. Hindi cinema embraces anything that has been proven effective. That is why you would find far more Hindi films in both Dolby Digital and DTS than Tamil films which are usually only DTS - not surprising as Real Image is Chennai-based.


Which came first, HAHK with Ultra Stereo or 1942 ALS? Both were 1994.
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Shahran Sunny Audit
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Kuttappan wrote:
just curious....!!! who is this guy Shahran Sunny Audit??

some git who think he knows about DVDs? :bash:
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