HI ALL!

Fred, where do you get this info from??? I've been searching all over the net and there's not even any link to this dvd on the Carlotta website. It'd be great if you could post a link or something.

I'm really lookin forward to this more so for the K3G DVD as the YRF version has the top, bottom and sides cropped a fair bit despite being a fairly decent DVD. I don't know why that bugs me so much but it does...

Well, I get thos info from French websites.. of course.

If you want URLs, here are two talking about this 4 dvd pack :

http://www.dvdrama.com/news.php?9458&pyt=1

http://www.fantastikasia.net/news.php3?id_article=202

I read somewhere that the bollywood titles released in france have unremovable french subtitles. Can someone please verify this?

It will probably be the case (unremovalbe subtitles) but it can also not be. All I wanted to say is that there's a risk.

Here's a global view of the box set :



As you can see, it has been made for an occidental audience !

Looks like, more DVDs like Diaphana Devdas, French Mother India and K3G will be available from Professional DVD makers.

http://www.ndtv.com/ent/newstory.asp?se ... ms&Id=3096

German distributors scout for Bollywood films

Saturday, October 30, 2004: (Bangalore):


Bollywood seems to striking the right notes in Germany. An Indo-German film festival is being held in Bangalore where many German distributors and filmmakers are scouting for Indian films.

They are looking at work both from the popular and parallel cinema for distribution in Germany.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gam is being credited with reopening the doors to Indian cinema in Germany.

German distributors say it is only the beginning.

"We have released Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gam in German art filmhouse and we were very lucky to cooperate with Dharma productions here," said Stephan Holl of Rapid Eye Movies, Germany.

Asked about the response to the film, Holl said, "They loved it. They love it. It was something like everybody in Germany had already noticed that there is something like Bollywood."

"We have a lot of success with Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding and with Sometimes Happy...sometimes sad...Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gam and we are really looking forward to bringing more Bollywood films to Germany," said Claudia Droste-Deselaers, Film Foundation, Germany.

Indian filmmakers are hoping that Bollywood films would act as an appetizer to help serious Indian films find the distribution route to German cinema houses.

"I hope through popular Indian cinema...Bollywood cinema...the Indian serious cinema can also make inroads into these countries," said Girish Kasarvalli, a filmmaker.

"It's the first time that German audiences could see Indian films and now they think that Bollywood is India. But it isn't at all. That is also why we have the Bangalore film festival here...the Indo-German film festival to show the Germans also that there is much more to experience and to know about Indian films," said Juliane Stegner, director, Max Mueller Bhavan.

And when films find audiences, a move towards co-productions cannot be far behind? Historically, India and Germany have had close ties in co-production like the heydays of Himanshu Rai's Bombay Talkies. The current filmmakers hope that such ties are revived.

Easy People...

Screenshots for 'La Famille Indienne', ala K3G are up at the URL provided below. It looks pretty much exactly like the YRF DVD. Can anyone conf this from the screenshots...?

http://www.dvdrama.com/fiche.php?4660&o ... =menu&pm=0

Much appreciated, Ravs.

I ordered the DVD recently and can confirm that it's just a reprocessed version of the YRF transfer converted to PAL with a soft picture and lots of ghosting. I'd expect Bodega's KKHH DVD to be the same as well.

Can someone post screenshots from the French edition of "Mother India"? Is it the best one to get or just a repack of the existing Eros version.