Just to set the record straight:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4457&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=45Picking bits from here and there, a 4 Hr 8 min Mera Naam Joker film length equivalent has been identified. Of this it's only 4 Hr 5 min that audio-video both have been identified. Orig M N J run time was 4 Hr 15 min corresponding to 6989.5 meters Censor Certificate.
YRF DVD even though only 224-225 min is equivalent to 3 Hr 54 min film length (4% speed up in YRF DVD).
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Comparing MNJ presently available and identified audio -video of 4 Hr 5 min, to LOC run time, presently avail on DVD, of 4 Hr 7 min (as mentioned in earlier post), it's LOC that's the longest available run time among Hindi films. But, if full 4 Hr 15 min MNJ can be found, then it's M N J longest runtime Hindi film.
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"bigd" asked for citation for a 5 Hr M N J:
Quote:
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mera_Naam_JokerRunning times
Many different cuts of the film are known to exist. Both the IMDb and the movie's censor certificate list the film's length as being 6989.50 metres (255 minutes).
According to the Chicago Reader, the original running time was 5 hours , however this is likely an exaggeration. The international DVD release from Yash Raj Films Home Entertainment runs for 233 minutes (224 with the disc's PAL speed-up), while the Indian DVD by Shemaroo Entertainment is heavily cut at 184 minutes.
Quote:
http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/ ... JOKER.html My Name Is Joker
Capsule by Ted Shen
From the Chicago Reader
Each woman is awarded a "chapter"--long enough to be a feature in
the original five-hour version-
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