Looks decent.

Hmmm....another Eros title and just by looking at the shots it appears better than DDD or LAK... really???

I guess only time will tell once one of us gets the BD. I have done a screenshot review this time.

The Good

1. No black level issue like DDD or LAK. this is a huge improvement although should be a standard anyway. Good that Eros got it right this time.
2. Colors look close to what it should be.

The Bad (I hate to report this but there are a few)

1. They have used DNR resulting in waxy faces
2. There is a hint of stronger 'Green' in the encode. This was visible in the DVD version and I thought it would get fixed in the BD but the BD seems to have it. Look for dark grey and blackish areas of the image in full view mode and you will see what I mean.

The Ugly (I hate to report this but there are a few)

1. Image appears soft and some detail is lost due to DNR and loss of natural grain.
2. White peaking in high contrast scenes or objects that are brightly lit. Hallows and white crush. I have marked portions of two screenshots below showing the problem. Open the image in full and you can see.
   

Overall from screenshots, looks like a decent transfer if we consider Eros's last few BDs but there are some issues. I would like the Bollywwod BDs to strive for the best and not settle for mediocre or better than average releases. The format allows to excel in PQ and AQ and that should be the goal.

Look forward to the actual BD and review from other members. I hope the actual BD to be better than some screenshots posted here.

Peace

Ani

I'm not so sure about that. This looks to be the same incorrectly colour-graded master used for the UK/US DVD. The Indian DVD used a different, far darker transfer that matched what the film looked like in theatres.

Comparison shots from the Indian DVD...

Thanks Guys for all your contribution guys!

An awful blu-ray disc - due to bad source.

The source was made a few years back on either HDcamSR/D5 - when zERO$ was involved in the abandonded HD-VMD format.

zERO$ had quite a lot of thier films recorded from negative onto HDcamSR/D5 to prepare for a huge HD-VMD release.

Sadly, the transfer to HD was done during a period when India post production facilities did not understand HD - this resulted in SD Colour Correction for HD format, and the excessive use of DVNR.

To recover costs from their HD-VMD project (which ZERO$ part owned) they are releasing these films onto blu-ray and for HD broadcast.

I would avoid any back catalogue HD releases from zERO$.

It beats me what is criteria for these companies to send which titles bluray way. It seems, indiscriminate, unguided and unjustified. May be whatever they can get it done cheapest or??????????beats me.

One there are new titles and I would expect same day/date as with SD.

Catalog titles are being a clueless choices!