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Originally Posted by Yami
What a tease you are, spiffnme!
Speaking of Indian cinema, I'd love to see Cinelicious restore films like Satyajit Ray's Days and Nights in the Forest (arguably his best, but not among the restorations that Criterion are undertaking) or Guru Dutt's Kaagaz Ke Phool,
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The Guru Dutt Trilogy is a must
PYAASA (1957) (means
PARCHED aka extremely thirsty)
SAHIB BIBI AUR GHULAM (1962) (means
MASTER, MADAM and SERVENT)
KAAGAZ KE PHOOL (1959) in Cinemascope (means
PAPER FLOWERS)
besides this.
Cinelicious Should look into....
SHOLAY (1975)(2014 Dolby Atmos release). Its a Kurasawa seven samurai bollywood curry wester. A landmark motion picture event in history of Bollywood. It recently was re-release after complete digital restoration, 3D tranfer and Dolby Atmos upgrade to its original 70mm 6-track stereophonic sound.
MUGHAL E AZAM (1960) (means
THE GREAT MUGHALS). A BEN-HUR, GONE WITH THE WIND type epic. Brilliantly written, shot and acted. It went complete Digital Restoration in B & W and technicolor (partly shot in Technicolor) in 2004.
PAAKEEZAH (1972) in Cinemascope (means
PURITY). Another early landmark, color "cinemascope" masterpiece on the courtesan culture similar to Geisha culture in east and lesser form of prostitution culture in the West. Film renouned for incredible performances, musical score and breath taking songs. Just recently went complete Digital Restoration by Shemaroo Studios based in Mumbai, India.
Criterion has been seriously missing out on rest of the Indian classics as they solely focus on Satyajit Ray's work only.
Cinelicious can make serious inroads into Classical Indian Cinema by releasing atleast 1 of the above mentioned 6 masterpieces.
There is a huge BluRay and future 4K UHD BluRay market for Classic Indian Cinema worldwide all the way upto Trinidad & Tobago in the west where there is still massive Indian diaspora.