PATHAAN Blu-ray (Germany)

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BollyLove, the Hindi label from German home media distributor Alive AG, has announced on Twitter that they're releasing the Yash Raj Films smash hit PATHAAN, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, on Blu-ray and DVD with German dubbing, in July or August of 2023.

BollyLove is known for their German Blu-rays of the Hindi films Dil Bechara and Baar Baar Dekho, both of which did not receive a Blu-ray release in India.

Their release of Baar Baar Dekho was neat. But the label is known for using BD-25 discs and not supplying their releases with English subtitles and lossless audio. Most, if not all of the Hindi films they've put out on Blu-ray have only featured Dolby Digital 5.1 lossy audio tracks in Hindi and German, while the DVDs only featured stereo audio.



At this point I'm grateful an Indian blockbuster is receiving a Blu-ray release, but it would be a shame if the German Blu-ray will not feature HD audio, as the film is currently streaming on Prime in Atmos, and YRF and Dolby both made a

big deal out of the audio mix for Pathaan.

big deal out of the audio mix for Pathaan. So fingers crossed!

I'm still hoping for a complete, feature-packed Blu-ray release from YRF Home Entertainment in Fr4me packaging (if they haven't totally given up on the physical media market in India), because that is absolutely deserved for such a mega hit.

Here's a mock-up to drool over in the meantime...