"LAGAAN" in HD on ZeeTV HD... Hope for Bluray alive?

[jbloggs]

So here we are still no Blu-ray then.

[clem.s]

Any update ?
I want to watch it again, I think I will have to stick to my French double dvd then ...

[infiniteCR]

I truly hope this makes it to bluray soon as well. I really want to see it, but cannot even find a NTSC Region 1 DVD with complete English subs.


When on bluray, this will be day 1 for me.

[Hindustani]

Originally Posted by infiniteCR

I truly hope this makes it to bluray soon as well. I really want to see it, but cannot even find a NTSC Region 1 DVD with complete English subs.


When on bluray, this will be day 1 for me.

It is hard to believe but a huge flop movie like SAAWARIYA is released by Sony Columbia studios on BluRay. and many here consider it one of the best transfers if not the very best in Full HD.

But an oscar nomited film for Best Foreign language LAGAAN with one of the current superstar actor in it is not on BluRay and Sony-Columbia still has overseas US rights for it.

Either producer Aamir Khan doesnt give a damn anymore or what?

[Anurag1700]

unless the production house has its own home video company like yashraj has, i dont think any indian producer will ever give a damn about home video releases.

Having said that, i have read at the time of taare zameen par dvd release that amir khan had some interest /supervision in the home video authoring, including some at the time of lagaan dvd. then there is that shitty filmmaker sajid khan ofcourse who had involvment in houseful/hey babby releases. Other than these instances, which are rarest of the rare, i dont think anyone should care for any care from producers for home video versions, irrespective of how commercially big successes the movies were. Their involvement literally stops at the point the movie goes to theatres because even satellite rights get sold before that.

We just have to be plain lucky to get a BD of our fav movie. period.

[kaykaysud]

^
What makes the whole scenario worse is that the BD releases for Lagaan & Delhi Belly had been teased by Excel Home Video (who also released AK's other relatively low-profile productions like Dhobi Ghat & Peepli Live on BD, along with Rang De Basanti, a film which he did not produce, but apparently had an active hand in getting released on BD)...

[Dragun]

Originally Posted by Anurag1700

Other than these instances, which are rarest of the rare, i dont think anyone should care for any care from producers for home video versions, irrespective of how commercially big successes the movies were. Their involvement literally stops at the point the movie goes to theatres because even satellite rights get sold before that.

For the past couple of years the hit new releases in Hindi usually get Blu-Rays. I'm surprised that Delhi Belly never got a Blu-Ray, though, since that was released well in to the Blu-Ray era.

The situation is far worse with Tamil and Telugu films, though surprisingly Malayalam Blu-Rays are still being released fairly regularly.