Hum Aapke Hain Kaun BluRay OUT NOW

[prepress]

Originally Posted by Hindustani

My collections is slowly filling up with Bollywood renassance era collection (late 80s & 90s decade)

MR INDIA check
CHANDNI check
MPK check (ultra will bring this out )
HAHK check
DDLJ check
AASHIQUI check

Don't forget
1991 : Lamhe
1993 : Darr
1994 : Bandit Queen
1997 : Dil To Pagal Hai, Gupt
1998 : Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, Ghulam
1999 : Sarfarosh

My wishlist would be:

1990 : Ghayal
1991 : Phoola Aur Kaante, Saajan, Sadak, Hum
1992 : Deewana, Khiladi, Roja, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Vishwatma, Shola Aur Shabnam
1993 : Baazigar, Gardish, Khalnayak, Kshatriya, Damini
1994 : 1942 A Love Story, Andaz Apna Apna, Dilwale, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Mohra, Raja Babu (आऊ)
1995 : Aatank Hi Aatank, Bombay, Coolie No.1, Karan Arjun, Rangeela
1996 : Fire, Jeet, Khamishi-The Musical, Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi, Maachis
1997 : Deewana Mastana, Gupt (remastered), Pardes, Virasat
1998 : Dil Se, Pyar To Hona Hi Tha, Soldier
1999 : Hu Tu Tu, HDDCS, Sangharsh, Taal, Vaastav-The Reality

I know this is too much, but why imagine less if has to imagine. सोचने में क्या जाता है

[prepress]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Eh, she was pretty caked in make-up in HAHK. Her minimal make-up look is better seen in Prahaar or Prem Pratigya.

I like her in simple looks but man... see her in "Dharavi"

[-MK-]

I found this print to be better. Can someone compare it with blu-ray? Also it doesn't have any watermark.

https://spuul.com/videos/285-hum-aapke-hain-koun


Note: That site has other movies like AAA in HD, which looks excellent. Too bad the audio quality is poor.

[Hindustani]

Originally Posted by murali91

I found this print to be better. Can someone compare it with blu-ray? Also it doesn't have any watermark.

https://spuul.com/videos/285-hum-aapke-hain-koun


Note: That site has other movies like AAA in HD, which looks excellent. Too bad the audio quality is poor.

right off the bat, not having a ULTRA watermark definitely helps.

But the PQ is still 720p at most and lot of "jerky" movement on playback. This might actually not be 24 fps or some compression issues.

Ultra HAHK BRD is much better in just PQ alone. Its a true 1080p. As good as catalog title PQ looks.

I wont even bother commenting on AQ. I think you already know that.

And for evergreen, classic musical like HAHK that has Raam-Lakshman duo's best work ever, AQ can never ever be compromised.

[-MK-]

Thanks for confirming. I played it on a 20" screen so was doubting it and I was right. And for the audio, almost most of the free movies that I played are of bad quality. Few of them have bad mix as well which makes me believe that they forgot to use the center channel during the encoding process.

[Hindustani]

Originally Posted by murali91

Thanks for confirming. I played it on a 20" screen so was doubting it and I was right. And for the audio, almost most of the free movies that I played are of bad quality. Few of them have bad mix as well which makes me believe that they forgot to use the center channel during the encoding process.

I myself picked up the 'last' HAHK BRD recently. I have a 23" inch LED HDTV myself. My eyes are literally focused on OLED for some time now!. Been saving up for that 65"+ as the prices for OLED is dropping fast. Pretty soon, this will be available below $2999.

When you get to 60"+, every little shortcoming of Indian BRD will be exposed. A reasons I double downed on all classic german REM BRDs. Zee Cinema wont be Full HD anytime soon and not everyone have Z Cinema.

If you can collect all classic bollywood BRD titles, I say collect them now. Especially HAHK, AAA, DDLJ.....etc etc. The way Bollywood is going, 10 yrs from now, everything will be streamed with no latest hard media availability (BRD or 4k BRD). They are losing money on BRD authoring.

Picture Quality may not suffer necessarily but Audio Quality will definitely suffer as standards are low for Audio authoring. I cannot imagine watching DEVDAS (2002) in stereo despite excellent Full HD PQ streaming. I hope you got my point.

[-MK-]

Yep. I did make a list of movies that I have to purchase. Should start collecting them in batches as it would be difficult to afford them all at once. Also I watch Bollywood, Tollywood and Kollywood movies, so the list is kinda big and takes more time and effort to find them and purchase.

[mrbrat_Boy]

Originally Posted by Hindustani

[Show spoiler]I myself picked up the 'last' HAHK BRD recently. I have a 23" inch LED HDTV myself. My eyes are literally focused on OLED for some time now!. Been saving up for that 65"+ as the prices for OLED is dropping fast. Pretty soon, this will be available below $2999.

When you get to 60"+, every little shortcoming of Indian BRD will be exposed. A reasons I double downed on all classic german REM BRDs. Zee Cinema wont be Full HD anytime soon and not everyone have Z Cinema.

If you can collect all classic bollywood BRD titles, I say collect them now. Especially HAHK, AAA, DDLJ.....etc etc. The way Bollywood is going, 10 yrs from now, everything will be streamed with no latest hard media availability (BRD or 4k BRD). They are losing money on BRD authoring.

[Show spoiler]Picture Quality may not suffer necessarily but Audio Quality will definitely suffer as standards are low for Audio authoring. I cannot imagine watching DEVDAS (2002) in stereo despite excellent Full HD PQ streaming. I hope you got my point.

That is a pretty broad statement; how or where are the stats that show that they are losing money on BRD authoring? I'm curious to see these economics too.

Reliance has even started releasing the not-so-famous-artsy-type movies that would sometimes not even see a decent DVD release. If at all I can see an upward trend on BD.

WRT streaming, I've never been a fan to be honest. While people are gunning for better PQ, they forego the audio detail. It completely overrides having a home theatre.

[rs3771]

Originally Posted by mrbrat_Boy

That is a pretty broad statement; how or where are the stats that show that they are losing money on BRD authoring? I'm curious to see these economics too.

Reliance has even started releasing the not-so-famous-artsy-type movies that would sometimes not even see a decent DVD release. If at all I can see an upward trend on BD.

WRT streaming, I've never been a fan to be honest. While people are gunning for better PQ, they forego the audio detail. It completely overrides having a home theatre.

I agree - I've noticed an uptick in Bollywood blu-ray releases in the last year- what I don't quite understand is how did India so quickly shift from VHS to DVD but struggling to go from DVD to Blu-ray? I do think Bollywood will get into 4K/HDR though by next year....but releases will be reserved for the very best...Streaming can never catch up with physical media and physical media won't become obsolete in my opinion - kind-of similar to how everyone said newspapers and magazines and books will be a thing of the past.

[Anurag1700]

Originally Posted by rs3771

I do think Bollywood will get into 4K/HDR though by next year....but releases will be reserved for the very best...

Yeah and just like it happened for BD, some lame movie like saawariya would debut in 4K.

[bhaskar1981]

Originally Posted by rs3771

I agree - I've noticed an uptick in Bollywood blu-ray releases in the last year- what I don't quite understand is how did India so quickly shift from VHS to DVD but struggling to go from DVD to Blu-ray?

You missed a step! India went from VHS to VCD first - and then DVD. I recall a time when a whole load of films were only available on VCD, and not DVD. I guess the DVDs picked up when people realised you could fit 6 films on one DVD!!

[BollywoodGuy]

I bought the HAHK Blu Ray a few months ago I’ve not got round to watching it at all but I did play all the songs to get a feel of everything on my Samsung 4K Blu Ray player & Sony HT-RT3 5.1 Surround system. All I can say is the songs look absolutely fantastic and I think Madhuri Dixit has never looked so stunning ever especially in the highlight song “Didi Tera Devar Deewana”. The picture quality is absolutely amazing, sharp and crystal clear. The only issues are the 5.1 could have been more lively and upbeat for a 3.5 hour song heavy movie I found the surround on the rears to be very weak unless turned up to a higher volume (& not disturbing your neighbours) but I suppose for a Bollywood film released 1994 what more do you expect. As well the ultra watermark like the Shemaroo watermark has a tendency to get on your nerves (After all it’s still Ultra ) it seems to be constantly through the entirety of the of all the songs except for the title/opening song. I must say it is 1000x better than EROS DVD I think that was the worst DVD ever for one of the best hit classic Bollywood film like this and goes to show how amazing this Blu Ray is.