Screen shots from the Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009) DVD by Shemaroo...





























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Shree International did the theatrical distribution on the film in the US and Canada. Any possibility that Shree International releases the DVD overseas?

cant believe this movie got so much praise.. its pathetic!!

Two disc pack out in the US by TIPS.

Totally agree with you bhai ..

Shemaroo & Moserbaer have the most obnoxious logo Watermarks on their DVDs. I refuse to buy any of their DVDs just for this reason and I suggest everyone also should follow suit in boycotting their DVDs. If you really cannot do without a particular title of theirs, I suggest buying the pirated version. It's not as if the originals are of any great quality anyhow.

I would think the TIPS DVD is the same DVD as the Shemaroo one with a different menu layout, and with out the Shemaroo logo during playback.

The Shemaroo logo doesn't bother me, and sorry I have more important things do to in life than boycott Shemaroo's DVDs because of a logo!!

I prefer if the watermark is not there but not going to boycott Shamaroo over some watermark! Got better things to do than worry about some watermark!

Hmm.. and then we wonder why these companies don't give us a better product. I suppose we get what we deserve.

The logo just doesn't bother me enough for me to boycott Shemaroo!! If that means they continue to display the logo, so be it!!

Same here!!!

Extremely stupid to boycott a DVD Company due to a logo appearing while watching a film.
I won't do it...and apparently the majority so far have said the same.

Better yet is to get a refund directly from the company for badly encoded movies.
ie. the BluRays from YashRaj.

No problem if some minor marking (say 10% of the frames), in one corner, is included in the picture identifying the DVD company. It also kind of assures us that the DVD company had bought the rights or else that they are responsible if legal issues come up.

But, the markings used presently are too large. Even if it's water mark, it's too distracting and it sure is annoying if you paid for the product or it's rental.

The WMs are especially annoying for those with larger screens as they are even bigger(!)

Other than the fact that watching a watermark such as that of Shemaroo, MoserBaer etc. on a 120" screen is beyond annoying, it is principally wrong for any company to do so. These companies have absolutely no moral, or legal (debatable) right to do this. Even a film maker of the stature of Anurag Kashyap has spoken out against this practice and in fact has stated that he will include a clause in his contract for all his future films to prevent this from happening.

Obviously the majority has no problem with this or atleast they suffer silently, otherwise this practice would have stopped as soon as it started. The fact is that this is nothing but blatant advertising on a product that we have paid for. Have you ever considered a scenario, where if other companies involved with bringing the movie to your screen, decided to add their logo? Would it bother you then? Where would you draw the line? The fact is, that this practice is a totally self serving excercise by companies with bloated egos. It's not like their product is even good enough to be proud off. Might I also add, that superimposing their logo, actually serves no practical purpose for the companies, other than to annoy their customers and earn their ill-will. What is to stop the producers of a movie insisting that their logo should also be superimposed on DVDs/BDs of their titles? Or for that matter, what if the BD player manufacturer started adding their logo too and ofcourse, then why should the TV manufacturer be left behind? How many logos would you consider too many?

Believe you me, with Indians all this is very much possible. Let me appraise you of the actual situation here in India related to DTH services. While watching a cricket match telecast on a DTH platform such as 'Dish TV', one has to put up with THREE and at times even FOUR different logos.
1. The BCCI logo.
2. NEO-Sports logo. (Or any other company that is providing the coverage).
3. 'DISH TV' logo. (They add the logo via the set-top box).
4. DD logo. (Doordarshan - The national tv channel). This is in case you watch the match on DD, via a 'DISH TV' set-top box.
Now all we need is the TV manufacturer to decide that they should also have their logo on the screen.