Sanjay wrote:
Sholay, Shalimar, The Burning Train, Shaan, Kranti, Alibaba Aur Chalis Chor, Razia Sultan, Saagar & Karma were all shot in 70MM and with 6 track stereophonic sound. I personally have seen all of the above in 70MM and 6 track stereophonic sound and can to this day remember the great experience and grandeour of watching films in such glory and with such detailed sound coming at you from all directions.
One of my biggest grouses with Indian DVD manufacturers has always been, that none of them has bothered to use the 70MM 6 track stereophonic prints to master the DVDs of these films and to encode the 6 track sound in Dolby Digital. I for one would buy each one fo these DVDs in a jiffy if done right with Dolby Digital 5.0/5.1 sound.
The prints might have been 70mm, but not necessarily the negative. Blowups from 35mm anamorphic or the Sholay method of cropping to 2.20:1 (70mm aspect ratio) could have been done. In Hollywood, before 35/70 blowups, shooting on 65mm and printing onto 70mm was the common method of producing 70mm films. 35/70 was probably cheaper. I haven't seen any of these films besides Sholay, so I don't know if they show any of the tell tale signs of spherical non-anamorphic shooting.
I did not know that this many Indian films were shown in 70mm and with 6-track sound. It would be wonderful if they had 5.0/1 or 4.0/1 tracks. DEI authored some of those for Eros and Alibaba Aur 40 Chor for themselves, so perhaps they used 35mm prints, hence, the mono soundtracks (except Sholay).
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