hal wrote:
Hey guys, the release of the "Parineeta" DVD will be on September 13th. And it will be loaded with features and directors commentary (first time in Indian cinema) and other stuff. Looks like VVC wanted every nook and cranny cornered for this DVD which explains why it took such a long time to release. Kudos!!!
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from agencyfaqs.com
Excel Home Videos acquires ‘Parineeta’
Media Release, September 2
MUMBAI
‘Parineeta’ the Magnum opus from the Vidhu Vinod Chopra stable has been acquired by Excel Home Videos. Vinod Chopra Films, the production company of Vidhu Vinod Chopra has sold the DVD rights to Excel Home Videos. Excel Home Videos is the Indian Licensee for International Studios like 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, Touchstone, Merchant Ivory etc.
Confirms M. N. Kapasi, Managing Director, Excel Home Videos, “Excel Home Videos has been involved mainly with Hollywood Studios in the past. This is our first mainstream bollywood film. The Vidhu Vinod Chopra tag is a synonym with high quality cinema, the consistency and the diversity of movies produced under the banner is testimony to their commitment to qualityâ€.
Adds Vidhu Vinod Chopra, “Excel has the marketing infrastructure and professional approach to carry out operations in line with International standards with their past record of dealing with Hollywood studios†Parineeta, an adaptation from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Novel of the same name is a story of an orphan girl and her unspoken relationship with her rich childhood companion, which comes to the foreground on the arrival of an outsider into their lives.
The movie has its settings in the Calcutta of 1960 and the recreation of the time has been carried out with astounding detailing. The movie directed by Pradeep Sarkar, a veteran with Ad films and Music Videos, has Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan and newcomer Vidya Balan in the lead. The DVD is also loaded with additional features like the Directors Commentary (first time in India), never aired before interview with Saif Ali Khan, DTS and Dolby Digital options to enable high quality sound even on humble sound environments. This will be the first DVD to be having DTS sound. The launch of the DVD, scheduled for 13th September will also witness the launch of a perfume named after the movie.
Excel Home Videos is a joke. I recently watched another DVD, 'Khamosh Pani', released by them, and it was a totally trash DVD. The sound was 'mono', although the cover quite prominently displayed 5.1 sound. To make things worse, throughout the film there is an annoying 'humm', disturbance in the background. As for the video, the less said the better. The cover states that the film is presented in 16:9. Before you go thinking that the film is presented in an anamorphic/enhanced for 16:9 format, be informed that is not the case, but rather, what they mean by "presented in 16:9' is that they have cropped (chopped) off the sides of the 2.35:1 film to a 16:9 image. The quality of the picture itself is also crap. It is a testimony to how good the actual film is that I even bothered to sit thru the entire film and bear the agony of the crappy Excel Home Videos' DVD.
PS: I wrote an email regarding the Khamosh Pani DVD and sent it to 4 different people within Excel Home Videos, but i never received any reply.
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thanks iDream!! avg indian dvd will not suffice....especially knowing it's possibly to get top-notch dvds made in India.
but then who did this for UTV? any insiders/outsiders please? mhafner, Kits etc. Ganti? Sanjay!
