Man, this is the worst , stupid, the most Shankar film ever. Not worth buying a BR! My apologies to fan!

Shankar has been making same film over and over again, since I saw Hindustani( the best because of Kamal/Rehman) and has deteriorated over the period just like Ramu did!

Any updates on the Sivaji BD Sunny? also if possible could u plz provide us with a small sample of the BD after its done.

Thanks.

Blu-ray work has completed.

The release date will be September 2008.

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The next project for Ayngaran Blu-ray will be Kuruvi and Dasavatharam. Both will be encoded from 4K DPX files, and will release around the end of 2008.

Billa blu-ray has been delayed, as the DPX files are corrupted.
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Kuruvi

give us HINDUSTANI or KK!

I selected Kuruvi as it has done very well at the oversees box office (UK, Canada and Far East). The film also has good production values, which should look good on blu-ray.

I've seen the interpositive of KK. It is in very poor condition. Our budget is very limited, and we cannot afford to pay for the restoration.
I am speaking to the producer, hoping he could help us for the blu-ray.

Indian (Hindustani) negative is damaged. The only decent version in existence is in Ayngaran's library - but on a 16x9 digibeta PAL. We cannot use this version for blu-ray.

And this is typical. Don't expect any wonders for films before the DI age and even few for films since the DI age.
Existing SD masters are all unusable for HD and existing film elements are usually in need of (expensive) restoration. Digital masters get easily corrupted as well and archiving them is a big issue. Bollywood HD in high quality is a big challenge given limited budgets and existing masters. Any attempts to get away with bad film elements and massive doses of cheap filtering will create UGLY results. You have been warned!

I was looking foward to the blu-ray of Hindustani (Indian)

Is there no way at all it will make it to blu-ray?

Thanks for the info sunny. Awaiting eagerly for it I am sure its gonna be really good as u have put in a lot of effort.

Thanks.

Another film that would look immaculate on BR will be TERRORIST!

It is sad to know state of affair on my 2 fav tamil films though.

I hope Kuruvi and Dasavatharam on Blu-Ray sell well so that you Ayngaran can release other films on the format, though I would not see most Tamil films these days on any format

Its pathetic that such recent films already need restoration. That's not going to happen soon because there isn't a culture of preserving films in India. Prints are made from camera negatives and most producers are not Hollywood-style studios that can set up archives and restoration units. That said, I've seen some old Indian movies on TV that actually look decent. Were these transfers done years ago when the prints were fresher?

After seeing the awful Om Shanti Om comparison shots, I thought I'd upload some comparision shots of my upcoming project.
Both shots were made from original sources.

Bear in mind these are compressed jpegs.

DVD Shot - upscaled to 1080i


Blu-ray Shot


The blu-ray shows more film grain, and highlight this "depth of field" shot more then the DVD version (which looks more like a standard wide shot).

I am glad your PARENT OWNER LUULA, is not forcing to go same disgusting route!

Any inside, how it all happened the way OSO turned out?

BTW I wont hold my breath with SS, may be small samples, once become available, might settle this one too

I can confirm that Sivaji is real HD and absolutely not upscaled standard definition. As good as you can
expect from the best available master element.

At least with this the difference in detail and sharpness is clear compared to SD & HD unlike the OSO Blu-ray.

Ali