DIL SE (PLATINUM DVD)
DIL
SE-PLATINUM
Now with
English
subtitles,
enhanced picture quality, and improved
main menu
graphics. Video picture quality-excellent.
Audio- has
outstanding 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Dil Se, one of the very best films of
1998, has now
been re-released by EROS/DEI in an
improved
Platinum
Edition version. They've restored the
missing opening
credits, which contains an intriguing,
though brief,
uncredited song as the credits roll by.
Surprisingly, the print used for this
version is the
same as before. That annoying vertical
scratch at the
end of "Chal Chaiya Chaiya" has been
digitally
repaired as much as possible. Although a
new
"Chaiya," from a better print, would have
been
preferable. Obviously, a lot of work was
done to
improve the flaws of the previous release.
This DVD'S picture is
much brighter
and
sharper with
the scratches and blemishes minimized as
much as
possible. And for whatever it's worth, the
DVD'S bit
rate has increased from a 5.5 to 6 rate to
a 7.5 to 8
rate. Which is the amount of data per
second
compressed on the DVD, and which will
arguably result
in a better picture.
The audio, outstanding in the first Dil Se
DVD,
sounds even better in the Platinum
Edition. The audio
appears to have been recorded at a higher
level. And
the rear speaker sound output is even more
dynamic
than before. Improved main menu graphics
also add to
the DVD'S appeal.
On the downside, EROS/DEI has once again
made
subtitle access a chore using the main
menu and an
impossibility via the remote. In closing,
Dil
Se-Platinum is a must have DVD with repeat
viewing
value especially for it's fantastic music
(Jiya
Jhalay etc.) by A.R. Rahman and great
choreagaphy
(Satrangi Re etc.) by Farah Khan.
Cinematography,
direction by Mani Ratnam, and acting by
SRK, Koirala,
and Zinta are all first-rate. Highly
recommended...
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