Movies Discount and Offer threads :D

[abhijitnath]

Check for titles made by SONY DADC India. Sony DADC titles are NOT CENSORED. Beware of Eagle home Ent. They ARE BAD VCD quality like & Censored. Don't know about Reliance.

How is that possible? Do they have some special exemption from the CBFC allowing them to sell DVDs without a censor certificate? Please do not spread misinformation, even if it's unintentional.

 

[JasonX]

How is that possible? Do they have some special exemption from the CBFC allowing them to sell DVDs without a censor certificate? Please do not spread misinformation, even if it's unintentional.

excel publish the CBFC ratings on outer, which DIDN'T MATCH with ANY PREVIOUS INDIAN VERSION OF VCD/DVD, & SONY DADC manufacture the BDs from UNCUT /UNCENSORED US /UK Version.

I have Evil dead & alien anthology steelbook made by Sony DADC india, One published by Columbia / Paramount & One by Excel, they are IDENTICAL to UK version & UNCUT.

check the evil dead back cover. its same 85 mins like UK version.

Am I clear enough ????

we are lucky, that we are getting UNCUT BDs from atleast ONE company here in India !hyeah:

 

[RMCWS]

Just ordered 12 BDs and 2 ACDs from flipkart. Total damage is Rs.6165 + 300 for 6 months EMI.

Each Bd's costing around 400 bucks each.

 

[abhijitnath]

excel publish the CBFC ratings on outer, which DIDN'T MATCH with ANY PREVIOUS INDIAN VERSION OF VCD/DVD, & SONY DADC manufacture the BDs from UNCUT /UNCENSORED US /UK Version.

I have Evil dead & alien anthology steelbook made by Sony DADC india, One published by Columbia / Paramount & One by Excel, they are IDENTICAL to UK version & UNCUT.

check the evil dead back cover. its same 85 mins like UK version.

Am I clear enough ????

we are lucky, that we are getting UNCUT BDs from atleast ONE company here in India !hyeah:

It may just be that there are no cuts for those movies by the censors at all! It's illegal to not get movies cleared by the CBFC prior to publishing.

 

[JasonX]

It may just be that there are no cuts for those movies by the censors at all! It's illegal to not get movies cleared by the CBFC prior to publishing.

who cares ! do you want to tip-off CBFC ??? :annoyed:

If anyone do it then we can say our cheap Indian Blu-rays GOOD-BYE !

 

[raghumailbox]

Is this the END OF BLURAY ERA?
since lots of rips and downloads are happening, companies might want to reduce the prices.

 

[JasonX]

Is this the END OF BLURAY ERA?
since lots of rips and downloads are happening, companies might want to reduce the prices.

Piracy will be ALWAYS there, but LOYAL fans will BUY BDs no matter what happens ! hyeah:

Price will fall in India with the popularity of Blu-rays & competition between E-commerce sites, like flipkart, snapdeal & last but not the least Amazon.in.

 

[Naturelover]

Just ordered 12 BDs and 2 ACDs from flipkart. Total damage is Rs.6165 + 300 for 6 months EMI.

Each Bd's costing around 400 bucks each.

Why is Flipkart delivery time for BDs so much longer than their normal time?

 

[kneo]

Why is Flipkart delivery time for BDs so much longer than their normal time?

It depends on who's the seller of the BD. If it's stocked by them (WS Retail), you'll get it pretty quickly, else it may take time. I've ordered a few BDs yesterday around noon and have already received most of them today. But one of the BD (2001 - A Space Odyssey) is scheduled to be shipped by Sep 16th !

 

[jbgude]

I have already got messages of non availability of certain titles from Flipkart.

BTW - depending on the CBFC certification - ALL BD/ DVDs are published accordingly including those manufactured Sony - it is just luck that some movies are allowed as was relelased abroad. For Eg. Kramer Vs Kramer has a very subtle ( small) cut from the EU version that I have. I have have a few others from Sony India also with cuts from the US / EU versions.

Jason X - do not go by what the DVD/BD cover says- many publishers (like Excel) are not bothered to edit the fine print-as published by the original studios- even on Amazon sites- the details are not always 100% accurate.

 

[manzb]

Piracy will be ALWAYS there, but LOYAL fans will BUY BDs no matter what happens ! hyeah:

Price will fall in India with the popularity of Blu-rays & competition between E-commerce sites, like flipkart, snapdeal & last but not the least Amazon.in.

I still can't understand why these people charges so much for BDs, specially the old ones. They have uniform price of 799, 999, 1299and 1499. Earlier it was only from 999, but recently Disney introduced a lot of BDs at 799/-. If you look at the pricing internationally, they are around 25% for the old ones, compared to the new one. But in India, there is no such case.

Till 2-3 years back, in India, even the DVDs used to cost 500 and above. That is insane pricing. With such pricing, they are incentivising the piracy. For every download, you are saving 500-1000 bucks. So one feels great. But if they starts selling DVDs for around 100-200 and BDs around 200-400, lots of people will find the incentive of download not great enough and are likely to buy the original stuff. Just look at how Moserbaer changed the hindi DVD scene by introducing all those Rs 50 DVDs. So now, no one feels like downloading a hindi movie, which is available on DVD, as the incentive is practically nil (there are expense while downloading as well- broadband, computer, electricity, personal time etc) and you are assured of good print, and also feel good that you are supporting legal stuff. So is MosarBaer making loses? The answer is no, and now almost all hindi DVD marketeer are pricing around 50 bucks only.

So my entire argument is that make it easily available and at affordable price, so that the piracy is not incentivised. In any case, I am happy that piracy exists, as otherwise these guys would have priced the BDs insanely ( I will not be surprised to see anything like 3-4 k for each film). Now they are restrained as they knows, that more they will raise it, more people will shift, specially as broadband prices are dipping and download are much faster and easier.

 

[jbgude]

So my entire argument is that make it easily available and at affordable price, so that the piracy is not incentivised.

Agree with most of your arguments Manzb -unfortunately with the falling rupee- even if the studios sold the movies/ rights for a $1.50 each - if you add the production /publication and transportation costs etc etc - not counting the commission and profit of wholesaler and retailer - we are not likely to see the prices come much lower.

 

[manzb]

Till such time, most of us will be happy to download movies, as they are almost free (atleast no cash need to be paid), specially for the ones, that I think hardly has any repeat value.

Anyway, this is what is allowing the piracy to thrive.

 

[just4kix]

"The Evil Dead" is a bad example. It was never released in the theatres and hence there is no equivalent CBFC approved content. All movies on media discs sold in India officially, must confirm to their cbfc equivalent. Otherwise, the publisher can be severely fined and their operations seized. No maker/publisher is going to risk that.

 

[JasonX]

"The Evil Dead" is a bad example. It was never released in the theatres and hence there is no equivalent CBFC approved content. All movies on media discs sold in India officially, must confirm to their cbfc equivalent. Otherwise, the publisher can be severely fined and their operations seized. No maker/publisher is going to risk that.

CBFC needs to Grow Up, to at least follow BBFC standards.

I knows in US, MPAA gives enough relaxation these days, BUT most US horror movies are Too Gory / Violent / Sadistic for rest of the world.

I still don't know how movies like Saw, Hostel, Piranha etc. saw the lights of the day !

 

[RMCWS]

I still don't know how movies like Saw, Hostel, Piranha etc. saw the lights of the day !

I guess every genre of horror movies (American/ Asian/ European) have their own viewers.

What I have found (more recently) that Hollywood horror movies have become visually violent/ gore, thanks to the excellent special effects which lacking in story/ content.

Movies like Hostel, Saw or say Evil Dead have similar stories... group of people going somewhere and getting trapped.

On the other hand, movies like Ringu or Tale of Two Sisters (korean) is totally dependent on sound effects, shadows and they are able to create a fear in the mind of the viewers. Apart from that, I believe Asian movies deal with better script and story.

One movie I liked is also Let the Right One in (the Swedish version)...

Anyways sorry for going offtopic.

 

[Naturelover]

Correct me if I am wrong but censorship was given up in the US in 1968 and later only certification was followed.

http://www.mpaa.org/ratings/ratings-history
Movie Censorship

 

[Naturelover]

Hurry!!
Many of the discounted blu rays are showing out of stock or have been reverted to regular price!

 

[abhijitnath]

"The Evil Dead" is a bad example. It was never released in the theatres and hence there is no equivalent CBFC approved content. All movies on media discs sold in India officially, must confirm to their cbfc equivalent. Otherwise, the publisher can be severely fined and their operations seized. No maker/publisher is going to risk that.

Not true- even if a movie has never had a theatrical release in India, the DVD still needs a CBFC certification. Case in point, all music/concert DVDs have a censor certificate on the back as well.

 

[abhijitnath]

who cares ! do you want to tip-off CBFC ??? :annoyed:

If anyone do it then we can say our cheap Indian Blu-rays GOOD-BYE !

I don't care in the least. All I'm saying is that Excel has nothing to do with a movie being cut or uncut. Every DVD sold in India gets submitted to the censor board. They may not have made cuts to the Evil Dead.

I'm just trying to caution you (and the forum) that they shouldn't automatically assume that a movie they've picked up on Excel bluray is uncut simply because this one was.