Originally posted by: lola610
@ Rahul - Unfortunately, there is no perfect set of Shri Krishna DVDs. Asian's 12 disc set is the one you linked in the thread about the flute tune - it is completely unedited and has good sound, but it ends at Sandipani's ashram and has permanent subtitles. The 56 disc set is just a compilation of all the MoserBaer Masterpacks, and both are missing most of the material in the first 3-4 volumes of the VHS set - no breaking of Narad's ego, no narration of Dashavtars by Shukdev, no detailed introduction of the circumstances in Mathura, no first glimpses of Devaki and Vasudev, no Jarasandh-Banasur meeting, no marriage of Kans to Asti and Prapti.
In that case I'll opt for the 12 DVD boxed set by Asian. I've already placed and order and hopefully it's on its way. I'm going to request one of the other county libraries in a town that has far more desis to order the 56 DVD version, if possible. They already have B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat and Ramanad Sagar's Ramayan, so I'm sure there is a good chance they will be willing to acquire it. The problem is it will probably be a year or so until residents from other towns like me would get any interlibrary loan privileges for the item. Oh well, I still want to check out the Parijat tree story as well as the Pradyumn, Usha/Banasur/Aniruddh stuff later.
Does anyone know about the 28 DVD boxed set? I've found it on Amazon UK, a German website and an Australian online store:
At first I thought it was an unauthorized pirated copy but then I realized its probably a specially manufactured set for certain European foreign markets. Films like Devdas (2002) had crappy quality Eros DVD releases in India and the USA, but an independent distribution company bought the rights to the film and released a really beautiful, HQ DVD for Germany and France. I'm thinking this might be a similar case.
Edited by eyeofnewt - 11 years ago
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