August 18, 2009

Helen of Bollywood - Volume 3


Now available at DesiTorrents
The third volume of the series spans 27 years of Helen's illustrious career from Alibaba And Forty Thieves (below) released in 1954 to Chorni (1981). As usual, all videos were remastered to the best of my ability for optimal viewing pleasure. So, I hope you enjoy them!




Here's a brief explanation of what was done technically:

Video

Grain and compression artifacts have been greatly reduced thanks to application of the Neat Video™ filter!
Video has been sharpened, brightened and color corrected as needed with various avisynth and virtualdub filters.

Subtitles

Added and retimed where needed (Chinatown, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai, Caravan, Chorni).

Audio

Hiss has been reduced when needed and volume normalization has been applied to all.

Tested on PowerDVD and various DVD players.

Any comments and feedback are welcome.

Get the DVD at DesiTorrents Here















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16 comments:

  1. it looks more than awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thank you so much again and again!!!!
    Still you can see all the effort you put in making these dvds! That's why they are so beautiful :D

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  2. Yw priyanka61. Thank u for your kind words and the appreciation u have for my work..comments like yours makes all the time and effort I put into making these DVDs worthwhile :)

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  3. Great Job and an amazing compilation. if you haven't already read the Helen book by Jerry Pinto, i'd recommend it to you, its absolutely fascinating
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Helen-Times-H-bomb-Jerry-Pinto/dp/0143031244/ref=sr_1_1/275-8234747-5161632?ie=UTF8&qid=1250718566&sr=8-1

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  4. Thanks bollywooddeewana. Yes, I have Pinto's book. Its well researched and a fun read. The filmography in the back of the book is very useful...only thing the book lacks is an index. I think he did a great job considering he had no input from Helen. He unearthed a lot of quotes and facts about her. At this point in time, it must be considered it to be the bible for Helen fans :)

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  5. I haven't been able to log into BWT in weeks---the password reset thing there doesn't work, and I can't remember my password.

    Is there some other way I could download it from you? :-) Thanks!

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  6. Memsaab, send me an email @ misternaidu@gmx.com

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  7. Got it! Looks great, top stuff!
    PC x

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  8. Unable to register for bit torrent , could you help in anyway please as these look amazing

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  9. Reza, I've run out of invites. Bwtorrents only gave me 5 :(

    You can donate $10 for membership or wait and see if they will have free registration again.

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  10. Thank you for reply , have already registered & donated but somehow still unable to gain access
    Do believe that if you dont manage to dl anything they will re imburse
    Will keep trying

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  11. Oh these look so good! Please, please, please consider releasing them on a public tracker, or at least on other desi trackers.

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  12. Bwtorrents is the biggest and best desi torrent site. Give them a try :)

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  13. Helen wearing a pink nightie in that picture, can you please say that that image is from which film?

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  14. Shikar. Its from the scene right before the song.

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