Afsar, Jwar Bhata on any video media?

Hrishi Dixit

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Nov 20, 2009, 12:32:33 PM11/20/09

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Anyone have/know of the existence/availability of AFSAR (Navketan) and
JWAR BHATA (Dilip Kumar's debut) on any kind of video media - VHS/VCD/
DVD/whatever?

Much obliged if you could point me to it, if there is...

Thankee muchly.

Hrishi.

surjit singh

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Nov 20, 2009, 2:17:27 PM11/20/09

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I have heard rumors of copies with a private collector in UK and with
M and M video of Karachi (now presumably in Dubai), but never could
get any definite info.

surjit singh

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Nov 20, 2009, 2:21:52 PM11/20/09

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Another possibility is Film Archives Pune

http://nfaipune.nic.in/main_page.htm

Their search engine resulted in Not Found, but I don't trust the
engine. Somebody should visit and investigate.

Asif

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Nov 20, 2009, 2:43:16 PM11/20/09

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Does Film Archive, Pune, have old issues of film magazines, like
Filmfare, Shama, Stardust, Dharmyug, and Illustrated Weekly of India?
Any of these magazines? If they do, a visit to Pune is on my next
trip to India.

Asif

naniwadekar

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Nov 20, 2009, 2:45:04 PM11/20/09

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On Nov 20, 11:21 am, surjit singh <surjitsi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have heard rumors of copies with a private collector in UK and with
> > M and M video of Karachi (now presumably in Dubai), but never could
> > get any definite info.
>
> Another possibility is Film Archives Pune
>
> http://nfaipune.nic.in/main_page.htm
>
> Their search engine resulted in Not Found, but I don't trust the
> engine. Somebody should visit and investigate.
>

NFAI did not have Jwar Bhata when I checked with them (4-5 years
ago); as for rumours of copies in UK and Pakistan, it is worth
following via Dr Kapur.

- dn

Afzal A. Khan

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Nov 20, 2009, 3:48:48 PM11/20/09

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Hrishi Dixit wrote:

"Jwaar BhaaTa" was definitely available on VHS.

But I never could find "Afsar".

Afzal

surjit singh

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Nov 20, 2009, 4:05:47 PM11/20/09

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Quite a lot of them. Har Mandir spent weeks there browsing them for
his compilation.

> trip to India.
>
> Asif

naniwadekar

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Nov 20, 2009, 4:51:51 PM11/20/09

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On Nov 20, 12:48 pm, "Afzal A. Khan" wrote:
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> "Jwaar BhaaTa" was definitely available on VHS.
>

WHAT? When and where did you see it? It is a much sought-after
item but I had not known anybody who would confirm
its availability. The rumours about its presence seemed
reliable and worth following up, but now we have something
much more substantial.

- dn

Prithviraj Dasgupta

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Nov 20, 2009, 5:29:54 PM11/20/09

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Seems like these two titles are available at the links below. I have
ordered VCD-s from this online store in the past. I had the orders
delivered to an address in India.

http://www.linuxbazar.com/jwar-bhata-vcd-p-36039.html
http://www.linuxbazar.com/afsar-vcd-p-33010.html

-Prithviraj

Hrishi Dixit

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Nov 20, 2009, 6:23:40 PM11/20/09

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This is fantastic, thank you. Just what I needed!

Hrishi.

surjit singh

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Nov 20, 2009, 7:00:13 PM11/20/09

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> >http://www.linuxbazar.com/jwar-bhata-vcd-p-36039.htmlhttp://www.linux...
>
> > -Prithviraj
>
>

Sorry to have to mention it, but I had a very bad experience with
linuxbazar.com guys recently. They have lots of rare movies listed. I
ordered about 20. Paid with credit card via Paypal. They never sent
any movies or any messages at all to me. After about two weeks, I
emailed many times, no reply. I called, nobody picks up or busy. So,
when I was very close to my dispute date (about 60 days after
ordering), I put the money in dispute. They finally replied and said
they will soon send the movies. They claimed they sent me many emails.
I did not want to take a chance and got the money refunded.

I guess if you are in Delhi, it is OK. At least you can visit their
store and fight :) BTW their website says you must order via Internet;
they do not sell from the store.