Got the Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi 1st Season (and only worthy season IMO) 4-DVD boxset. Old-skool slapstick humor.

Also got a Monster component video cable. I didn't expect so much on my economy level TV and DVD player but there's a noticeable improvement in stability of image and crispness of colors. Especially in a good DVD of a film like The Incredibles which has very bold color patterns and lots of moving shots, the difference is almost like having wiped a layer of gunky Vaseline off the screen. Things can only get better when I make the shift to a better TV...sometime in the future.

I got Scott of The Antarctic, a biography and account of the expedition of the first-famed-then-reviled English explorer who died in his quest to reach the South Pole.

Got MPD Psycho, the controversial manga series about a forensic profiler with multiple personalities and some bizzarre murders. Good stuff and hopefully the other volumes will get released here as well.

Got some stuff from this Kolkata-based Music/Movies site called Induna.com

Go past the lame front page and you'll find a nice trove of campy Hindi Z-grade softcore and LOLZ-horror flicks that one normally trolls the streets of Lamington road for.

Here's what I got:

DVD with 3 Mohan Bhakri flicks - Kabarastan / Roohani Taaqat / Cheekh
VCD's of
Saboot (Ramsay)
Do Gaz Zameen ke Neeche (Ramsay)
Son of Dracula (with camp king Joginder)
Maaya ka Saaya (advertised as a 'sexy and horror film')

My first buying experience was pretty good. Stuff delivered within 2 days of order, nicely packed. If you're into seedy Indian movies, this is a good place to look for stuff.

Cousin arrived from US so some decent hauling occurred:

Comparison pic of my stuff against Ravi's supposed "restrained" spree..given the larger size of DVD cases you can see the absolute falsehood of that supposition [:p]


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Detailed pics of:

My haul
Aforementioned alleged restrained spree

The Firefly set there is Balaji's.

The CD's I got there were Witch - Witch, Green Carnation - Acoustic Verses and Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery

Oh, killer shit.

Pocket guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontient - Grimmett/Inskipp


Edit: For a cool, pocket-emptying 800 bucks.

From last week's trip to Dally:

Rudyard Kipling - Mark of The Beast and Other Fantastical Tales (Fant MW)
Strugastky Bros - Roadside Picnic
Richard Burton - 1001 Arabian Nights
Terry Pratchett - Making Money
Alan Moore - Watchmen
Batman & The Outsiders Vol.1

Buy 1 get 1 Free offer on Criterion DVDs. Guess I will finally buy the Wild Strawberries DVD. Pity they don't have Seventh Seal included in the offer.

Blue Planet DVD set (Indian edition) for 699/-

Did I forget to mention this earlier?

Alan Moore - Promethea Vol 1 (thanks to Prachit, now all I have to do is bag the other 4 Vols, [;)])



Truffaut - Hitchcock (A book length interview-analysis of Hitchcock by his admirer Francois Truffaut, much thanks to Balaji)

Police Story 1 & 2 on Special Edition DVD's



Good times to be had [:D]

The Shining - 2 disc special ed

A Clockwork Orange - 2 disc special ed

Both hardbound for 200 bucks. Bangalore Book Festival is pretty cool if you have the time to look around.