"Actor: Rai"

• Bride And Prejudice | DVD | (30/03/2005) from £6.40   |  Saving you £9.59 (149.84%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The director of "Bend it Like Beckham" adds a little Bollywood style to Jane Austen's classic tale, "Pride and Prejudice."

• The Last Legion | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £5.84   |  Saving you £10.15 (173.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The last emperor of the Roman Empire will fight alongside his friends to make his last stand for Rome in this period epic.

• Pride & Prejudice | Blu Ray | (26/01/2010) from £10.86   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mohabbatein | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Mohabbatein ("Love Stories") is, as the title suggests, thoroughly concerned with love and romance; it's a hugely popular Bollywood blockbuster about three young men at an exclusive boarding school who fall in love with three local young women. Opposition comes from the head of the school (Amitabh Bachan) and support from the violin teacher, who introduces an element of Dead Poets Society into a story which references both Grease (1978) and West Side Story (1961). Actually this is Aditya Chopra's follow-up to Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), which also starred Shahrukh Khan. The rest of the featured players are almost all new, and inject a vitality into every scene so that even at three-and-a-half hours Mohabbatein rarely drags. The soundtrack sweeps all before it in the seven big production numbers, which add a Western pop-video gloss to the complex, exhilarating musical arrangements. Likewise the choreography fuses traditional Indian elements with contemporary Western dance, and while the men are handsome and charming, the girls are stunningly beautiful, breathtakingly sensual, and scantily clad in a thoroughly modern fashion. Mohabbatein is a colourful, humorous though haunting romantic drama, which even those unfamiliar with Indian cinema should find highly enjoyable. On the DVD: The feature is in Hindi with subtitle options for English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Malay. The Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is often atmospheric, though only really comes into its own in the dynamic musical numbers. The anamorphically enhanced presentation of the original 2.35:1 cinema image is NTSC; while colours are excellent and the detail level well above VHS there is a slight lack of sharpness compared to the best PAL transfers. The second disc contains 64 minutes of English language interviews, 11 TV trailers and an anamorphic theatrical trailer, a scored stills gallery, 18 minutes of deleted scenes, including one musical number, with optional English language director's commentary, plus a 44-minute "making-of" documentary. The attractive packaging puts all but the most lavish US releases to shame. --Gary S Dalkin

• Mistress Of Spices | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.95   |  Saving you £13.04 (187.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One spice for passion. And one woman who knows its name. Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) an immigrant from India runs a spice shop in Oakland California. While she supplies the ingredients for curries and kormas she also helps her customers to gain a more precious commodity: whatever they most desire. However when she suddenly falls in love with a fine American man her powers begin to wane and leave her with a difficult choice.... Acclaimed director Gurinder Chadha co-wrote the screenplay of this romantic drama with her husband Paul Mayeda Berges adapting the script from the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

• Shiraz: A Romance of India (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/02/2018) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Shiraz is based on the true story of the 17th century Mughal ruler Shah Jahan, his queen and the building of the world's most beautiful monument to love, the Taj Mahal. Shot entirely in India, it features lavish costumes and gorgeous settings, including the extraordinary fort at Agra. Himansu Rai (also the film's producer) stars as the humble potter Shiraz, who follows his childhood sweetheart Selima (Enakshi Rama Rau) when she is sold by slave traders to the future emperor. Newly restored by the BFI National Archive, and looking better than it ever has, the film also features a new score from world-renowned sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar. Extras: Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition Around India with a Movie Camera (2017) Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits

• Devdas - Flamme unserer Liebe | Blu Ray | (04/12/2025) from £12.60   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Devdas | DVD | (10/02/2009) from £20.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (24.95%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A story of a love beyond all else - even life. The saga of a man called Devdas who loved Paro since they were children. But after he broke her heart she married someone else and he turned to drink.

• Provoked | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A battered wife seeks justice after being jailed for unintentionally killing her husband.

• Dhoom 2 (2 Disc Edition) | DVD | (21/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  You couldn't wipe the smile off of rookie cop Ali's (Uday Chopra) face. Teamed up with fellow officer Jai (Abhishek Bachchan) his dream of keeping the streets of India safe had finally become a reality. But when a hi-tech international thief going by the guise 'Mr. A' (Hrithik Roshan - Krrish) targets Mumbai for his next spectacular heist it's not long until Ali's smiles put to the test as the pair enter an explosive game of cat and mouse with one of the most extreme criminals to date. From the desert of Namibia to the backwaters of Goa the mean streets of Mumbai and the ancient forts of Rajasthan can the team take Mr. A down before he simply disappears?

• Provoked | DVD | (10/02/2009) from £20.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £6.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (14.47%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Nandini (Aishwarya Rai) is the daughter of Pandit Darbar (Vikram Gokhale) renowed proponent of classical music living in the Rann of Kutch. Nandini has been brought up with more freedom and education than her siblings as she is the most beloved of Pundit Darbar. Into the family comes Sameer (Salman Khan) a boy of Indo-Italian parentage. He is a music student and wants to grasp the essence of HIndustani music under the guidance of pUndit Darbar. During the course of his one year stay Sameer and Nandini fall in love. When their love is discovered Sameer is banished from the household. Meanwhile Nandini's parents have arranged to get her married. Nandini goes through the marriage with Vanraj (Ajay Devgan). He is deeply in love with her and all he asks is that in they maintain the charade of a happy couple for the sake of his family. They live in this deceit briefly until Sameer's letters reach Nandini and Vanraj discovers them. He then shows his true love and wisdom and takes Nandini to Hungary to search for Sameer. Nandini and Vanraj search for Sameer but always come up against a dead end. Soon the strain of the search shows on Nandini and she needs to be hospitalised. Vanraj selflessly devoets himself to caring for Nandini during her stay in the hospital. She sees her husband's adoration for her and wishes to drop the search and go back home.

• Jodhaa Akbar | DVD | (25/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.

• Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam | DVD | (09/12/2002) from £19.50   |  Saving you £0.49 (2.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Devnarayan takes responsibility for the children of his friend after their father dies, but gets o involved in their upbringing he starts to neglect his own daughter and grandchildren.

• Devdas | DVD | (20/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A story of a love beyond all else - even life. The saga of a man called Devdas who loved Paro since they were children. But after he broke her heart she married someone else and he turned to drink.

• A Throw of Dice | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £7.00   |  Saving you £12.99 (185.57%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After Prince Sohan contrives a hunting accident for his rival Prince Ranjit so that he might inherit his lands Ranjit foils his ploy by remaining alive thanks to the intervention of a nearby medicine man. Falling in love with his daughter Sunita only inflames Sohan's jealousy further and on the eve of Ranjit's wedding Sohan presents him with his gift of some exquisitely tooled dice and suggests a game while thinking of revenge. Ranjit cannot resist. Based on the pivotal gambling episode from the Mahabharata this is a classic Indian silent film from the German director Franz Osten with a new score by Nitin Sawhney.

• I Have Found It (Kandukondain, Kandukondain) | DVD | (18/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Puccini: Tosca- In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Time And Tide | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tsui Hark's triumphant return to making a film set in the present day, Time and Tide, is so fast-moving and kinetically stylised that at times the plot's coherence has to be taken on trust. Young barman Tyler (Nicholas Tse) gets a lesbian cop pregnant after a drunken one-night stand when she fell out with her lover. He feels an obligation to raise money to help her and takes a job in the third-rate bodyguard company of Uncle Li (Anthony Wong), showing a real flair for the job, but not for Li's over-organised system. Coincidentally, he befriends Jack (Wu Bai), husband of the daughter of Li's main client, but also a retired mercenary, whose former allies are in town and up to no good. The two friends find themselves intermittently co-operating and opposed as they pursue their separate agendas; the violence, the bodycount and the special effects all escalate continually. Highlights include some spectacular scenes of grappling down skyscrapers and Tyler's delivering the baby of his friend's wife while she shoots one of her husband's enemies over his shoulder--Tsui Hark's take on the post-John Woo thriller is entertainingly exaggerated and semi-parodic. On the DVD: The DVD has a choice of English, German and Cantonese dubbing and subtitles in 18 languages from Hindi to Icelandic, and comes with filmographies and theatrical trailers. The soundtrack, full of loud music and explosions, is presented in an abrasively loud Dolby Sound. The film is presented in widescreen letterbox in the film's original 2.35:1 aspect ratio; the digital format brings out its deliberately garish colours and use of shadows. --Roz Kaveney

• Guzaarish | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ethan a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.