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• Kundun | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It would be a mistake to call Kundun a disappointment, or a film that director Martin Scorsese was not equipped to create. Both statements may be true to some viewers, but they ignore the higher purpose of Scorsese's artistic intention and take away from a film that is by any definition unique. In chronicling the life of the 14th Dalai Lama, Kundun defies conventional narrative in favour of an episodic approach, presenting a sequential flow of events from the life of the young leader of Buddhist Tibet. From the moment he is recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1937 to his exile from Tibet in the wake of China's invasion, the Dalai Lama is seen as an enlightened spiritual figurehead. This gives the film its tone of serenity and reverence but denies us the privilege of admiring the Dalai Lama as a fascinating human character. There is a sense of mild detachment between the film and its audience, but its visual richness offers ample compensation. In close collaboration with cinematographer Roger Deakins, Scorsese filmed Kundun with great pageantry and ritual, and meticulous attention to details of costume, colour and the casting of actual Buddhist monks in the scenes at the Dalai Lama's palace. Certain images will linger in the memory for a long time, such as the Dalai Lama's nightmarish vision of standing among hundreds of dead monks, their lives sacrificed in pacifist defiance of Chinese aggression. Is this a film you will want to watch repeatedly? Perhaps not. But as a political drama and an elegant gesture of devotion, Kundun is a film of great value and inspirational beauty--one, after all, that perhaps only Scorsese could have made. --Jeff Shannon

• Seven Years In Tibet | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £6.20   |  Saving you £13.79 (222.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  If it hadn't been for Brad Pitt signing on to play the lead role of obsessive Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, there's a good chance this lavish $70 million film would not have been made. It was one of two films from 1997 (the other being Martin Scorsese's exquisite Kundun) to view the turmoil between China and Tibet through the eyes of the young Dalai Lama. But with Pitt onboard, this adaptation of Harrer's acclaimed book focuses more on Harrer, a Nazi party member whose life was changed by his experiences in Tibet with the Dalai Lama. Having survived a treacherous climb on the challenging peak of Nanga Parbat and a stint in a British POW camp, Harrer and climbing guide Peter Aufschnaiter (nicely played by David Thewlis) arrive at the Tibetan city of Lhasa, where the 14-year-old Dalai Lama lives as ruler of Tibet. Their stay is longer than either could have expected (the "seven years" of the title), and their lives are forever transformed by their proximity to the Tibetan leader and the peaceful ways of the Buddhist people. China looms over the land as a constant invasive threat, but Seven Years in Tibet is more concerned with viewing Tibetan history through the eyes of a visitor. The film is filled with stunning images and delightful moments of discovery and soothing, lighthearted spirituality, and although he is somewhat miscast, Pitt brings the requisite integrity to his central role. What's missing here is a greater understanding of the young Dalai Lama and the culture of Tibet. Whereas Kundun tells its story purely from the Dalai Lama's point of view, Seven Years in Tibet is essentially an outsider's tale. The result is the feeling that only part of the story's been told here--or maybe just the wrong story. But Harrer's memoir is moving and heartfelt, and director Jean-Jacques Annaud has effectively captured both sincerity and splendor in this flawed but worthwhile film. --Jeff Shannon

• Beyond the Edge | DVD | (14/07/2014) from £5.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (168.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Beyond The Edge | Blu Ray | (14/07/2014) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on extraordinary real life events, this stunning film documents the first conquest of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Charting the treacherous conditions endured during the 1953 expedition, Beyond the Edge combines dramatic re-enactments and archive footage to portray the event that would stun the world and define a nation.

• Saawariya | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £38.72   |  Saving you £-18.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A romantic rhapsody about a self styled rock star angel, loved by one and all. The story was inspired by Krishna, the Hindu god of love and is loosely based on Dostoevsky's "White Nights".

• Mausam dvd UK Release | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £8.08   |  Saving you £15.91 (196.91%)   |  RRP £23.99

  A war, religious conflicts, and misunderstandings create obstacles for a couple of different faiths.

• Raanjhanaa | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-0.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fully Boxed and Sealed Original Hindi DVD with English Subtitles, NTSC FORMAT, ALL REGIONS HINDI DVD Direct from Manufacturer.

• I Hate Luv Stories | DVD | (11/10/2010) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-9.29 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  I hate luv storys' is the maxim Jay lives by. But as an assistant director to Veer the most famous romantic filmmaker of Indian Film Industry Jay has little option but to live with larger than life glossy cinematic love on an everyday basis. Things only get worse when he is made to work under the new production designer on the film... Simran with whom he shares the strangest first encounter! Simran loves luv storys; So much so that even her life has begun to resemble one. With her ideal job and the perfect boyfriend Raj she lives a blissful dreamy life; One that is rudely interrupted by Jay's cynicism. The turmoil's of Jay and Simran's life is ironically interweaved with the Luv Story that they are working on.... But will Jay and Simran ever find their own Luv Story?

• Saawariya | Blu Ray | (19/05/2008) from £13.48   |  Saving you £11.51 (85.39%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A romantic rhapsody about a self styled rock star angel, loved by one and all. The story was inspired by Krishna, the Hindu god of love and is loosely based on Dostoevsky's "White Nights".

• I Hate Luv Stories | Blu Ray | (15/11/2010) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jay doesn't believe in love Stories, and Simran, is a girl who's in love with the idea of Love itself.

• Vijay | DVD | (04/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Vijay is a story about characters bound by love and friendship. When Arjun (Anil Kapoor) and Vicky (Rishi Kapoor) meet they are oblivious to the fact that they are cousin brothers. They meet as friends until one day the truth dawns that the person behind the humiliation and destruction of Arjun's mother is their Grandfather Lala Yoddhraj (Anupam Kher). The battle lines are drawn between Arjun and Vicky as well as their respective families. Vicky is unaware of the mental tortur