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I recently learned that Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was screened as part of an India–Italy cultural exchange event in Rome.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is one of the most visually stunning Hindi films of the late 1990s, so I’d love to know what audiences in Rome actually saw.

As someone who collects and compares different home-video versions of various films, I also keep interest in restorations, anniversary remasters and preservations efforts of my favourite films. This got me wondering: does anyone know which version was actually screened?

Was it:

• a modern DCP created from an HD master?
• a newer restoration that hasn’t been publicly released?
• an older digital master?
• or, by some miracle, a 35mm print?

The reason I’m curious is that the film has had a surprisingly complicated home-video history. Some DVD releases had compromised picture quality, some had excellent audio but weaker transfers, and none of them really seem to represent a definitive vision of the film.

If anyone attended the screening, works in exhibition, or has information about the source materials used, I’d be very interested to hear more.