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- Hits of (Actor's/singer's/musician's name goes here) - Songs that star a specific lead actor/actress, singer or musician. Example: Hits of VijayJoseph VijayVijay is an Indian film actor and playback singer, who is based in the cinema of Tamil Nadu. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his debut in a lead role in the 1992 film...
or Hits of AjithAjith KumarAjith Kumar is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai . A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with...
. - Comedy - A collection of comedy scenes from the latest films. This is also released in volumes.
In 1998 AP International, under the supervision of Sunny Audit, began releasing Tamil movies on DVD in their original aspect ratio, with proper anamorphic enhancement. This practice was soon followed by other Indian distributors and has become home video releases. AP International also introduced the higher quality DTS audio codec and progressive encoding to the Tamil home entertainment scene.
Audio CDs
AP International produces multiple soundtrack albums for the same film. They normally have more than one album on the same audio CD. The different combinations for an audio CD are:- 2 or more newly released movies.
- 1 newly released movie and a selection of songs from older movies.
- 1 newly released movie and another with the same lead actor
Blu-ray discs
From 2011 AP International released films on the Blu-ray format. The debut release was ‘‘KaaryasthanKaaryasthan
-Reception:The film opened to mixed reviews, with Nowrunning.com labeling the film as "Disappointing", proceeding to highlight that "With all the formulaic elements intact, Karyasthan disappoints as Dileep's hundredth film...
.This became a landmark as it was the first ever Malayalam film to be officially released on a HD format. Consecutive BD releases were;
- 01.KaaryasthanKaaryasthan-Reception:The film opened to mixed reviews, with Nowrunning.com labeling the film as "Disappointing", proceeding to highlight that "With all the formulaic elements intact, Karyasthan disappoints as Dileep's hundredth film...
First AP International original Blu-Ray DiscBlu-ray DiscBlu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
. - 02.Marykkundoru KunjaaduMarykkundoru Kunjaadu-Critical reception:The film is one of the blockbusters of 2010. IMDB gave the film a 7.7 rating, which indicates high performance. Nowrunning.com gave the film 2/5 stars stating that "Shafi's new film might definitely appeal to people who are on the lookout for a few nontoxic laughs...
- 03.Pranchiyettan & the SaintPranchiyettan & the SaintPranchiyettan & the Saint is a 2010 Malayalam satirical film written, directed, and produced by Ranjith. The film centres on the fictitious conversation between the Thrissur based rice merchant C.E. Francis aka Pranchiyettan and St. Francis of Assisi...
- 04.Christian BrothersChristian BrothersChristian Brothers may refer to:* Congregation of Christian Brothers, a Catholic lay order founded at Waterford, Ireland in 1802 by the Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice...
The discs are the first of its kind to be made directly from the DPX source, without further compression from tape based formats like HDcamSR. This process is currently supervised by Sunny Audit and encoded by AP International.