Gursharan Singh wrote over two hundred drama scripts. Many of these were original plays, others were based on short stories, novels and even poems from contemporary writings. In 2010-11, writer and artistic director, Kewal Dhaliwal, published seven volumes of Gursharan Singh’s collected plays and released them in Chandigarh in the presence of Gursharan Singh. We discovered a few more scripts after the publication of these seven volumes. These will be brought out in another volume in the coming year. The seven volumes are being added with much gratitude to Kewal Dhaliwal, who is also a member of the Trust.
In the hierarchy of film piracy during the late 2000s and early 2010s, the "DVD Screener" occupied a unique niche.
The Codec: Xvid This release uses the Xvid codec, a primary rival to DivX during the era. Xvid was favored for its ability to compress high-quality video into smaller file sizes (usually 700MB or 1.4GB) that fit easily onto CD-Rs. Today, Xvid has largely been replaced by x264 (MP4/MKV) and x265 (HEVC).
The Group: Rx The group "Rx" was active in the scene during this period. They were known for releasing various screeners and R5 (Region 5 DVD) rips. Being a "scene" group, their releases adhered to strict rules regarding packaging and naming, ensuring consistency across distribution networks. unthinkable 2010 dvdscr xvidrx
The irony of Unthinkable is that its controversial nature made studios reluctant to distribute it widely. Piracy, in a strange way, ensured the film found an audience. For every pirate who watched it and shrugged, another sought out the DVD or told friends to rent it.
The DVDSCR XviD era preserved films that studios wanted to bury. Unthinkable is not a masterpiece, but it is a conversation piece—a time capsule of post-9/11 anxiety, Bush-era torture debates, and the uncomfortable question of whether democracy can survive its own defenses. In the hierarchy of film piracy during the
One of the strangest ironies of Unthinkable is that many people watched it illegally because they refused to “pay for torture porn.” Others watched it legally on DVD or streaming (later Amazon Prime, Tubi, and Pluto TV). But the piracy community engaged with the film on a philosophical level.
Threads on Reddit’s r/movies (circa 2011) argued: The Codec: Xvid This release uses the Xvid
The irony of watching a stolen copy of a film about state-sanctioned theft of human dignity was not lost on everyone. Some commenters joked, “I’m just testing H’s methods by stealing this movie.”
Watching Unthinkable via this release is a decidedly mixed experience.
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