UFO Moviez to digitise Raj Kapoor's films

The golden hits of legendary showman Raj Kapoor - Bobby, Prem Rog and Satyam, Shivam, Sundram - are set to be digitalised after RK Studios announced its partnership with UFO Moviez, a pioneer in digital cinema solutions.

RK Studios will throw open its original film prints library to the solutions provider for conversion into digital widescreen format.

Instead of projectors and lights, the digitally-enabled theatre will receive the audio-video digital stream directly from the satellite and play the movie on the widescreen inside the hall.

Commenting on the decision to go digital, Raj Kapoor's son Randhir Kapoor said: "The films have a limited shelf life and the print quality deteriorates with the passage of time and repeated screening."

Various single-screen theatres and multiplexes have urged Kapoors to permit them to screen all-time romantic and social hits created by the legendary showman.

"We thought it is appropriate to have them released in digital prints to preserve these much-loved films for eternity," Kapoor said, adding some films will be digitalised to start with and then the entire library will be made available for conversion.