As is evident from the screenshots, each of the three releases of Bombay reviewed here offer dramatic differences in video quality - particularly with regard to colour rendition. Unsurprisingly, the Eros DVD is the poorest with colours marred by a pinkish red hue and low contrast that completely obliterates lighter shades (whites are never white). The image is also cropped from the film's original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 to 1.85:1 with no anamorphic enhancement. On the print itself, dirt and speckles rear their head regularly and sharpness is only adequate. On the audio front, only a dubbed Hindi track is provided though it is mostly free from distortion. The disc's English subtitles are fairly well translated, but criminally none are on offer during any of the film's songs.

The Ayngaran DVD is superior, boasting a less-cropped anamorphic transfer with very good detail, but colours are now overly blue and brightness levels are at such a height that white areas now suffer from clipping. A less-than-stellar bitrate also results in MPEG compression artefacts spoiling matters further. Thankfully, the film's original Tamil soundtrack is provided with no real problems to report, aside from a rather unnecessary 5.1 remix job that merely spreads the original mono audio across five channels. A dubbed Telugu audio track is also included. English subtitles also cover the songs on this disc, but are very poorly translated with awkward grammar and numerous spelling/punctuation errors typical of this particular distributor.

And as for the release by German label REM, this version appears to offer the most accurate colour rendition of the three discs (though it is a touch too green), but this positive aspect is almost entirely nullified by the image's utter lack of detail, very low contrast levels and irregular tendency to break up into a mess of aliasing lines. It is at least anamorphic however and does also provide the film's Tamil audio in its unaltered mono form (albeit sounding slightly less clear than the Ayngaran audio). Only German subtitles are on offer.

It also worth noting that both the REM and Eros DVDs have been cut to remove a brief sequence of a handicapped young girl being burned alive. Only the Ayngaran DVD provides the film in its uncut form.