MUMBAI: Excel Home Videos has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to release the Hollywood studio's existing titles on blue-ray DVDs in India.

Priced at Rs 1499 each, the first batch of the DVDs will release titles such as The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses, Alvin And The Chipmunks, AVP2, Hills Have Eyes 2, Hitman, What Happens In Vegas, Horton Hears A Who!, Jumper, Me, Myself & Irene, Meet The Spartans, The Omen, Shutter, The Sand Pebbles and Transporter 2.

Says Excel Home Video CEO Roby Abraham, "Enhancing the consumer experience of its products is prime reason behind the blue ray initiative. It's a newly introduced home video product. It also provides backward compatibility with the existing home entertainment libraries while also aggressively protecting intellectual property from piracy."