VegaMovies answered with token transparency: a blog post outlining acquisition practices, a pledge to negotiate with rights-holders where possible, and a promise to share revenue with verified claimants. But trust is brittle. Some directors, dead or estranged from estates, could not be reached. Others welcomed the new audience. The platform's legal wranglings made headlines in niche film media, turning Jannat into a site of ethical contest as much as cinematic delight. Technicians labored in the background. Grain removed, scratch lines mended, audio bumped up from muffled optical tracks to clear stereo. Restorations brought new life to long-neglected masters; colors returned like memories reassembled. Yet restoration also meant making choices: contrast levels, reconstructed cuts, whether to include missing frames stitched from lower-quality prints. The process was creative as much as technical, and the choices sparked debate: would a restored print betray the original's rough honesty or honor its creator's intent?