YouTube Box Office to host Shah Rukh Khan Film Festival

Enjoy mega blockbuster movies of Shah Rukh Khan all month long for free

With all the action surrounding Shah Rukh Khan and Ra.One on YouTube, we decided to line up a treat for all his fans with a month long film festival dedicated to the super star. YouTube Box Office (www.youtube.com/boxoffice), the special destination for all movie buffs in India, will host five mega blockbuster movies of Shah Rukh Khan absolutely free. Starting with the mega hit Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, YouTube Box office will host a new movie every friday. The festival will showcase super hit movies like Chak De India, Kal Ho Na Ho, Om Shanti Om and Kuch Kuch Hota hai.

Four months into its launch, the Intel sponsored YouTube Box Office channel continues to be popular with our users and has already garnered over 15 million views in India making it the #19 most subscribed (all time) channel in India. The channel is available to all Indian users absolutely free and users based in India can enjoy the movies by directly streaming it online. We are grateful to all our partners who continue to embrace the YouTube platform and offer our users, the most entertaining and premium content available on the web.

Apart from featuring full-length movies, the channel also engages users with movie trivia and contests. Users can also choose to watch movies from YouTube movie catalogues which offers over 1500 movie titles including over 400 titles from regional movies in languages such as Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and Bengali.

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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge A romantic comedy, the film marked the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra, and stars Shahrukh Khan and Kajol. All Time Blockbuster and remains the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema. Kajol plays a young girl from India, brought up in London who falls in love with Raj, played by Shah Rukh Khan, much against her father’s wishes.

Catch the excitement on http://www.youtube.com/boxoffice

Posted by Amit Agrawal Head Content Partnerships YouTube - India.

YouTube doubles the movie treat on YouTube Box Office

Now enjoy two new Bollywood movies every month on YouTube Box Office for free

Movies of the month - ‘Shaitan’ & ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama’

You asked for it and we have got it. Starting this month, YouTube will feature two new blockbuster movies every month for free on its YouTube Box Office channel (www.youtube.com/boxoffice) for users in India. After the overwhelming response to Band Baaja Baaraat, 3 idiots and Bheja fry 2, YouTube has lined up a special treat for the month of September - featuring the latest edgy entertainer from Anurag Kashyap & Binoy Nambiar - ‘Shaitan’ and the hilarious anti rom-com ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama’. Shaitan is making its online debut first on YouTube even before its television premiere.

Launched three months back, the Intel sponsored YouTube Box Office channel has already got over 11.5 million views in India and is the #20 most subscribed (all time) channel in India. Apart from featuring full length movies, the channel also engages users with movie trivia and contests. Users can also choose to watch movies from YouTube movie catalogues which offers over 1500 movie titles including over 400 titles from regional movies in languages such as Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and Bengali.

Now playing:
Shaitan - the gritty crime drama sees Kalki Koechlin play a disturbed teenager who joins a group of rich young friends who get into a mess after a road accident, leading to a seething cauldron of crime and violence.

Catch the excitement on www.youtube.com/boxoffice

Posted by Amit Agrawal, Head of YouTube Content Partnerships, India

Catch Bheja Fry 2 on YouTube Boxoffice absolutely free

After releasing Bheja Fry 2 to users in the US on YouTube rentals, our partner Shemaroo Entertainment has now taken the lead to bring Bheja Fry 2 to users in India absolutely free of cost on YouTube Boxoffice. Bheja Fry 2 will be the first movie to be released on YouTube Box Office preceding its television premiere and will be available to users in India for the entire month of August.

YouTube BoxOffice is the special channel launched by YouTube in India and features blockbuster movies every month for free. Bheja Fry 2 is a sequel to the 2007 low budget but extremely popular film Bheja Fry and was released in theatres on June 17, 2011. The film stars Vinay Pathak as Bharat Bhushan, the character who was loved and adored by all in its first release. Kay Kay Menon and Minissha Lamba are the other leading stars in the film. Users will be able to enjoy the movie in HD format ensuring better viewing experience with enhanced audio and video quality.

The channel has previously featured movies like Band Baaja Baaraat and 3 Idiots that attracted more than 6 million channel views. Apart from featuring full length movies, the channel also engages the users with movie trivia and contests. Users can also choose from over 1500 titles of popular movies in the YouTube catalogue of movies including regional language films in Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil and Bengali.

Posted by Amit Agrawal, Head of YouTube Content Partnerships, Google India