Raj Kapoor gets YouTube channel

After creating a YouTube channel on Silk Smitha during the promotion of The Dirty Picture and another on Dev Anand’s famous songs immediately after he passed away, a channel on Raj Kapoor, with over 100 plus videos, has been started to coincide with the legendary actor’s birth anniversary
(December 14).

Hiren Gada, director of Shemaroo Entertainment, official channel partners of YouTube since three years, says, “For Raj Kapoor’s birth anniversary, we created a playlist of our online videos. This helps surfers find everything related to Raj Kapoor songs, videos, and famous scenes in one place. Currently, there are 100 plus videos on this channel.”

Raj Kapoor’s famous films including Awaara (1951), Shree 420 (1955), Sangam (1964), Mera Naam Joker (1972), Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978) and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985) feature among others, on this channel that has now crossed over a million views already.

Gada says that it was after noticing changes in consumer consumption that they decided to adapt to the digital podium and the move has paid off. He says, “We have been creating channels on Raj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan songs and other film songs for a while now.”

Apart from these, there is also a fifteen minute movie channel, which has cuts from recent films such as Ishqiya (2010) and classics like Dilip Kumar’s Mugal-e-Azam (1960), Raj Kapoor’s Chhalia (1960) and Amitabh Bachchan’s Don (1978) among others.

Another such channel boasts of full movies that can be watched online at no cost.

Says Gada, “The content house benefits because Google, which owns YouTube now, shares ad revenue with them. Besides that, the content is also available on sites like yahoo.com and dailymotion.com.”

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A look at the movies releasing today!

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol

Genre: Action thriller
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: Tom Cruise, Anil Kapoor, Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton
Synopsis: A terrorist bombing destroys the Kremlin while IMF (Impossible Missions Force) agent Ethan Hunt is carrying out an
undercover operation in Moscow. The Russian govt categorises the attack as An Undeclared Act Of War, prompting United States government to initiate a black operation known as Ghost Protocol, disavowing the entire IMF. Hunt and his four-person team are allowed to escape from the govt’s custody as part of a plan to enable them to operate outside of their agency’s command structure. However, when IMF is ambushed, they are forced to operate without any kind of official support.

Jo Hum Chahein

Genre: Romantic comedy
Director: Pawan Gill
Cast: Sunny Gill, Simran Mundi, Ally Khan, Achint Kaur, Samar Virmani, Mansi Multani
Synopsis: Lives of two hip youngsters, Rohan Bhatia and Neha Kapoor, change forever once they meet and fall in love. Rohan is a brash and ambitious 24 year old MBA graduate, wants instant success. Rohan moves to Mumbai to pursue a career as a stockbroker where he meets Neha, a no-nonsense, strong headed girl who’s come to Mumbai to follow her dreams, the dream of becoming a film actor. Neha is someone who believes in love, but hasn’t given any guy a chance because no one measures up to her standards of Mr Right. That’s until Rohan comes along and her life changes completely. Both of them have different wants, desires and quests but they manage to come together and go on a journey that intertwines their personal and professional lives where they touch the peaks of love, loss, despair, betrayal and redemption.

Pappu Can't Dance SaalaPappu Can’t Dance saala

Genre: Comedy
Director: Saurabh Shukla
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia, Rajat Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah
Synopsis: Two people, belonging to different worlds, are forced to live under one roof. Vidyadhar Acharya has just shifted from Banaras to Mumbai. Having old world values, he finds it difficult to adjust in the urban jungle. He manages to find a flat in sales tax colony, where legally no tenant can be kept. And, that is why the rents are low. Mehak Malavde is a chorus dancer in Bollywood. She has learnt the tricks of surviving in the fast paced city. She is loud and jazzy. Palash is the ace choreographer and Mehak works in his group. Palash is obsessed with his art and appears emotionless. Mehak likes him a lot. She shifts in the flat opposite to Vidya’s. Vidya instantly dislikes her. She also hates him. Vidya finds it difficult to deal with his flamboyant neighbour and her loud friends. It starts a series of confrontations between them. But, as luck has it, Mehak loses her flat and forces herself in Vidya’s house. Thus begins a journey of two people, who can’t stand each other, stuck in the same flat.

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