'Raees' trailer creates history in few hours of release

Its trailer crossed 10.5 million record breaking views on Youtube, in just 20 hours

ANI | New Delhi December 8, 2016 Last Updated at 17:20 IST

As soon as Shah Rukh Khan came up with the trailer of his much-awaited film 'Raees,' the whole nation went gaga over it!

An example of it is that the trailer crossed 10.5 million record breaking views on Youtube, in just 20 hours, which is the fastest ever in the history of Indian cinema.

The movie also created history by crossing 100K likes in 3 hours and 35 minutes, making it the fastest trailer to cross 100K likes.

The gripping trailer has successfully topped the list by surpassing the trailer of 'Sultan' which had raked in 100K likes in 42 hours, 'Dangal' in 8 hours 48 minutes, 'Shivaay' in 23 hours and 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story' in 12 hours.

Following the unveiling of the two and a half minute trailer, the hashtag #RaeesTrailer was trending on social media all day, as fans and critics shared their excitement about the film.

The film's spokesperson shared in exultation, "We are extremely happy that the trailer has got such a phenomenal response, the team has worked very hard on the film and we all are extremely excited!"

There was already a nail-biting wait for the film and the stunning trailer has only added to the eagerness of audiences to watch the movie.

Directed by Rahul Dholakia, 'Raees' is set to clash with Hrithik Roshan's 'Kaabil', a day before Republic Day 2017.