Vicky Kaushal and Yami Gautam starrer Uri: The Surgical Strike has become the first hit of the year 2019. The war drama opened in theatres on January 11 has earned more than Rs 50 crore at the box office. The word of mouth of the film is really good. But at the same time the demand for URI: The Surgical Strike full movie for free download is quite high. Netizens are looking out for pirated prints of URI: The Surgical Strike movie for free download and watch online in 1080p HD, 720p and 480p. Now we would say, if you are planning to watch the movie, you better go out and watch it in the theatres. Because, if you are planning to watch the movie by illegally downloading through a torrent from TamilRockers, the makers of the film have a trick up their sleeve.
There is a massive search for Vicky Kaushal's war-drama with netizens using keywords such as Uri: The Surgical Strike tamilrockers, Uri: The Surgical Strike Strike movie download, Uri: The Surgical Strike strike full movie free download, Uri: The Surgical Strike full movie, Uri: The Surgical Strike movie download free, Uri: The Surgical Strike movie watch online, Uri: The Surgical Strike online watch, Uri: The Surgical Strike movie download 720p, Uri: The Surgical Strike movie download 480p, Uri: The Surgical Strike movie download openload, Uri: The Surgical Strike online watch free, and more. But in an amazing marketing ploy, that kills two birds with one stone, makers of Uri: The Surgical Strike have uploaded a torrent claiming to contain the movie.
But once the user downloads the file from a torrent, which is almost 4GB in size, they are in for a surprise. The first few seconds of the movie is fine, but then it moves on to announcing that the movie should be watched in theatres on not illegally. Yup. 4GB worth of data downloaded for a public service announcement. We just want to see the faces of the people, who downloaded this torrent, when they played the file. Nirmala Sitharaman Interacts With 'Uri: The Surgical Strike' Star-cast on Army Day, Praises The Movie.
Watch the contents of illegally downloaded Uri: The Surgical Strike here:
This certainly is a marketing genius. This might not discourage piracy but at least it got people to waste their 4 GB data. And maybe someone got impressed enough to actually turn to a theatre to watch the movie. Uri: The Surgical Strike has been directed by Aditya Dhar. The movie also stars Mohit Raina and Kriti Kulhari in key roles.
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