Dhanush’s Raayan has opened to terrific numbers over the weekend. The first three days were excellent for the film and it’s on its way to hitting the Rs 100 crore mark this week. After the first weekend, Tamil Nadu gross is close to 35 crores and Telugu State’s gross is around 7.5 crores. The rest of India amounted to 10 crores and the overseas performance stood at 20 crores. All these take the worldwide gross to be around 72 crores. While the film is running successfully in theatres, the shadow of piracy has hit it and Raayan piracy print has leaked online.
In the case of Raayan piracy, one of the admins of Tamil Rockers has been arrested. Jeb Stephen Raj, a native of Madurai, was taken into custody by the Kochi City Cyber Police. He was arrested red-handed while recording the movie in a theatre in Thiruvananthapuram. Reportedly, he was offered Rs 5000 from Tamil Rockers for each movie uploaded.
More than OTT this piracy is killing the cinema. The industry and authorities are failing to stop this. It’s about time some strict guidelines are implemented in theatres on recording videos and these arrests are needed to control this.
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