It is known that piracy has been impacting the new releases and even before the completion of the first shows, the HD quality prints are going viral on various social media sites.
Despite many stringent rules, none could uproot the piracy menace because the culprits are operating from various countries and through high end technologies.
In the midst of all this, Hyderabad Cyber Crime cops busted a major piracy racket that caused more than Rs 3700crs loss to Tollywood. The cops arrested five people indulging in piracy. Hyderabad Commissioner CV.Anand said " The racket operated across multiple States. The gang was found to be responsible for pirating several major Telugu releases, including HIT: The Third Case, #Single, Kuberaa and Hari Hara Veera Mallu, and uploading them onto notorious websites"
He revealed "The investigation began on June 5, 2025, when the Anti-Video Piracy Cell of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce (TFCC) lodged a complaint that #Single and HIT: The Third Case had been leaked online on their release days.Another complaint followed after Kuberaa was similarly pirated.Cases were registered under provisions of the IT Act, Copyright Act and the Cinematograph Act."
He continued "During the probe, five prime accused were identified and arrested between June and August - who were identified as Ashwani Kumar from Bihar, described as the kingpin who hacked servers of digital media companies to steal HD film copies, Cyril Infant Raj from Tamil Nadu, accused of managing piracy websites and earning nearly ₹2 crore in cryptocurrency since 2020, Jana Kiran Kumar from Hyderabad, who allegedly recorded over 100 films in theatres using a concealed mobile phone, Sudhakaran from Erode, who admitted to camcording 35 south Indian films, and Arsalan Ahmed, who uploaded pirated films to file-sharing platforms and distributed them through Telegram."