Studio Green head KE Gnanavel Raja has blamed lack of inaction by the Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council for the piracy in the film industry. He told Times of India:
“Their actions helped piracy to flourish. They had signed a tender with the local cable operators, where the latter could use the content of producers. When I was the secretary, I made sure that this never happened. But they made the deal again. Thanu, T Siva, Radhakrishnan and many other office bearers have been involved in this. Now that the next election is all set to happen soon, I am sure that positive changes will happen after our team emerges victorious.”
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Raja also took potshots at Tamil Rockers, a popular online streaming website. The admin of the website had threatened to upload Raja’s film Singham 3 (which releases on 9 February) as soon as it hit the screens. This was in response to comments made by the Gnanavel Raja at the audio launch of Yeman.
Gnanavel Raja said that he already has a plan in place to curb piracy. “I’m sure they will do it in one or the other way. Having said that, we are making all efforts to make them refrain from it. In the coming days, lot of people from the industry will lend their support in fighting piracy and some serious actions could be expected.”