A man in Hyderabad was arrested on Sunday for allegedly leaking a scene from the Telugu film Geetha Govindam, directed by Parasuram, that is set to release on August 15.
According to The News Minute, the police arrested Padavala Rajesh, a native of Chirala in Prakasam district, working as an administrator in Data Digital Bank in Hyderabad, a firm associated with the Telugu film industry.
The incident came to light after a filmmaker alerted the producers of Geetha Govindam at Geetha Arts, following which a case was filed with the cyber crime police. The accused had allegedly copied the footage of the film and shared it among his relatives, who are students of KL University, where it was uploaded online and circulated. The cops found the students after tracking their IP addresses which where used to upload the footage.
Actor Vijay Deverakonda, who is the lead in the film, tweeted saying that he felt let down, disappointed and hurt. This is his first major release after last year’s Arjun Reddy. His tweet drew a lot of support from his fans.
#KillPiracy will repeat in next 365 days & forever..
we promise you
all We support you & #TFI ,#Tollywood
Be strong ?@TheDeverakonda pic.twitter.com/WIDAPtoYbN— VenkataSrinath.g@ (@VenkataSrinath1) August 12, 2018
Don't worry it doesn't matter if it got leaked..If there's content nobody can stop ppl thronging d theatres…!!!#GeethaGovindam
— Its Swarna??? (@attitudeson) August 12, 2018
No worries Vijay. As per my promise, I booked tickets to watch in theatres. pic.twitter.com/w3AZ7PBvTj
— Ganesh Komuraiah (@GaniGPT) August 12, 2018
Srinivas Kumar Naidu, the producer of another Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Taxiwala, also condemned the incident in a series of tweets. People who circulate pirated clips of films on social media will be tracked down, booked and punished according to law, he said.
17 students in Guntur & Editor in Hyderbad got arrested
for circulating raw footage FEW films under shooting, the editor arrested for data stealing & circulation more arrests gonna happen as Cyber crime police working hard in both states considering this as serious offence pic.twitter.com/iZtEDQ3FPj— SKN – Geetha Govindam 2 days to go (@SKNonline) August 11, 2018
IMP notice :
Who ever circulate piracy clips of films on their social media, all of their accounts will be traced ,blocked & they ll be punished according law, this is SERIOUS notice pls don't spoil your careers & don't try to spoil film makers career & their efforts and money pic.twitter.com/NT4xdd6rbo
— SKN – Geetha Govindam 2 days to go (@SKNonline) August 12, 2018
Geetha Govindam is a romantic comedy that also stars Rashmika Mandanna. The film’s director, Parasuram was quoted as saying, “Two people with different ideologies meet and fall in love, but because of their egos, they face some complications. How they come out of their problems is narrated in an entertaining way.”
The film’s song, ‘Inkem Inkem Inkem Kaavaale’, sung by Sid Sriram and composed by Gopi Sunder has been trending for more than two weeks now.
Vijay also has Taxiwala directed by Shiva, a bilingual NOTA directed by Seenu and a film titled Dear Comrade.
