South Indian TV channel aired pirated version of Udta Punjab
Two days prior to its release, a copy of the film marked 'for censor' started doing the rounds on torrent sites.
Mumbai: After battling with the Central Board, Anurag Kashyap’s 'Udta Punjab' was cleared to release on Friday (June 17). But two days prior to its release, a copy of the film marked 'for censor' leaked online. Reportedly, the entire movie which has a running time of 2 hours 20 minutes, started doing the rounds on torrent sites.
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Anurag took to his social media handle and urged people to not pirated vesion and to at least wait till Saturday to decide.
However, in a shocking turn of events, Puducherry-based local cable channel Shakthi TV reportedly played the entire leaked copy of the film.
Tamil superstar Suriya Sivakumar condemned this move and tweeted-
Fight against Piracy!!Spread awareness that it's a crime!! Yet to release film #killpiracysavecinema #itsnowornever pic.twitter.com/igs2phGX03
— Suriya Sivakumar (@Suriya_offl) June 16, 2016