Hyderabad: Tollywood’s last movie, Pushpa 2: The ruleproduced by Mythri movies makersIt was the subject of a complaint filed to the Hyderabad cybercrime to the. The producers alleged that a YouTube user uploaded a pirated version of the film, causing a loss of around 50 million rupees to the manufacturers. The cyber crime wing registered a case and began an investigation. “We are in the process of tracking the alleged YouTuber. Consequently, the investigation will proceed,” said an official of the cyber crimes of Hyderabad. The film was released in theaters on December 5, 2024.
According to the police, the complaint was filed by I Laxman Rao, production manager of Mythri Movie Makers. Rao claimed that the pirated version of the film was uploaded to YouTube by a user identified as Harish ValabojThrough its YouTube channel, South New Movie. As the film was uploaded by him without manufacturers’ permission on January 4, 2025, Mythri films manufacturers requested a notification on the same day.
Harish confirmed his act by using an exclusive license agreement for falsified license created in a stamp document, which shows that an organization appointed Lyca productionsHaving his office in Chennai, had given him the authority to play the film on his YouTube channel, alleged Rao, said the official of the cyber crime.
Rao also mentioned that Lyca Productions are not the copyright headlines of the Allu Arjun star and raised the suspicion that the alleged letter was forged. Citing the complaint, the official said that manufacturers even verified with Lyca Productions, and also confirmed that it was a falsified document.
As YouTube does not have an adequate verification process, they accepted the false agreement and restored the film before January 21, 2025, after which manufacturers requested a copyright strike again from the official YouTube channel of the filmmakers of the filmmakers of Mythri. The video was finally eliminated completely before January 24. But by then, the film reached 1 crore views, causing a great loss for manufacturers. The manufacturers claim around 50 million rupees for loss of rupees due to the load of the pirated version of the movie on YouTube, they added to the wing of cyber crimes. There was a low BNS case and the you law.