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'Ponmagal Vandhal' leaked online before its premiere on Amazon Prime

'Ponmagal Vandhal' leaked online before its premiere on Amazon Prime
Written by Sagar
Edited by Shalini Ojha
May 29, 2020, 01:44 pm 3 min read
'Ponmagal Vandhal' leaked online before its premiere on Amazon Prime

Jyothika-starrer highly-anticipated Tamil movie Ponmagal Vandhal faced a huge trouble as it was leaked online even before its premiere on an OTT platform. The legal drama was set to arrive on Amazon Prime Video at midnight on Thursday. Notably, Ponmagal Vandhal is the first major Tamil film to skip theaters and release directly on a streaming service, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Here's more.

Details
HD version of the film was leaked on Tamilrockers

Notably, all theaters across the country remain indefinitely shuttered to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Now, according to reports, an HD version of Ponmagal Vandhal was made available on the notorious piracy giant Tamilrockers before it went live on Prime Video. This prompted the makers to release the film a few hours prior to its scheduled release time.

Film
What is 'Ponmagal Vandhal' all about?

Produced by Suriya and helmed by debutant director JJ Fredrick, Ponmagal Vandhal tells the story of an honest and passionate lawyer's fight to redeem a wrongfully convicted woman. The film stars Jyothika in the role of a lawyer for the first time in her career. K Bhagyaraj, R Parthiban, Pandiarajan and Pratap Pothen also feature in pivotal roles.

Piracy
Despite court action, piracy remains out of control

This recent incident shows that court orders haven't done much to put an end to piracy. Despite the Madras High Court banning over 12,000 illegal piracy websites, sites like Tamilrockers flourish, leaking almost every major film, soon after release. Reportedly, these platforms operate freely by perpetually switching their domain extension, thus becoming hard to track. Further, they can be easily accessed using proxy servers.

Information
Here are other movies that suffered due to piracy

Earlier this year, before the closure of cinemas, major movies such as Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior and Chhapaak were leaked on TamilRockers. Last year, films like Saaho, Kabir Singh, Bharat, Kalank, Gully Boy, and Student of the Year 2 fell prey to piracy.

Statement
Earlier, Jyothika said the project was appealing

To note, the movie is special for Jyothika, as her recent interviews suggested. Not long ago, she said, "When Fredrick brought a script that was questioning the legal system in a realistic and presentable way, I really got attracted to this project. Playing a lawyer was refreshing because no other leading lady in Tamil cinema in recent years had played a lawyer."

Future
Many producers are looking to skip theaters

Ponmagal Vandhal's illegal release right ahead of its OTT premiere is a cause of worry for many producers across the country who are looking to bypass theaters and release their movies directly on streaming services. In fact, many major Bollywood films, including Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer Gulabo Sitabo and Vidya Balan's Shakuntala Devi are set to soon release on Amazon Prime Video.

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Sagar covers national news for NewsBytes. He has previously worked as an editorial intern at NDTV. Over the course of his near three-year career, Sagar has gained experience in news writing, copy editing, and video production. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Delhi.
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