The censor copy of 'Great Grand Masti', part three of Indra Kumar's adult comedy franchise 'Masti', was leaked online yesterday, three weeks ahead of its big screen release. The two-hour-something film is available on various movie downloading websites in high-definition print along with credit titles.
The incident has evoked a sense of deja vu - this is the second instance of a film making its way to the e-space within a space of just 20 days. Controversial Shahid Kapoor-starrer 'Udta Punjab' had also fallen prey to piracy two days before it hit theatres (Read more). The makers had immediately registered an FIR and the culprit, a Delhi-based tech junkie, was arrested a week later.
Call it a co-incidence or quirk of fate, Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures is the co-producer of both films.
At the time of going to press, no police complaint had been registered.
The makers remained unavailable for comment.