Bollywood films that leaked online before release date

After getting cleared with eight minor cuts by Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), the makers of ‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’ find themselves in fresh trouble. If reports are to be believed, the film has been leaked online just days before its release.

‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’ joins the long list of films like ‘Great Grand Masti’ and ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ that have been leaked online. The film is scheduled to release on August 25, 2017, alongside Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez starrer ‘A Gentleman’.

Nawaz will be seen essaying the role of a sharp shooter named Babu and the actor has taken special lessons in handling guns and action for the role. Directed by Kushan Nandy,’ Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’ was initially supposed to have Chitrangda Singh as the female lead. However, she later backed out of the project, making way for Bidita Bag.

Makers put in a lot of efforts in making a movie. A film undergoes many situations to finally reach its release date. And what if the film gets leaked before its release? That is indeed a horrifying thought for the maker. However, there are films that have been leaked online even before its release date. Surprisingly, the copies which are submitted at the censor board get leaked. Though everyone is clueless as to how these copies get leaked online before release, it definitely affects badly. Let's take a look at films that were leaked online even before its release date…



Toilet Ek Prem Katha
Ahead of its August 11 release, Akshay Kumar's much awaited project 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha', has been leaked online and the actor has asked his fans to support him in the fight against piracy. Few reports suggested that the movie featuring Akshay and Bhumi Pednekar was available online, and choreographer Remo D'Souza brought it to the notice of the filmmakers. Remo confirmed the news to a leading daily and said that he has informed the producers about the same. "The fight against piracy is critical and it's reassuring to see the swift action taken by the Crime Branch on the unfortunate incident involving our film 'Toilet-Ek Prem Katha.I would like urge my friends, colleagues, fans and audiences to please say no to piracy. Thank you all for support," Akshay, 49, posted on Twitter.

Udta Punjab

It seems like Shahid Kapoor-starrer 'Udta Punjab' is controversy’s favourite child. After a huge ruckus at the CBFC, the film has been leaked two days before its release. Even though the film was removed from the torrent (online portal for download movies), it is a sad fate for the movie as it will directly affect its box-office collection. Reports suggest that a 40-minute clip had been leaked on the internet which contained the most crucial scenes of the film. While some reports also claim that few websites have the entire film running on their portals. Well, that's horrifying!

Paa

R Balki's movie 'Paa' which received accolades across the nation was leaked online on the day of its release. As the movie was leaked on the day of its release, it hardly affected the box office collection of the film. But the act somehow affected the film as it got added in the bandwagon of the films that were leaked online before its release. Amitabh Bachchan, in the movie, essayed a kid who is affected by a rare genetic condition known as progeria, was highly appreciated.

Manjhi

Nawazuddin’s much talked about film, 'Manjhi – The Mountain Man' had been leaked online before the release. Reportedly, a print of Nawazuddin Siddiqui's 'Manjhi' was leaked online, ten days ahead of its release. While 'Manjhi' had a watermark of the censor board, Sunny Deol-starrer Mohalla Assi's leaked print carries a fake symbol of CBFC and the producers say that they are yet to receive the board's approval on the film. Coming back to 'Manjhi,' now, the movie of about 1hour 40 minutes is available online.

Mohalla Assi

The makers have no clue as to how a film made with so much conviction gets released online. But that's true, Sunny Deol starrer 'Mohalla Assi' was leaked online even before its release. Not only that the film is still stuck in the courts for a long time and is waiting for its release date. The reason why the movie is stuck in the court is that someone from Delhi had brought a stay order on the film as it contained abusive language when he saw the promos of the film. The movie stars Sakshi Tanwar and Ravi Kishan in promising roles.

Paanch

'Udta Punjab' is not the only Anurag Kashyap movie which got leaked before its release. He has bear the brunt of one of his movies titled 'Paanch' which has not released yet. It has been leaked online and also available for everyone to download. Reports suggests that the original uploader claims that the director Anurag Kashyap himself leaked the copy. Reports also said that Censor board had problems with several scenes in the film and Anurag wanted no compromises on his film and refused to make the cuts needed to be able to release the film.

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny

Neil Nitin Mukesh and Soha Ali Khan's starrer movie 'Tera Kya Hoga Johnny' which was set to release in the year 2008 was delayed and pushed to 2010. Reason? the movie got leaked even before its release. Few parts of the movie was leaked online when the post production was in process. The movie produced by Sudhir Mishra finally got released after the maker filed an FIR against the act.

Anurag Kashyap's movie based on Joshi-Abhyankar serial murder

Anurag Kashyap’s movie, which was loosely based on the 1976-77 Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders, never saw the light of day as it never got released in the theatres as the Censor Board never gave it a passing certificate. But the film got leaked online. It was available on various websites. However, Kashyap did not bother to fight against it as it was stuck in the censors for a long time.