Cops have nabbed the 6 accused, including the manager of Adlabs, for stealing the masterprint of Ashutosh Gowariker’s Whats your Raashee?
What's Your Raashee releases this Friday starring Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja, the film has created quite a stir with Priyanka essaying 12 different characters in the film. Business Manager of Adlabs, Durgadas Shriramswami Bhakta had sold the DVD’s of WYR to the piracy gang for a mere 2 Lakhs that were first sent to Karachi and then to Bangladesh, Amsterdam, Germany, France, Australia, and Indonesia.The police had been planning the arrest of the accused since the past two months when they had heard that the prints of Rani Mukherjee starrer Dil Bole Hadippa had already been pirated and sent across the world. Apart from WYR and Dil Bole Hadippa, the gang has pirated the DVD’s of at least 11 Hindi films, including Aage Se Right, Let's Dance, FOX, Shadow, and Chal Chalein in the past six months.
Joint Commissioner of Police, Rakesh Maria said in a press con, saying, ‘The arrested accused have revealed the modus operandi of such groups across the country and we would seek help from the police of other states to curb this racket.’
If this mars the release of the film is yet to be known, we would have to wait and watch!
