Hyderabad Police has recently arrested the administrator of piracy website iBomma, launching a major crackdown on illegal movie sellers. Following the arrest, Megastar Chiranjeevi, along with other members of the Telugu film industry, praised the police department and spoke out strongly against the act of theft.

Chiranjeevi cracked down on film piracy

Speaking to the media, Chiranjeevi said, “Piracy is robbing the industry of huge revenues. Immadhi Ravi (iBomma founder) openly challenged the police to arrest him; the level of arrogance was very high. After all, he is behind the bars. My thanks to the Commissioner and his team for this achievement.”

The veteran star said, “Many big films like Game Changer, Thandel, Kingdom, They Call Him OG have suffered huge losses due to piracy. I also heard that a 22-year-old man from Bihar was earning a lot of money through piracy; this is unbearable.”

Nagarjuna Akkineni and SS Rajamouli react to film piracy

Nagarjuna Akkineni, who was also present at the media address, said that the industry members along with him had met IPS officer CV Anand two months ago to discuss the issue. He informed that piracy is affecting not only Telugu states but also Hindi, Tamil and many other film industries.

According to him, the loss is much more than Rs. 20 crores, because the actual earnings involved are in thousands of crores.

The Shiva actor expressed his gratitude to Telangana and Hyderabad Police for the excellent work. He further cautioned that websites offering free movie streaming are traps, revealing that six months ago, a member of his own family had become a victim of digital arrest.

Nagarjuna emphasized that when users open such websites, believing that they are watching movies for free, all their personal details are exposed to cyber criminals.

SS Rajamouli also praised Hyderabad and Telangana police departments. He commented that the situation resembled a typical movie sequence where a villain challenges the hero to capture him. He said that Telangana Police, proving its strength, managed to catch the culprit within two months.

The filmmaker pointed out that running such domains is expensive and while operators leak movies and cause financial losses to the industry, their primary source of revenue comes from viewers. He emphasized that viewers are unknowingly funding these operations, as operators make profits by selling users’ vital data.

Finally, the Varanasi director emphasized that the final choice is up to the audience, who can decide whether to watch movies legally by subscribing to OTT platforms or take the illegitimate route.