State & Central governments should join hands to eradicate piracy: Dhananjayan
Speaking at the 24-hour non-stop marathon Shoot The Pirates, producer and the founder of BOFTA, Mr. Dhananjayan Govind said, “There is a belief that piracy is happening only because movies are released abroad first but there are many instances where movies were released in our regional state first but still got pirated. Tamil and Hindi movies are the two industries which are affected the most by piracy. There is no piracy in Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu film industry. Here in Tamil industry, we act only during a movie’s release and this is not enough.”
“Only 4 crore people in India have watched the super hit DANGAL which collected over 500 crores. More than 16 crore people have watched that movie on illegal platforms. This is a huge loss. Tamil cinema will flourish only when everyone watches the movie in the theatres or through legal online websites. State government and Central government should join hands to eradicate piracy,” Dhananjayan added.
