{"id":377306,"date":"2026-04-13T12:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/377306\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:28:10","slug":"film-federation-president-rk-selvamani-compares-vijays-jana-nayagan-leak-to-%e2%82%b9500-crore-bank-heist-system-is-flawed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/377306\/","title":{"rendered":"Film federation president RK Selvamani compares Vijay’s Jana Nayagan leak to \u20b9500 crore bank heist: \u2018System is flawed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI) president, RK Selvamani, called the leak of Vijay<\/a>\u2019s unreleased final film Jana Nayagan a \u2018systemic failure.\u2019 Speaking to the press, he agreed with Kamal Haasan\u2019s view, calling on the state and central governments to take strict action against the perpetrators. He also compared it to a bank heist, stating that if such a robbery were to take place at the Reserve Bank, the country would be up in arms.<\/p>\n

\"RKRK Selvamani agrees with Kamal Haasan that Vijay’s Jana Nayagan leak is a systemic failure.FEFSI president talks about Jana Nayagan leak<\/p>\n

Selvamani remarked that the leak of Jana Nayagan<\/a> was a \u2018big theft\u2019 that affected the entire film industry. He rued that films are leaking even before their release now, whereas once they would at least be leaked days after release. He stated that the film industry now needs to reevaluate its operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe checked with the editor about the edit print leak. They said copies were sent to Karnataka for dubbing and Hyderabad for audio mixing. We don\u2019t know where it leaked from,\u201d he told the press, adding, \u201cIt is terrifying that stolen property is being delivered straight to people\u2019s homes without any fear or reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Compares it to \u20b9500 crore bank heist<\/p>\n

Selvamani also commented that the leak of Jana Nayagan has cost producers \u20b9500 crore, the film’s supposed budget. \u201cNow, if you steal \u20b9500 crore from the Reserve Bank, the whole country would be in uproar. But nobody knows about this theft, be it the people or the government. If a Hollywood movie leaks like this, people get arrested immediately. But when it happens to an Indian film, no one even questions,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

The FEFSI <\/a>president also put the onus on the government to help the film industry through this. \u201cAnother sad thing is that the things being stolen are sold through the internet, which is under the central government’s control. The state government must now track down the IP addresses, and the central government, which already has a law imposing 3 years’ imprisonment on the perpetrators and a fine equal to 5% of the total production cost, must follow through. 5% of \u20b9500 crore is nothing to the producer, but they must be punished,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A systemic failure<\/p>\n

\u201cThe leak of #Jananayagan is not an accident – it is the result of systemic failure. Had due process been timely, we would not be here. Inordinate delays in certification created fertile ground for piracy. When legal access is stalled, illegitimate channels take over,\u201d wrote Kamal Haasan on social media after the leak, and Selvamani agrees with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is exactly what Kamal Haasan<\/a> sir meant in his tweet. This system is flawed,\u201d he said, pointing out the delay in certification by the CBFC, adding, \u201cThis release should have been a festival for theatres. The money would have flowed from theatres to distributors, then to producers, and finally to the workers. That chain is now broken. This was the most-awaited film of the year. Seeing it leak like this is a shock and a massive loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tamil Nadu cybercrime wing has arrested <\/a>six individuals in connection with the unauthorised online leak on April 12, following the HD leak of Jana Nayagan on various platforms on April 9. An official told PTI that individuals have been booked under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Information Technology Act, the Copyright Act, and the Cinematograph Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI) president, RK Selvamani, called the leak of Vijay\u2019s unreleased final film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,194747,14514,409,111,139,69,196701,88489],"class_list":{"0":"post-377306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-jana-nayagan-leak","10":"tag-kamal-haasan","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-rk-selvamani-on-jana-nayagan-leak","16":"tag-vijay"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}