Groups involved in piracy making are now forming into a powerful mafia. The groups which till now pirated the films and uploaded it on net on the release days are now threatening the production houses.
They are making threatening calls to the producers and production houses and are trying to extort money warning that if they donot give the amount they demand, they will upload the film's PHD prints online.
It is coming out that the piracy mafia made crores by threatening Bollywood filmmakers and Baahubali makers too faced similar threats ahead of the film release. Piracy makers after pirating the PHD print through a theatre harddisc in Bihar later met the producers and demanded a whopping 3crs. This created sensation at that time. Some producers are giving in to the demands of the piracy mafia.
Even the makers of Allu Arjun's DJ (Duvvada Jagannatham) and Sai Dharam Tej's Jawaan faced similar threats. But Jawaan producer Krishnaiah lodged complaint to the Cyber Cell and they arrested the piracy makers. Makers of Rajasekhar's Garuda Vega too faced similar threats.