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SHOCKING: THIS UPCOMING TAMIL FILM LEAKED ON TAMILROCKERS BEFORE RELEASE

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Independent Tamil film Variyavan gets leaked on Tamilrockers

Piracy is a never ending threat, not only for the Kollywood film industry, but also for aspiring independent filmmakers. In an unexpected turn of events, the full version of an upcoming Independent film, Variyavan has been leaked on Tamilrockers, when the film was officially streamed in Amazon Prime for the audiences in USA and UK.
 

In an exclusive chat with Behindwoods, Variyavan film's director, Karthik Gopal shared about the pain and hardships that his team had undergone, during the making of the film. "I am a software engineer, who has so much of passion and interest in making films. Family situations have put me into the software industry and I find time to make films, during the weekends, with the help of my friends, who have a similar liking. 

We made short films every weekend, and this has been our practice for the past six years. We learnt a lot of nuances in filmmaking during the making of our short films. It was a very big learning experience. We have done notable short films like, 'Kaakitha Bommai', 'Image', 'Mukkona Vidhi', 'Pugai', and 'Tippen Box'. Out of the set, Tippen Box received a good response from direectors like Karthik Subbaraj and Gokul.

Later, we completede the full bound script of an independent feature, titled, 'Variyavan', which went on floors three years back. We completed the film in three years, shooting during our free time and on the weekends. We planned to pitch it to the Internet streaming platforms like Amazon and Netflix. Director Mithran Jawahar praised our film. The first look and second look posters were released by Aishwarya Rajesh and Jiiva respectively.


After a long wait, we signed our contract with Amazon to release the film in USA and UK Online markets. We also deided to release our film in India,through Netflix within the next few days. To our shock, the film got leaked and pirated from our Amazon Prime version. Unknown culprits ripped off our film and put it on Tamilrockers. Few other websites had also uploaded the content on their site. It came as a shocker to me and my team. We request the audience to kindly lend us their support to us and avoid piracy."