Joining the bandwagon of voicing out angst against the Jana Nayagan leak, Telugu star Vijay Devarakonda said the incident made him enraged. Empathising with the makers, who have experienced the distressing incident, the Ranabaali star said he has personally experienced pain and loss in the aftermath of a similar incident early in his career.
"You feel like a target, you feel a loss of hope, it’s not just about me, there are co-actors, directors, producers, and so many who have all their dreams on the line," he wrote, underlining the need to sort the issue as soon as possible.
"This current issue needs to get sorted Asap and the people behind it identified, and if it doesn’t it reflects a systemic failure. It keeps reminding us how insensitive people can be, and the extent some will go to cause harm without a second thought," he added, extending his "unconditional support" to the Jana Nayagan team.
Besides Vijay Devarakonda, several other noted personalities from the Telugu film industry joined in to condemn the leak of Jana Nayagan's footage. Some of them included Chiranjeevi, Mohan Babu, Manchu Manoj, director Bobby Kolli, and producer SKN (Sreenivasa Kumar).
The leak was discovered late on Thursday, where initially limited footage was pirated, after which it was discovered that the entire film was leaked.
While the source of the leak is yet to be determined, it has left fans and general audiences fuming. Later, legal team of the makers of H Vinoth's Jana Nayagan have issued a strong legal notice while confirming that scenes, and the full film, have been illegally accessed, copied, and circulated across digital platforms. Calling the act a serious criminal offence and copyright violation, the production house warned that anyone involved in downloading, sharing, or forwarding the leaked content, via platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, X, YouTube, or torrents, will face individual legal action.
