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Actor Kamal Haasan's decision to show his Tamil movie, Vishwaroopam, on the direct-to-home platform a day ahead of its release - a first for a big-budget movie in India - has evoked strong protests from theatre owners and distributors who feel that the move will spell doom for them.
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The theatre owners and distributors are worried that by showing the movie, reportedly made at a cost of Rs 70 crore to Rs 80 crore, on the DTH platform, Kamal will start a trend that could cripple their business and make it more difficult to keep a tab on piracy, which is already inflicting huge losses on the south IndianBSE 4.54 % film industry.
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- Economic Times
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The theatre owners and distributors are worried that by showing the movie, reportedly made at a cost of Rs 70 crore to Rs 80 crore, on the DTH platform, Kamal will start a trend that could cripple their business and make it more difficult to keep a tab on piracy, which is already inflicting huge losses on the south IndianBSE 4.54 % film industry.
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- Economic Times
Indiantelevision.com's Morning News Digest
