Raj Tarun and Riddhi Kumar's Lover full Telugu movie has been leaked on torrent sites and the free download of its pirated copy is likely to take toll on its collection at the box office.
Lover was allegedly recorded by a gang of notorious people during its screening in a cinema halls. They released the full Telugu movie on their website for free download, a day after film hit the screens. This pirated copy made it to other torrent sites within no time. A website offers six different versions of the film with different weight.
Raj Tarun's recent releases have become average grosser at the box office and the actor is looking for a big break of his career. He has pinned a lot of hopes on his latest outing Lover. After seeing hype and promotion, trade experts predicted that the movie would become the biggest opener and highest grossing film for him.
But Lover opened to an average response and collected less than Rs 1.50 crore gross at the box office on the first day. The mixed word of mouth took a toll on its collection to some extent on the following days. The movie has collected approximately Rs 3.50 crore gross at the box office in the first weekend.
Lover is a romantic comedy movie that revolves around the story of a bike mechanic (Raj Tarun), who falls in love with a nurse (Riddhi Kumar). Their love life turns critical when things change badly. Most of the viewers, who watched it have, has dubbed it as routine fare. This talk might make some filmgoers resort to downloading its pirated copy from torrent sites.
Its theatrical rights have reportedly been sold for a price of Rs 7 crore and Lover is estimated to have earned less than Rs 2 crore for its distributors in three days. Considering its current pace of collection, the movie is heading incur some amount of losses to them and blame it upon the average word of mouth. Now, its pirated copy is posing another big threat for them, as it is like digging a big hole in their pocket.
