Salman Khan and Rashmika Mandanna's 'Sikandar' which had released connected Eid 2025, had truly precocious expectations. However, the action-packed entertainer failed to onslaught a chord with some critics and audiences, managing to gain conscionable much than ₹100 crore successful India.
The movie was expected to bash overmuch much based connected the precocious budget. But different origin which worked against 'Sikandar' was that it was a unfortunate of privacy.The movie was leaked online the nighttime earlier its theatrical release. What made it worse was the information that the pirated transcript wasn’t conscionable a cam-recorded version—it was a high-definition people circulated by piracy websites.Now, successful a determination that’s drafting attraction industry-wide, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment (NGE), the producers of Sikandar, are reportedly gearing up to record a important security assertion worthy ₹91 crore.
According to a source, which was quoted by Bollywood Hungama, "An audit was conducted to gauge the grade of piracy’s impact, and Ernst & Young (EnY) submitted a elaborate study estimating the fiscal harm astatine ₹91 crore.
"Insiders uncover that the nonaccomplishment estimation factored successful pre-release container bureau forecasts, determination occupancy patterns, and the abrupt gross driblet pursuing the leak. Advanced integer tracking systems were utilized to hint amerciable downloads and streaming data, which further validated the standard of the leak.
Interestingly, the pirated mentation that dispersed online was not the finalized version—some scenes lacked refined VFX and included footage that had been removed from the authoritative theatrical cut.Whether NGE proceeds with the security assertion remains to beryllium seen. If it does, the result could perchance acceptable a precedent for however piracy-related losses are addressed successful Bollywood moving forward.'Sikandar' is besides present streaming connected OTT.