Amid the uncertainty of Monkey Man’s release in India, Dev Patel’s directorial debut has been leaked on pirated websites. Therefore, netizens in the country have switched to piracy websites to watch the film.
Recently, several social media users took to their respective X handles and revealed that they watched Monkey Man via torrent. “#MonkeyMan torrent is going to break records in India. Yes? No?” one of the users wrote. “I haven’t watched the film Monkey Man, but the pace of torrent sharing is tremendous,” added another. “Dev Patel girls will say he such a mastermind to float monkey man link on hanuman jayanti,” a third user wrote.
Monkey Man follows a young man who seeks vengeance on the crooked politicians who killed his mother. Besides Dev Patel, the film also features Sharlto Copley, Sikandar Kher, Sobhita Dhulipala and Vipin Sharma among others in key roles.
Monkey Man has not been released in India as of now. Previously, Deadline reported that the film was originally to stream on Netflix. The platform purchased the film, but they had doubts about releasing it in the Indian market. Later, as reported, Monkey Man’s co-financier, Bron Studios, declared bankruptcy, proving to be a challenge for the film.
Later, a source cited by Bollywood Hungama claimed that Monkey Man was supposed to be released in Indian theatres on April 19, pending clearance by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
“The studio wants to bring Monkey Man to theatres in India on April 19. But it all depends on its clearance by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The film has excessive violence and there are fears that some of its aspects might hurt the sentiments of the section of the audience. Hence, the Censor process is expected to take time. Also, the Universal Studios team in the USA also needs to permit the changes asked by the CBFC. Once they approve, the local team will carry out the changes and only then, the team will announce the release date,” the source said.
However, so far, there has not been an update and the film has not been released in India.
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