Mukkabaaz Filmyzilla (2025)

Piracy hurts all filmmakers, but it is a death knell for independent cinema. A Salman Khan movie might lose a few crores to piracy, but its massive opening weekend and brand endorsements usually ensure profitability. For a film like Mukkabaaz , every ticket counts.

Mukkabaaz was not a Baahubali . It didn’t have a ₹300 crore budget with corporate backing. It was a risky, mid-budget film driven by passion. Films like these operate on razor-thin margins. The producers, Eros International and Anand L. Rai, took a gamble on a story about a Dalit boxer (a subject mainstream Bollywood actively avoids). Mukkabaaz Filmyzilla