Prabhas’ leaked look from 'Fauji' sparks legal fury — Fans can’t stop sharing

Dubai: Another day, another Prabhas leak. The Telugu superstar, best known to pan-Indian audiences as the brawny Baahubali who lifted an elephant-sized Shivling[divine stone of Indian deity Shiva] on his shoulders in S.S. Rajamouli’s 2015 epic, has once again found himself at the center of an online frenzy.

This time, it’s not for his box office clout but for a stray image from his upcoming film with director Hanu Raghavapudi that slipped onto the internet — much to the horror of the film’s producers.

The movie in question, tentatively titled Fauji, is a sprawling historical fiction set in the 1940s. Think alternate history, buried injustices, and a lone warrior’s rise from the shadows. But instead of basking in carefully orchestrated first-look glory, Prabhas’s leaner, rugged soldierly avatar leaked ahead of schedule. Fans, naturally, did what they do best: screenshot, share, and stan.

The producers, Mythri Movie Makers (the same powerhouse behind blockbusters like Pushpa), were not amused.

In a statement that dripped with corporate exasperation, they warned, “Any account sharing such pictures will not only be reported and brought down but will be treated as a cybercrime.” Translation: share at your own risk, because the digital police are watching.

This isn’t the first time Prabhas’s films have been plagued by leaks. Remember Saaho (2019)? Entire action sequences made their way online before release. And just last year, Kalki 2898 AD — the futuristic sci-fi epic that drowned under its own hype — also suffered its fair share of premature visuals. It’s practically a rite of passage for a Prabhas project at this point.

For Fauji, the stakes are especially high. The cast is a curious mix: veterans like Anupam Kher and Mithun Chakraborty, social-media darling Imanvi (whose alleged “Pakistani military ties” briefly turned into tabloid fodder), and a score by Vishal Chandrasekhar, the man behind the swoony music of Sita Ramam. If Raghavapudi can replicate the emotional heft of Sita Ramam and Prabhas can shake off the ghost of his recent flops, Fauji might just be the comeback story fans have been waiting for.

But until the official reveal, Prabhas’s fandom will have to resist the urge to click, share, and double-tap leaked morsels. Easier said than done — after all, the actor isn’t just a star, he’s an industry unto himself, carrying the hopes of Telugu cinema on his shoulders even when the films wobble.

Because with Prabhas, whether he’s playing a time-traveling messiah, a rogue spy, or now, a soldier in an imagined past, one thing is certain: the leaks will keep coming, and the frenzy will follow.