Nandamuri Balakrishna's summer entertainer, Lion, was released to humongous response from his fans. The film registered solid collections on its first day and ended up collecting decent figures even on its second day's run, totalling more than 7.75 crores. However, the film is already facing a huge setback.

Within just one day of its release, Lion has fallen prey to the piracy menace with thousands of the film's pirated DVDs being sold on the streets of Ongole town. Owing to the craze for the film, the DVDs are being sold like hotcakes and the local exhibitors are losing huge shares. Even bigger danger of the pirated DVDs being spread to other close towns and villages is frightening the distributors.

Soon after being informed, the Ongole town police have raided on the shops that are selling Lion's pirated DVDs and took the pirates into their custody. Several cases have already been filed on the pirates. Apart from the huge production costs and other financial issues, the producers and the distributors are having sleepless nights due to piracy. Will there be a day where this menace will be curbed completely.