India, May 27 -- On Monday evening, news broke that a hard drive containing pivotal scenes from Kannappa was stolen by two individuals. Vishnu Manchu's production house, 24 Frames Factory, released a statement on Tuesday evening, revealing the 'vendetta' behind the move. Here's what the statement says. (Also Read: Hard disk containing 'unreleased data' of Kannappa stolen weeks before release; Vishnu Manchu prays at Jharkhand temple)

The production house confirmed that a hard drive containing pivotal scenes was indeed intercepted and stolen. "A hard drive containing a pivotal action sequence between two lead characters of Kannappa, along with critical VFX work, was stolen during transit. The drive was shipped from Hive Studios, Mumbai, an...