Hyderabad, May 27 -- Just a month before the grand release of Vishnu Manchu's highly anticipated mythological epic Kannappa, a major setback has hit the production team. A hard drive carrying crucial, unreleased footage has gone missing from the office of Twenty Four Frames Factory in Hyderabad's Film Nagar.

A Shocking Twist Before Release

On May 25, Hive Studios in Mumbai sent the hard drive through DTDC courier. An office worker named Raghu received it and gave it to a woman named Charita. After that, both Raghu and Charita went missing. Reddy Vijay Kumar, the executive producer, filed a police complaint. He believes this may be an act to harm the movie.

The stolen hard drive has key scenes and VFX footage, including parts with Prabh...