During the second wave (April–June 2021), theaters were shut. Moviesda became the only way to watch new Tamil releases for millions stuck at home.
The Indian government, under the new IT Rules 2021, ramped up efforts to block piracy. In 2021 alone: moviesda in 2021 tamil movies
Interestingly, several Tamil film producers filed FIRs against "unknown persons" for uploading movies to Moviesda. But no major arrests were made directly against the site operators in 2021, as the servers were traced to countries like Vietnam, Russia, and the Netherlands. During the second wave (April–June 2021), theaters were
One unique trend of 2021 was the "OTT leak." Movies like Netrikann (Amazon Prime), Nenjam Marappathillai (Disney+ Hotstar), and Tughlaq Durbar (SonyLIV) were all leaked on Moviesda within 24-48 hours of their digital premiere. This forced OTT platforms to embed invisible watermarks (forensic watermarking) to trace the source of the leak. Nenjam Marappathillai (Disney+ Hotstar)
The year 2021 saw several massive Tamil films fall prey to Moviesda’s rapid distribution network. The leaks were not just limited to box office failures; even super-hits suffered.