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Film director Zoya Akhtar has suffered a big theft as 66 hard disks with valuable film information were stolen from her production office in Mumbai. The incident occurred recently and has shaken the team to its core as the hard drives are said to contain raw footage, scripts, edits and important information concerning current and future film projects.

Data from high profile projects are part of the stolen material, causing worry about losses reaching several crores, the sources said. The disks are alleged to have priceless creative contents that would cause significant delays in production.

A case has been registered and police have started an investigation into the burglary. Rising incidence of physical data theft has given a cause for concern to the Mumbai film industry. The team that made Zoya Akhtar is currently evaluating the damage and getting back any data that is still possible. The incident underscores the increasing fragility of the physical storage in the digital film-making age.