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We were one step away from Friday, 22 July being declared a national holiday. For anyone who missed out on the craziness which seems to have gripped Rajinikanth fans all over the world –

Friday was the day the Tamil actor’s latest film _Kabali _hit theatres in India. Additionally, 20 July saw illegal _Kabali_ downloads becoming available online. This wasn’t the first time

scenes from a movie were leaked online. However, what sent Twitter on a field trip was the fact that on 21 July, Kickass Torrents, the website for pirated content download was shut down.

Popular torrent hosting site KickassTorrents (or kat.cr) was taken down after its alleged owner was arrested on charges of copyright infringement in Poland. The man in question is

30-year-old Artem Vaulin, who was arrested by the Polish authorities on a request made by the US. This is how Twitter responded to the these developments: WHEN RAJINI FINISHED PIRACY > 

Yesterday: Kabali illegal downloads available. > Today: KickassTorrents officially shuts down, founder arrested in > Poland. > Rajinikanth rocks. > — Ramesh Srivats 

(@rameshsrivats) July 21, 2016 > Just going to do an attempt to download #Kabali from torrent. > Someone please tell my parents I love them. > — engineeroholic (@EngineeRoholic) 

July 21, 2016 > Tried downloading Kabali. ÂµTorrent uninstalled itself. System got > formated. Wi-Fi router crashed. Nearby Airtel tower vanished. > — Akhenaten (@CentreRight4) July

 21, 2016 > *Say NO to piracy. Please don't download the Internet from Kabali.* > — Vishal Shah (@vishalshah2210) July 21, 2016 _KABALI_ OBSESSION LEVEL: RAJINIKANTH > Today 

will be the preview shows for Kabali. > After which Rajinikanth will give ratings to all film critics. > — Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) July 21, 2016 > Kabali is releasing 

tomorrow, therefore calendars will be adjusted > to Friday. > — Rahul Raj (@bhak_sala) July 21, 2016 > Has an all India holiday been declared tomorrow on account of > #Kabali yet

 ?? > — Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) July 21, 2016 > Not a believer but going to celebrate the festival that is Kabali on > Saturday > — Vikram Subhash (@VikramSubhash) July 21, 

2016 GUESS WHO JUST JOINED THE _KABALI_ FAN CLUB? > It's interval n what an emotional film #Kabali! I am sure, it will > be one of the biggest hit film of mega star Rajnikant.

> — KRK (@kamaalrkhan) July 21, 2016 WHEN DESPERATE PLEAS FOR TICKETS HIT THE INTERNET > @bookmyshow_sup Thanks for the support anyways! Pls resolve it > before midnight! Pls! 

Thousands are waiting to book tickets for > Kabali! :) > — Ashwin Bharadwaj (@Ashwin_Bhradwaj) July 21, 2016 > #Kabali Few tickts needed for tomorrow evening show in Coimbatore!!

> It may be any theatre. pls do help if tckts available!😕 > — navEEn (@naveenyuva6) July 21, 2016 > @AGSCinemas I need 6 tickets for KABALI FDFS. I am ok to pay 500 rs > per 

ticket. Where can I contact to get the ticket? > — Vijay Anand. J (@Vijay22Harish) July 21, 2016 Cities in India woke up on Friday to the loud cheer and celebrations of the release of the

long-awaited Kabali. The movie was not only celebrated by Rajini fans in India but Rajini bhkats from Japan flew all the way to Chennai to catch the action. Special flights from Bengaluru

to Chennai allowed people to fly Kabali style and catch the first day, first show of the movie. People gathered at cinema halls at 2 am and offered litres of milk to Rajini posters to

express their excitement. In Mumbai, the celebrations for the film’s release started from 6 AM in the morning on Friday, when fans took a 66-feet poster of Rajinikanth to the temple for

blessings in Matunga. Published: 21 Jul 2016, 11:18 PM IST