The team of Great Grand Masti says that the copy they submitted to the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) was tampered with. The copy was leaked online 17 days before the film opened prompting the makers to push up the release to July 15. Producer-director Indra Kumar said, “When the Cyber Cell officials went there (FCAT), they found that someone had opened the seal and put it in an album-like folder and sealed that.“

Vivek Oberoi, one of the film's leads, pointed out that you have to submit a sealed copy to the Tribunal. “They don't have the right to receive a copy without a seal. From the condition in which the copy was found, it seemed someone had opened it, put it along with other films and sealed it again.“

Co-star Riteish Deshmukh reiterated that they are “sure that (leaked copies of) Udta Punjab and Great Grand Masti were FCAT copies“. Ekta Kapoor, one of the film's presenters, had faced a similar situation when her production, Udta Punjab was leaked. “If the leak was planned as a 'Target Balaji' situation, it's most unfortunate but I don't look at it that way. There are conspiracy theories that we've been informed of, but I don't want to reveal it to the press yet.“ A shattered Indra Kumar bemoaned that two years of hard work and crores have gone down the drain. ­