Despite the controversy surrounding "Kill Dil," the movie gained a significant following, particularly among fans of action-packed thrillers. However, the movie's availability on piracy websites like Filmyzilla further fueled the controversy. Filmyzilla, a notorious piracy website, made "Kill Dil" available for download and streaming, allowing users to access the movie without paying for it.

In this version of the story, Dev isn't just a hitman for a local don; he’s a "File-Cracker" for the site’s mysterious admin, Bhaiya ji [1]. His job is to hunt down high-definition prints of new releases and "kill" them by compressing them into 300MB chunks for the masses [2, 3]. He was the best at what he did until he met Disha [1].