Katiyabaaz (English: Electricity Thief, however this fails to capture the pun in the Hindi title), released under the alternate title Powerless for English-speaking audiences,[4] is a 2013 Indian Hindi documentary film directed by Deepti Kakkar and Fahad Mustafa about the problem of power theft in Kanpur.

The crew shot candid conversations, several individual stories and the crippling effects of electricity crisis in the area on the common man, local industries as well as small business owners.

It had a limited release across 50 screens in cities like Mumbai, Lucknow, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kanpur.

The largest German national paper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, gave Katiyabaaz a fantastic review after its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.

[15] According to Tom Brook from BBC's Talking Movies, "the filmmakers very effectively bring what could be rather dry subject to life".

[16] Aarti Virani wrote in The New York Times that the film was "a jarring glimpse at India’s rampant energy crisis".

[17] Abhimanyu Das wrote an extensive article about the film, Creatures of Light and Darkness in the Caravan magazine.