Reports are emerging that a crane carrying some lighting equipment came down crashing on the shooting location of Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2. The crane fell on the tent where Shankar and his assistants were monitoring the output. Even though these are early reports, sources say that at least two Assistant Directors have been killed in his mishap.
Another source say Director Shankar is grievously Injured and one of his legs got fractured. Ten others are said to be seriously injured. As we said earlier these are early reports and are yet to be confirmed. The movie shooting is happening at EVP, Chennai when this happened. The team is likely to make an official statement very soon.
Both Kamal Haasan and Kajal Agarwal are said to be on the location when this mishap happened but they are said to be safe. Kamal is ensuring that the casualities are being shifted to the local hospital. As the incident happened in a studio in the outskirts of Chennai and that too at night, the complete details are yet to emerge.
#Indian2 mishap: 3 dead & 9 injured in the crane accident. The injured have been taken to a nearby hospital. Director Shankar is unhurt. pic.twitter.com/62Ux5Bav53
— Shabbir Ahmed (@Ahmedshabbir20) February 19, 2020
#KamalHaasan #Shankar #indian2 this is the crane pic.twitter.com/KCAY1jgnSA
— Arun Kumar (@Kumarsivesh111) February 19, 2020
#Indian2 mishap update : The blue tent is where camera monitor is placed, that is where the director and assistant directors monitor the output .
The crane just fell right on the tent !! The darkest day for kollywood in recent times !!
2 assistants no more say sources 😢. pic.twitter.com/VyyrExV8jI
— Prashanth Rangaswamy (@itisprashanth) February 19, 2020
#Indian2 mishap update : Director @shankarshanmugh sir severely injured , his leg severely fractured.
Two assistant directors of shankar sir are no more say sources 😢😢😢 . Awaiting more confirmation. Pic of the crane that fell !! pic.twitter.com/gB60KR8Fgu
— Prashanth Rangaswamy (@itisprashanth) February 19, 2020
#Indian2 – Director @shankarshanmugh sir was so close to the lighting setup and it is a very close miss say unit people. The rope that held the super heavy light that was hanging 150 feet above the ground failed say unit people.
— Prashanth Rangaswamy (@itisprashanth) February 19, 2020