Three killed and nine hospitalized, after a crane collapse down, during the shooting of Kamal Haasan's Indian 2 film. Kamal tweeted that it is unbearable to think about the sufferings of the family of the three dead persons.
The Indian 2 shooting has been going on in the EVP Film City for the past few days with Kamal Haasan. Now, this unfortunate accident has abruptly suspended the shoot. Rumors about injuries to Director Shanker has been spreading currently. Fortunately, director Shankar who was just a few meters away from the collapsing crane, is surely unharmed. In fact, Kamal Haasan, along with director Sankar, visited the hospital to see their crew members who were injured.
At 9:30 PM yesterday, February 19, the Indian 2 shooting was going on in the EVP film city at Nasarathpet in Poonamallee on the outskirts of Chennai. Suddenly crane carrying the high beam light crashed down, killing assistant director Krishnan who was in its small box. Two other domestic helpers Madhu and Chandran on whom the box crashed down also died with him. Nine others with different levels of injuries were taken to the hospital in nearby Thandalam. The nine of the film crew who were injured include the following six and three others