Kannada actors Anil Kumar & Raghav Uday are feared to have drowned during the climax shoot sequence of Maasthi Gudi.
News
oi-Staff
By Santhosh Kumar
Actors
Anil
Kumar
and
Raghav
Uday,
who
jumped
into
Tippagondanahalli
Dam,
while
shooting
for
the
action
sequence
of
Duniya
Vijay's
Maasthi
Gudi
are
feared
dead.
The
crew
was
shooting
for
the
climax
of
the
movie.
As
we
reported
earlier,
1.5
Crore
was
spent
on
this
particular
action
sequence,
which
was
being
shot
under
supervision
of
Action
Choreographer
Dr.
Ravi
Verma.
From
the
clippings
in
circulation,
it
is
clear
that
Anil
and
Raghav
jumped
from
the
helicopter
without
the
aid
of
life
jackets.
However,
Duniya
Vijay
also
jumped
from
the
helicopter
with
a
life
jacket
and
safely
reached
the
shore
with
the
help
of
experts.
This
can
be
considered
as
case
of
negligence,
as
action
sequences
were
shot
without
any
security
measures.
A
team
member
speaking
to
news
channel
stated
that
duo
jumped
without
life
jackets
as
the
script
demanded
it.
The
team
could
have
made
necessary
changes
to
the
script
to
allow
the
duo
to
use
life
jackets,
which
could
have
avoided
the
fatal
accident.
As
per
early
reports,
a
criminal
case
may
be
lodged
against
the
makers
by
Magadi
Police.
Raghav
made
his
debut
with
Jayammana
Maga,
which
had
Duniya
Vijay
playing
the
lead
role.
Since
then,
Raghav
was
in
demand
and
has
acted
in
a
number
of
films.
His
last
release
was
Dodmane
Hudga
starring
Puneeth
Rajkumar.
Anil
Kumar
was
making
his
acting
debut
with
this
film,
Maasthi
Gudi.
He
was
also
producing
this
film
under
KPS
Combines
with
his
friend
Sundar
Gowda.
He
was
a
close
associate
of
Duniya
Vijay.