Experienced actor Rishi Kapoor has responded to the drowning
of two actors during the shooting of a Kannada movie, by questioning the idea
of putting human lives in danger when the facility of visual effects is
available.
"RIP. Two stuntmen drown whilst filming a stunt from a
chopper in a Kannada film. When VFX facilities available, then why endanger
human lives," Rishi posted.
Two male actors named Anil and Uday drowned in
Thippagondanahalli (TG Halli) lake, about 40 km northwest of Bengaluru, at the union
of Arkavathy and Kumudavathi rivers in Ramanagara district. They were enacting
a stunt scene by jumping from a helicopter.
The stunt act is the climax of a scene in the forthcoming movie
"Maastigudi" where the hero (Duniya Vijay) chases the two villains
trying to escape in a chopper from the lake shore. The hero too hops onto the
chopper, which flies over the lake's backwaters.
As seen from the movie footage, aired on local news
channels, in a fight between the hero and the duo the hero pushes both the
actors from the chopper and joins them in the reservoir to carry on the fight.
Vijay survived the jump, but Anil and Uday did not know
swimming and drowned in the middle of the lake before they could be saved.
The instance has raised questions about the safety measures
taken during dangerous movie shoots.
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