In a shocking incident, renowned stunt artist SM Raju, died after a stunt went wrong on the sets of filmmaker PA Ranjith's upcoming film with actor Arya. The incident took place on Sunday, July 13, and a horrifying video of the mishap has now surfaced online from the sets of the film.
In the video, SM Raju can be seen performing a car-toppling stunt. His car lost balance as soon as it went on the ramp and turned several times mid-air before landing on its front end. It was a couple of minutes after the crash that the crew shooting the sequence realised what had happened, and they rushed towards the car, only to find Raju severely injured. He succumbed to his injuries.
Actor Vishal confirmed SM Raju's demise
The news of Raju's death was confirmed by actor Vishal, who had worked with the stuntman on several projects. "So difficult to digest the fact that stunt artist Raju passed away while doing a car-toppling sequence for jammy @arya_offl and @beemji Ranjith’s film this morning. I have known Raju for so many years. He has performed so many risky stunts in my films time and time again as he is such a brave person (sic)," he wrote on X.
Extending his support to Raju's bereaved family, Vishal added, "May God give more strength to his family for their grave loss. Not just this tweet but will definitely be there for his family’s future, being from the same film industry and also for his contribution to so many films. From the bottom of my heart and as my duty I extend my support for them. God bless (sic)."
Meanwhile, PA Ranjith and actor Arya have not issued an official statement on the incident.
