Jun 15, 2025 06:28 PM IST
The unit of Kantara: Chapter 1 experiences one other mishap when a ship capsizes through the movie’s shoot at Shivamogga in Karnataka.
A ship capsized at a reservoir in Shivamogga through the capturing of Kannada movie Kantara: Chapter 1, however actor-director Rishab Shetty and 30 crew members escaped unharmed, averting a serious mishap, police sources stated. (Additionally Learn: Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1 unit suffers one other loss; actor Kalabhavan Niju dies of coronary heart assault)
Boat capsizes on Kantara: Chapter 1 set
They added that this incident allegedly occurred through the filming of Kantara: Chapter 1 within the Mani reservoir within the Masti Katte area of Shivamogga district. The accident occurred in a shallow zone of the reservoir, close to an space regionally often known as Melina Koppa, which helped avert a potential tragedy.
Nonetheless, cameras and different filming tools are believed to have been misplaced to the water. The losses are but to be assessed. In response to the Thirthahalli police, who visited the spot, folks onboard escaped unharmed. Police are investigating.
Theatre artist believes Bhoota Daivas ‘don’t like commercialisation’
Theatre artist Ramadas Poojary instructed PTI that making a film on the spirits of Dakshina Kannada is at all times dangerous, because the spirits (Bhootas-Daivas) don’t just like the commercialisation of any exercise related to them. Nonetheless, Rishab Shetty, who reveres the spirits, has performed elaborate poojas to them and was given permission to make the movie, says Poojary.
A senior crew member who spoke to PTI on the situation of anonymity stated a number of the crew members panicked when the boat overturned, however because it was within the shallow waters, all of them waded by means of to security. “It reveals that the spirits have blessed us ultimately,” the crew member stated. This incident marks yet one more setback for Kantara: Chapter 1, which is grappling with a sequence of unlucky occasions.
Previously month alone, the manufacturing crew has misplaced three artists to unrelated incidents, including to the challenges confronted by the movie’s crew. Kantara: Chapter 1 is slated for launch on 2 October.
