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Might 8, 2025: The manufacturing of Rishab Shetty’s Kantara: Chapter 1 got here to a tragic halt on Tuesday after junior artiste MF Kapil, an actor from Kerala, drowned within the Kollur Souparnika river. In keeping with a report, Kapil went for a swim within the river throughout a break from filming however was swept away by a powerful present.
Following the incident, the native authorities and hearth division launched a search and rescue operation. Sadly, Kapil’s physique was recovered later that night. The Kollur police have filed a case and are at the moment investigating the circumstances surrounding his loss of life.
The movie’s staff has but to launch an official assertion concerning the tragedy.
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This incident comes after a sequence of challenges throughout the manufacturing of Kantara: Chapter 1. In November of the earlier yr, a bus carrying 20 junior artistes overturned in Kollur, severely injuring six individuals. Nonetheless, a supply near the movie’s staff dismissed the incident as a “minor accident” and denied experiences of accidents.
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Earlier this yr, Hombale Movies, the manufacturing firm behind the movie, confronted a wonderful of ₹50,000 for allegedly dumping movie set supplies within the Sakleshpur forest. The staff was additionally accused of damaging timber by blasting and axing them. A large set constructed for the movie was reportedly destroyed by wind and rain.
This tragic occasion isn’t the primary time a movie set has witnessed such a calamity. Tamil movies Indian 2 and Sardar 2 additionally skilled fatalities throughout filming, resulting in shoot halts and police investigations.
The manufacturing of Kantara: Chapter 1 has now been paused indefinitely because the investigation into the loss of life of MF Kapil continues.
