Mangaluru: Budding movie director Santosh Shetty Kateel drowned at Ermayi Falls in Ujire, Belthangady taluk on Wednesday.
Santosh, who was once wearing a specially designed dress, unintentionally slipped into the falls whilst he and his crew have been there for a photo-shoot. He had gained laurels for his youngsters movie, ‘Kanasu - Kannu Teredaga’.
Police said he and four others deliberate a photo-shoot for his upcoming youngsters’s, Kannada movie, ‘Gandhada Kudi, Chandan Van’, for which 90% of the shooting was once complete. The workforce reached Ujire on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday morning, they left for the shoot at Ermayi Falls, which was once full of water due to incessant rain. They reached the spot around eight.30am.
According to assets, a neighborhood person referred to as Surendra reportedly warned the crew to not get into the water however they left out his caution. The workforce began work on the shoot and Shetty who was once meant to wear a different dress fabricated from steel which made him look like a robot. The plot involved Shetty status in the flowing water.
He reportedly slipped into the water, were given washed away and drowned between 10.15am and 10.30am. His body was once noticed through Surendra around 12.30pm and retrieved.
Shetty had a point in animation and worked in local TV channels as an animator earlier than coming into film-making.
Police said they booked a case below Indian Penal Code Section 304(a) (whoever causes the loss of life of anyone through any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide) against four persons who accompanied him to the falls with out acquiring important permission. A case was once registered at Belthangady police station.
Santosh, who was once wearing a specially designed dress, unintentionally slipped into the falls whilst he and his crew have been there for a photo-shoot. He had gained laurels for his youngsters movie, ‘Kanasu - Kannu Teredaga’.
Police said he and four others deliberate a photo-shoot for his upcoming youngsters’s, Kannada movie, ‘Gandhada Kudi, Chandan Van’, for which 90% of the shooting was once complete. The workforce reached Ujire on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday morning, they left for the shoot at Ermayi Falls, which was once full of water due to incessant rain. They reached the spot around eight.30am.
According to assets, a neighborhood person referred to as Surendra reportedly warned the crew to not get into the water however they left out his caution. The workforce began work on the shoot and Shetty who was once meant to wear a different dress fabricated from steel which made him look like a robot. The plot involved Shetty status in the flowing water.
He reportedly slipped into the water, were given washed away and drowned between 10.15am and 10.30am. His body was once noticed through Surendra around 12.30pm and retrieved.
Shetty had a point in animation and worked in local TV channels as an animator earlier than coming into film-making.
Police said they booked a case below Indian Penal Code Section 304(a) (whoever causes the loss of life of anyone through any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide) against four persons who accompanied him to the falls with out acquiring important permission. A case was once registered at Belthangady police station.
Budding film-maker drowns during photo-shoot
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