Kamal Haasan escaped fatal 'Indian 2' crane accident by 10 seconds; team condoles deaths

Actor Kamal Haasan and production house Lyca on Thursday condoled death of three professionals who were killed in a crane accident on sets of veteran star's film 'Indian 2', which left nine ors injured.  three killed were assistant director Krishna, art assistant Chandran and Mhu, a production assistant, Lyca said in a statement.

On Wednesday, three people were killed and nine injured when a crane used to erect sets snapped at ongoing shooting of movie, directed by ace director Shankar, at a private studio at suburban Nazrathpet.

'It's a horrific accident': Kamal Haasan condoles death of 3 people on sets of 'Indian 2'

Costume designer Amritha Ram, who was also present when this mishap happened, took to her Twitter handle and revealed that Kamal Haasan, Kajal Aggarwal and she were 'literally just 10 seconds away from being crushed.' Amritha also shared a picture of ir crushed capy under  crane.

Indian 2: Crane mishap on sets of Kamal Haasan's film; casualties reported

65-year-old actor said though he h "met with and crossed" many accidents, this was "very horrific." Condoling death of three "most hardworking" technicians, Lyca Productions said, "we are extremely sdened" over mishap.

In a tweet, Haasan expressed his sympathies with families of deceased "Though (I) have met with and crossed many accidents, today's mishap is very horrific. I have lost three of my colleagues," he said in a tweet. "More than my pain, grief of family who lost m will be manifold. I take part in ir grief as one of m," he said.

(With PTI inputs)