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

Actor Kamal Haasan and production house Lyca on Thursday condoled the death of three professionals who were killed in a crane accident on the sets of the veteran star's film 'Indian 2', which left nine others injured. The three killed were assistant director Krishna, art assistant Chandran and Madhu, 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 the ongoing shooting of the movie, directed by ace director Shankar, at a private studio at the 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 their crushed canopy under the crane.

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

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

In a tweet, Haasan expressed his sympathies with the families of the 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, the grief of the family who lost them will be manifold. I take part in their grief as one of them," he said.

(With PTI inputs)