EXCLUSIVE: How the Mark Antony team escaped getting hit by a truck on the sets? Director Adhik Ravichandran reveals!

Vishal mark antony movie accident director adhik ravichanran opens up - Tamil Movie Cinema News

The cast and crew of Vishal's next big film, Mark Antony, escaped unhurt while filming a major action sequence in a closed indoor sets environment after a truck had lost balance earlier this week. The shocking incident was captured on video and showed Vishal and the crew managing a miraculous escape in the nick of time. Being produced by S. Vinod Kumar's Mini Studio banner, Mark Antony also stars SJ Suryah, Telugu actor Sunil of Pushpa fame, actress Ritu Varma, among others, under Trisha Illana Nayanthara fame Adhik Ravichandran's direction, who has now opened up about the shooting spot accident during an exclusive telephonic interview with Galatta.

Speaking about the incident at the Mark Antony shooting spot, Adhik Ravichandran said, "We were shooting an important sequence at night till the early hours in the morning. We customized a lorry that was supposed to come in and stop at one point, but we don't know whether it was a brake fault. We had little time to react. Vishal sir was actually lying on his back and the people in front of him could see the truck headed towards them. There were around 300 junior artistes at the shooting spot. It created a lot of tension and many of us panicked. It was a close call for Vishal sir and we don't know how he knew the truck was coming towards him. One of the junior artistes too pulled him out of the truck's way in a jiffy. Vishal sir had very little time to react. This was uite shocking since we had rehearsed the sequence before." 

The Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan director added, "It's a crucial scene in the film and it is set around Vishal sir and SJ Suryah sir. Nobody got hurt in the incident and the next 10 minutes we were reeling from the shock of what had happened. I was searching for Vishal sir and SJ Suryah sir after the incident because I was seated with the producer, art director and my father at the place where the truck had crashed. As we were watching the events unfold on the monitor, we were happy initially that it looked great. But, before we could realize that the vehicle was not slowing down, it crossed to the right going past Vishal sir and SJ Suryah sir and came towards us. I, the producer, art director and my father (co-director) flew to the left side and by God's grace we didn't get hurt. What's most shocking is that he (Vishal) didn't have much time to react, but he sensed that such a thing was happening behind him and because of his reflexes, he could move immediately to the left and that is when one person pulled him away. This is complete luck."

Listen to director Adhik Ravichandran explain about the incident at the Mark Antony shooting spot in the video below: 

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