2 days after Kannada movie mishap, body of actor Raghav Uday recovered

Mumbai: Body of Kannada actor Raghav Uday, who had gone missing after jumping off a helicopter onto the Thippagondanahalli Reservoir while shooting for a Kannada film, was found on Wednesday.

The actor, along with Anil Verma and lead star of the film, Duniya Vijay had jumped a good 30 feet onto the river. While Vijay swam ashore, Anil and Uday couldn't and had been missing ever since.

The police had cited absolute negligence towards safety measures as the cause of the mishap. A case of culpable homicide had been filed against the producer of the film, 'Masti Gudi,' who's been absconding ever since.

While Vijay had been provided a safety harness, the deceased actors weren't provided safety measures, despite having admitted to not being great swimmers before start of shoot.

Speaking to a Kannada news channel before performing the stunt, Raghav Uday had said he was "scared" of the stunt and was not good at swimming.

"I'm very scared first of all. I have not done (such stunt) so far, nor have I seen anyone performing such stunt so far, so I'm scared. Whatever safety is done there is always a fear within oneself, despite that the situation is that I have to perform it... He also said he was not good in swimming. "...I'm not that good in swimming, I can fall (into water) and come out, but I have never fallen into water from such a height, so there is some sort of fear within me."

Stating that precautionary measures had been taken by the team, he said "preparation is what they have done, they have said that once we fall they will come (in boat), we are dependent on it, if there is anything above it, there is God."

The body of Anil Verma is yet to be retrieved.