Kolkata: Technician electrocuted during Anushka Sharma's Pari film shoot
According to reports, while the technician, a member of the shooting unit's lighting department, was trying to fix a light at around 8:25 pm, he was electrocuted.
The man was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to police reports, the deceased has been identified as Shah Alam, who hailed from Uttar Pradesh and had joined the shooting unit from Mumbai.
Local police said that producer-cum-lead actress of the movie, Anushka Sharma and her co-actor Parambrata Chatterjee were present at the location when the accident took place.
The unit has been shooting the film in and around Kolkata since last few days.
The local police have started probe into the matter while the body has been sent for post mortem.
Shooting for the movie has been temporarily suspended, reports said.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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