Actor Silambarasan, who was shooting for ‘Silambattam’, and Prasanna who was shooting for ‘Achchamundu Achchamundu’ in the United States have been injured while shooting for their respective films. Simbu has reportedly sprained his ankle while performing a dance sequence and has been advised rest for the next couple of weeks.

Prasanna got a blow to his head while filming a fight sequence.

Says the director of 'Achchamundu Achchamundu' Arun Vaithyanadhan, 'We were shooting the climax and there was a stunt where John Shea had to punch Prasanna. We rehearsed everything and somehow the timing missed and the punch directly landed on Prasanna's head. I was watching the whole thing in the monitor and realized immediately that the timing had gone awry'.

'Prasanna fell on the floor and I yelled 'CUT' immediately. Stunt coordinator Ian Mclaughlin and the doubles went to the spot with a first aid kit and ice packs. Prasanna was totally shaken up and it was really a hard blow. Things came back to normal in 30 minutes and Prasanna, like a real hero came back to the spot and finished the stunt'.

Denying reports carried out in certain sections of the media that an iron rod was used, Arun Vaithyanadhan added, 'there was no rod involved and there are no stitches and Prasanna is fine now. He is a terrific sport. The footage of this accident would feature in the special edition DVD'.

Injuries to actors and actresses have become prevalent in the recent past. It may be recalled that Mansoor Ali Khan was injured a couple of weeks ago while shooting for ‘Kanthaswamy’, while Kajal Agarwal sustained bleeding injuries in the sets of ‘Modhi Vilayadu’. Meanwhile S J Suryah was hurt while shooting for ‘Newtonin 3am Vidhi’.

This goes on to show that artistes are putting in that much of extra effort in order to get the right effect. Competitive nature has crept amongst artistes and probably is the main reason behind the injuries. Audiences these days are very appreciative of hard workers and all artistes will have to be on their toes if they need to taste success. Keeping this factor in mind, production houses would have to step up safety standards with immediate effect to avoid unnecessary injuries.

Silambarasan, after sustaining the sprain injury was rushed to a private hospital and shooting was eventually cancelled.