[2] On 7 November 2016, actors Anil Kumar and Raghava Uday drowned when they took a 60-feet plunge from a chopper while shooting film's climax.

[3][4][5] Maasthi questions powerful people killing tigers, and then takes the law into his own hands.

Actors Anil Kumar and Raghava Uday drowned while performing an action scene at Thippagondanahalli Reservoir, 35 kilometers west of Bangalore on 7 November.

[6] The action scene was shot under the supervision of stunt director Ravi Varma and the scene required Duniya Vijay with Anil Kumar and Raghava Uday jumping off into the lake from the helicopter.

[7][8][9] Duniya Vijay managed to swim ashore but Anil and Uday were not able to make it to the shore.