Vivek Oberoi , actorThe location for Mani Ratnams yet-untitled film witnessed an unfortunate drama, played almost to reel life yesterday afternoon on the Vidyasagar Setu (bridge over the Hooghly river) at Kolkata. A motorbike collision caused a fatal leg injury to actor Vivek Oberoi. And a blood pressure problem consequent to the accident had director Ratnam admitted to a hospital. Confirmed Suresh Oberoi about his son, Vivek has broken his shin bone and has suffered a fracture on the left leg.
According to a source on Ratnams film unit, the sequence of the unfortunate events played out roughly thus: Oberoi was being chased by Abhishek Bachchan on the bridge as part of a shot in the film.
The shot entailed a stuntman on a motorbike to miss colliding against Oberoi as the latter charged towards the moving machine.
Mani Ratnam, film directorUnfortunately, due to a slippery road, the bike skidded and crashed straight into Oberoi, to fatally run over his left leg.
The actor known for his roles in films like Company and Saathiya had to be lifted by his co-actors, Bachchan and Ajay Devgan, on to the stretcher.
Subsequently and apparently strung by Oberois accident on the films location, filmmaker Ratnam complained of a chest pain, as a result of hypertension, and was rushed to the hospital as well for a detailed examination.
Sources say that a vital operation on Oberois leg is to be conducted today, while the doctors are known to have suggested that he will have to walk with the support of a crutch for a few months and have an iron plate attached to his shin for at least a year.
Oberoi had in fact performed a daring stunt right the day before his accident at the same site, much to the regale of the citys cinema-crazy audience, which has hosted Ratnams film crew since the weekend at Kolkata.
