India, July 13 -- Tamil actor Vishal confirmed the tragic loss of stunt artist SM Raju, who passed away on Sunday while performing a high-risk car toppling stunt on the sets of Arya's upcoming film, directed by Pa. Ranjith. Vishal, who has collaborated with Raju on numerous projects over the years, paid an emotional tribute on social media.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter) account, Vishal confirmed that Raju passed away while doing a car toppling sequence. He wrote, "So difficult to digest the fact that stunt artist Raju passed away while doing a car toppling sequence for Jammy (@arya_offl) and @beemji Ranjith's film this morning. I have known Raju for so many years, and he has performed so many risky stunts in my films time and again. He ...