In an extremely unfortunate incident, Elumalai, a stuntman who was working on the sets of the recently-commenced Karthi-starrer Sardar 2, fell to his death.

The makers of the film, Prince Pictures, shared a statement about the same. "We regret to report the death of Mr Elumalai, a member of the Stunt Union who worked as a stunt rig man on the sets of our film Sardar 2. On Tuesday evening July 16, after the stunt sequences were filmed, as we were wrapping up shooting for the day, Mr Elumalai accidentally fell from a rostrum of 20 feet high and sustained injuries (sic)."

The statement continued, "He was rushed to the neraby multi speciality hospital where he was treated by the team of doctors. However, at around 11.30 pm on July 16, 2024, despite the intensive medical treatment, Mr Elumalai unfortunately passed away. Our entire team extend our sincerest condolences to Mr. Elumalai's family and we stand with them in this time of grief (sic)"