Theatre ceiling collapses on audience during screening of Dhanush, Rashmika Mandanna's Kuberaa

During a screening of Kuberaa at Asian Mukunda in Mahabubabad, Telangana, the ceiling fell on the audience, injuring them.

The ceiling of the Asian Mukunda theatre in Mahabubabad, Telangana, collapsed on the audience on Wednesday. The incident took place during the screening of Sekhar Kammula’s Dhanush, Rashmika Mandanna, Nagarjuna and Jim Sarbh-starrer Kuberaa. Videos of the same were shared online on Thursday.

Ceiling collapses during Kuberaa screening

The ceiling in a single screen theatre in Telangana broke and fell on the audience during the screening of Dhanush's Kuberaa.

According to a report by Siasat, the ceiling collapsed on the audience at around 11:30 PM on Wednesday at Asian Mukunda. The audience ran out in panic. Two people suffered minor injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital. No major casualties have been reported. The Mahabubabad police told the publication that no case has been registered as the affected people came to a compromise with the theatre management. M9 News reported that the audience got into a scuffle with the theatre management for their negligence.

Kuberaa is a crime drama written and directed by Sekhar and co-written by Chaithanya Pingali. The film that was simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil was produced by Sree Venkateswara Cinemas LLP and Amigos Creations. Devi Sri Prasad composed the film’s music. In the film, Dhanush plays a beggar called Deva while Nagarjuna plays a former CBI officer called Deepak. Rashmika plays Sameera, and Jim plays a greedy businessman called Neeraj. Kuberaa marks Dhanush’s debut in Telugu. As per Sacnilk, Kuberaa collected ₹67 crore net in India and ₹81 crore worldwide in a week.