Aayirathil Oruvan is an upcoming film of Selvaraghavan in which Karthi, Reema Sen and Andrea play pivotal roles, the shooting of which is currently progressing in the hilly areas of Chalakudy in Kerala.

A magnificent set has been erected on top of a hillock in this area where the film was being canned from the 3rd of this month. Three hundred junior artists were also a part of the shooting along with the lead players.

A couple of days back when the director had called 'pack up' and the crew was getting ready to call it a day, a herd of elephants barged into the sets and rampaged it while the crew ran for their lives in their vehicles.

A spokesman from the unit recalls with shock, "We usually wind up the day's work only by 6 P M. But luckily on that day, due to bad light, we had to wrap up half an hour earlier which worked to our advantage. I am not able to imagine our plight if we had stayed there for some more time . We sure had a miraculous escape and are very thankful to God".