After drone injury, Benny Dayal slams irresponsible ‘stunts’ during music shows
Singer Benny Dayal was struck by a drone camera that was filming him during a live performance in Chennai on Friday. A video of the incident, from the concert at VIT Chennai, was shared widely on social media.
The Sholay (RRR, 2022) singer recounted the incident on his Instagram handle later. Dropping a video to brief his fans on the incident, Dayal said the drone struck his head accidentally during the live stage performance and also left him with bruises on his fingers.
“The drone fans hit and bruised the back of my head a little bit. Two of my fingers got completely bruised. But that’s all fine. I think I am going to recover from this much faster. Thanks to all for love and prayers,” the 38-year-old said in the video.
The Bang Bang singer added, “I just want to express three things. All artistes should make sure they have a clause that the drone cannot come close to them while they are performing, as their movement cannot be coordinated. You need a person with you who is specifically working on drones. All colleges, companies, show or event organisers, please get a certified drone operator because it’s very dangerous. The person should be certified to operate a drone,” the singer said, before adding, “We are artistes. We are just singing on stage. We are not Vijay or Ajay or Salman Khan or Prabhas or some action hero. You don’t have to do all these stunts. Just do a regular show. We just want to look nice. The drones shouldn’t come so close to artistes during a live performance,” he implored.
As soon as the singer posted the video, messages from fans and industry peers flooded the comment section. Singer Armaan Malik wrote, “Man this is messed up. Get well soon Ben!” Singer-actor Shirley Setia wrote, “Omgg!! Must have been right after we met. Take Care Benny, hope you get well soon!”
Dayal didn’t respond to our texts.