A freaking road accident took life of an upcoming young talented director AV Arun Prasath. Arun Prasath is a former assistant of filmmaker Shankar, this tragic bike accident happened near Mettupalayam in Coimbatore.

Prasath directed 4G, a fantasy-comedy featuring GV Prakash and Gayathri Suresh. Launched about four years back the release of the movie was delayed due to various reasons.

Arun is a native of Annur in Coimbatore. He was returning to Annur after visiting Mettupalayam in his motorcycle when he was knocked down by a tipper lorry heading towards Mettupalayam. Prasath died on the spot, sources said. Police recovered the body and shifted it to Mettupalayam government hospital for postmortem. The lorry driver Jayaraj has been arrested.

The news coming off as a shocker for the team members and the Kollywood industry. Though the film 4G was delayed a bit, it does arrive as a sad and unfortunate news for the industry.

Arun Prasath, who was an erstwhile associate of Shankar, was credited in the film’s posters as Venkat Pakkar. Shankar and the team members expressed their condolences through their social media pages yesterday.

"Heartbroken by the sudden demise of the young director and my ex-assistant, Arun. You were always sweet, positive, and hardworking. My prayers are forever with you and my deepest condolences to your family and friends," read his tweet.

Heartbroken by the sudden demise of the young director and my ex-assistant, Arun. You were always sweet, positive and hardworking. My prayers are forever with you and my deepest condolences to your family and friends.🙏 pic.twitter.com/ZA6kvfcYLj

— Shankar Shanmugham (@shankarshanmugh) May 15, 2020

GV Prakash Kumar took to Twitter to pay his homage. He shared a happy picture of the late director. In the snap. Arun can be seen sitting on a bike as he flaunts his moustache. In a message tweeted in Tamil, Prakash wrote, "Deeply saddened by the news of the death of a sweet brother and my director Venkat Pakkar who always moved with warmth and confidence."

எப்போதும் நட்போடும் நம்பிக்கையோடும் பழகும் ஒரு இனிய சகோதரன் என் இயக்குனர் வெங்கட் பாக்கர் சாலை விபத்தில் மரணமடைந்த செய்தி கேட்டு மிகுந்த துயருற்றேன்...
அவரை இழந்து வாடும் உறவினர்களுக்கும் நண்பர்களுக்கும் என் ஆழ்ந்த இரங்கல்..
நண்பரின் ஆன்மா இறைவனடி இளைப்பாறட்டும் @AVArunPrasath 😭 pic.twitter.com/wQvtoYOTTF

— G.V.Prakash Kumar (@gvprakash) May 15, 2020

Popular actor Manobala too shared his photo on the microblogging portal to express his condolence.

என்ன இது..என்ன நடக்குது..RIP pic.twitter.com/1Aj0kIHfoU

— manobala (@manobalam) May 15, 2020