They wanted to recreate a scene from “Titanic” for their wedding and drowned | the Chronicle

External production of photos for a wedding ended in tragedy in India, when the bride and groom drowned in the river recreating the scene from the movie “Titanic”, in which Leonardo DiCaprio embrace Kate Winslet.

The victims, Chandru Yes Shashikala, aged 28 and 20, were engaged and they were to be married on November 22. The incident happened as photos were taken of a coracle, a fragile bamboo boat.

According to the newspaper The Hindu, the bride and groom and their parents first approached a resort town in Talakadu town and tried to hire a boat to take pictures.

However, the managers of the place They explained that this was not possible as the facilities were reserved for resort guests.

So they decided to get on a local fisherman’s small boat and go for a ride on the Kaveri River, while their loved ones waited on the shore.

“They had barely moved 10 or 15 meters from the shore when the future boyfriend got up, causing the barge to overturn. They couldn’t swim and drowned while the 52-year-old fisherman managed to swim to safety ”. said the police.

According to local media, the heavy rains of the previous days caused a very strong flow of the river. The bride and groom drowned in front of friends and family, and firefighters managed to retrieve the bodies a few hours later.

Escape and detention

The fisherman fled the scene after the crash and could face charges of negligence causing several deaths, local media reported.

The area suffered heavy rains and last week, police officers from neighboring Chamarajanagar district warned tourists not to take coracle rides on the Kaveri River due to the strong current.