Master Chief Petty Officer Krishnan Nair, better known by his stage name Jayan, was an Indian actor, naval officer, and stunt performer of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in over 150 Malayalam films, primarily as an action star. In 2010 he was referred to as the first and most successful action hero of Malayalam cinema.
This picture was taken seconds before the accident
The Citizen watch that Jayan had used during the shoot of the film Kolilakkam
The famed ship crane stunt in the film Chandrahaasam
Jayan's statue at his birthplace Olayil in Kollam
A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed to a daredevil, who performs for a live audience. When they take the place of another actor, they are known as stunt doubles.
Pyrotechnics stunt exhibition by "Giant Auto Rodéo" in Ciney, Belgium
Circus performers doing an automobile stunt in Delorimier Stadium, Montreal, Canada, in 1946
Harold Lloyd in 1923's Safety Last!, hanging (safely) from the clock tower. Lloyd may have been influenced by the real life stunts of Rodman Law a decade earlier.