India, Oct. 31 -- What was meant to be a film shoot turned into a chilling real-life nightmare at a Mumbai studio on Thursday, after a man named Rohit Arya, who told his crew that he was going to shoot a hostage scene, held 17 people captive in a Powai building.

According to Arya's longtime videographer Rohan Aher, Arya had told his crew they were going to shoot a hostage drama involving children -- a storyline that mirrored the horrific events that unfolded hours later.

Arya took 17 children and two adults hostage inside R A Studio in Powai on Thursday before being shot dead by police during a rescue operation.

Videographer Rohan Aher, who had been working with Arya for the last 10 years and was a prime witness during the three-hour d...