LUCKNOW: A woman in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot is critical after she was shot in the face last week when she stopped dancing at a wedding. The bizarre incident has been caught on a chilling video where the young woman, who was part of a dancing group, is seen on stage with a co-performer.

In the one-minute long clip, a man, apparently drunk, is heard saying: "Goli chal jayegi (shots will be fired)," after the woman stops dancing.

"Sudhir bhaiya, aap goli chala hi do (Brother, you should fire the gun)," another man then says. The woman is then suddenly shot from behind, which takes everybody by surprise. The bullet hits her face.

The video was shot on December 1 during a performance at the wedding of village head Sudhir Singh Patel's daughter in Tikra village. The groom's maternal uncles, Mithilesh and Akhilesh, who were on the stage, were also injured in the firing, according to the police.

One of the village head's family members had reportedly shot at the woman.

On Sunday, the groom's paternal uncle Ram Pratap filed a first information report against an unknown man.

"We are trying to arrest the accused. We are making all the efforts to bring the culprit to justice," senior police officer Ankit Mittal said.

This video is from UP's Chitrakoot .The lady was performing at a wedding and was shot by a man , possibly drunk, because she stopped after the music system development a glitch. She took a bullet in the jaw , hospitalised in Kanpur. @chitrakootpol says trying to make arrests pic.twitter.com/f9vVYopcYL

— Alok Pandey (@alok_pandey) December 6, 2019

The woman, who has been identified as Hina, 22, is recuperating at a hospital in Kanpur. Recalling how the events unfolded, Naina, who was dancing along with Hina at the wedding, said: "When we were dancing, the music suddenly stopped. The man then fired at us. She was standing next to me, got shot in the jaw. She has been critically injured."

In a similar incident, a 25-year-old pregnant dancer was killed in celebratory firing during a wedding in Punjab's Bathinda in 2016. Kulwinder Kaur, was shot in the stomach while performing on stage. She died on the spot.

Several such incidents have also been reported from Delhi. Last year, a young man was shot dead at a bar in Delhi after an argument with the DJ over a song request.