What's the latest update on 'Karikalan', a period film featuring Vikram in the lead role? Well, we'll tell it to you. One schedule of the project has been completed and the cast and crew are currently heading for the second schedule.

"The first schedule was shot entirely in the deep jungles of Thalakonam where some important scenes featuring Vikram were canned. Director L I Kannan, an expert in special effects, is planning a visual extravaganza with Karikalan," sources say.

For those in need of a litte intro about Kannan, he was in-charge of visual effects in some of the much talked about films like 'Enthiran', 'Eeram' and 'Anniyan'. "So he is infusing state-of-the-art technology in Karikalan," sources in the know further add.

Meanwhile, buzz is that Vikram will have three heroines in this film, Zarine Khan, Mithra Kurien and Radhika Apte. The Chiyaan is playing a king, who is a great warrior too, in this movie produced by Silver Line Film Factory.