Vikram has been shooting for a long schedule for his upcoming movie 'Cobra' which has been wrapped up on Thursday. The team will be flying abroad for the next schedule which will begin in a few weeks time. Meanwhile there has been a major casting change in the film.

Actor Shane Nigam an upcoming hero in Malayalam cinema was brought on board 'Cobra' for an important role. However a ban has been imposed on him by the Malayalam Producers Council due to dates mismanagement. Shane has been replaced by another budding star Sarjano Khalid who has acted with Mohan Lal in his most recent film 'Big Brother'.

'Cobra' directed by Ajay Gnanamuthu with music score by A.R. Rahman has Vikram and Shrinithi Shetty as the lead pair while cricketer Irfan Pathan makes his debut as an actor. Teejay and K.S. Ravikumar play other important roles. The film is produced by 7 Screen Studio in association with Viacom 18 Studios.