Director Mani Ratnam canned a song with over 500 junior artistes accompanying Vikram at a village in Jhansi (Madhya Pradesh) recently.

Mani Ratnam's movie (tentatively titled Ashokavanam) is being made simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi. Vikram plays the lead role in Tamil, while Abhishek Bachchan does the same in the Hindi version. Aishwarya Rai plays the female lead in both versions.

After completing the first schedule in the forests of Kerala, the crew moved over to Madhya Pradesh where Priyamani joined the sets. A song sequence was shot at Jhansi involving Vikram and Prabhu and around 500 junior artistes.

Since fans gathered in large numbers at the shooting spot to watch Abhishek and Mani Ratnam, heavy security has been enforced around the shooting spot.