Srinidhi Shetty, who made her film debut with the Kannada film, KGF, has been roped in to play the female lead of Vikram 58. The actor is set to shoot for KGF 2 and Vikram 58 simultaneously. Earlier, Priya Bhavani Shankar was  also rumoured to be part of the film. 

Directed by Ajay Gnanamuthu, Vikram 58 will also have cricketer Irfan Pathan making his Tamil film debut. With music by AR Rahman and cinematography by Sivakumar Vijayan, the film went on floors earlier this month. 

Meanwhile, Vikram has Mahavir Karna, Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan adaptation, and Gautham Menon’s long-delayed Dhruva Natchathiram, in various stages of production.