Vikram,
who
is
celebrating
his
47th
birthday
today
(April
17),
is
busy
shedding
weight
in
China
for
his
upcoming
Tamil
romantic-thriller
I.
He
has
already
lost
eight
kg
for
the
film,
which
is
touted
to
be
a
Rs.100
crore
project.
"He
(Vikram)
has
gone
to
China.
Apparently,
he
wants
to
lose
another
five
kg
for
his
film.
He
has
already
lost
eight
kg
since
the
film
went
on
the
floors.
He
will
return
to
Chennai
soon
to
start
the
enext
leg
of
shooting
for
the
film," Vikram's
agent
told
IANS.
Directed
by
Shankar,
I
also
features
Suresh
Gopi,
Amy
Jackson,
Santhanam,
Srinivasan
and
Ramkumar
Ganeshan.
The
shooting
for
the
film
started
in
July
last
year
and
the
first
schedule
was
shot
in
China.
The
team
filmed
crucial
fight
sequences
and
a
few
songs
there.
AR
Rahman
has
composed
music
for
the
film
and
cinematography
by
PC
Sreeram.
It
will
be
produced
by
Venu
Ravichandran
of
Aascar
Films.
It
will
be
dubbed
in
Telugu
as
Manoharudu.