Friday June 6, seems to be an auspicious day in Kollywood as five films were launched. It is a record of sorts on a single day in recent times.

Among the five, the biggest was the launch and ‘pooja’ of Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s Villu in Palani. After the ‘pooja’ Prabhudeva the director started the shoot, of the film produced by Ayngaran International.

The other significant launch was Mysskin’s Nandalala in a five star hotel in Vadapalani. The film has Delhi girl Sniktha who did the item number Kathazha Kannale… in Anjathey and Mysskin in the lead. The film is jointly produced by Ayangaran Internationals and GV Films.

The shoot of Saritharam, directed by the controversial Saamy of Mirugam, Uyir has also started today. The movie is based on silambattam, a traditional game of Tamils and has Raj Kiran as a Silambam teacher and Aadhi the Mirugam hero as his student.

Shaam as an action hero started with the ‘pooja’ of Agamum Puramum directed by Thirumalai. Then there was the ‘pooja’ of Meera Jasmine‘s new film Deivamagan where she is featured opposite a