As we had reported earlier today, Actor Ilayathalapathy Vijay's land mark 60th film has been launched today with a formal pooja and the shooting has also begun.

The film is being directed by 'Bharathan of Azhagiya Tamil Magan' fame and produced by B.Venkat Rama Reddy under the Vijaya Productions banner which has given many blockbusters and super hits like 'Enga Veettu Pillai', 'Uziappali'. 'Tamirabharani'. 'Padikkadhavan' and 'Veeram' to name a few.

The official press release from the makers confirms that the yet to be titled 'Vijay 60' has been launched with a formal pooja followed by the shooting of the first shot in EVP Studios, Poonamallee,

Keerthy Suresh after the super successful 'Rajini Murugan' is acting as the heroine with Vijay in this flick. Sathish will be teaming up with Vijay for the second time after 'Kaththi'. Jagapati Babu and Daniel Balaji will be acting as villains. Thambi Ramiah and Sriman have been roped in for important supporting roles.

Vijay attended the launch function with a white veshti, shirt and a crew cut look. Keerthy Suresh was dazzling with a light green traditional saree.

Santoh Narayanan has started working on the musical score of the film. Vairamuthu is writing all the songs. Sukumar is taking care of cinematography while the Editing is by Praveen K.L. Prabhakar will be doing the art direction. Anal Arasu will choreograph stunt scenes. Sathya N.J.has designed he costumes.

The shooting will continue tomorrow with which the first schedule will be wrapped up. The second schedule will begin in the month of May 2016, probably after the TN Assembly Elections.