It was nothing short of a festival in theatres screening 'Billa 2', as the 51st film of Ajith hit the screens all over the world today amid huge celebrations from his fans.

Cinema halls in Tamil Nadu started screening the film as early as 6 am, and hence fans started thronging theatres from 3 am itself. They burst crackers, conducted 'paal abhishekam' to Ajith cut outs and banners, and raised slogans in praise of the 'Thala'.

According to sources close to Aascar V Ravichandran, who has bagged the distribution rights for Tamil Nadu, the film simultaneously hit more than 1200 screens across the globe.

On Thursday afternoon, the 'Billa 2' unit conducted a media meet in which the producers and the director (Chakri Toleti) expressed confidence that the movie would become a super hit.

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