Mankatha (2011)

Original title

மங்காத்தா

Directed by

Venkat Prabhu

Genre

action film, heist film, thriller film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 41m

Rated

12A

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A corrupt police officer in Mumbai joins a small gang to steal betting money from the 2011 Indian Premier League cricket matches. The heist plan leads to double crosses and dangerous confrontations.

fast-pacedtenseedgystylishsuspensefulcynicaltwisty

What happens

Mankatha (; transl. Gambling) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language crime action film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Dayanidhi Azhagiri's Cloud Nine Movies. The film stars an ensemble cast of Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja, Trisha Krishnan, Lakshmi Rai, Anjali, Andrea Jeremiah, Ashwin Kakumanu, Vaibhav Reddy, Premji Amaren, Mahat Raghavendra, Jayaprakash, Aravind Akash and Subbu Panchu. It is Ajith's 50th film as a lead actor and the third and penultimate film of the production studio. The film follows Vinayak, a corrupt ACP in Mumbai, who joins a gang of four to plan a heist of cricket betting money in 2011 Indian Premier League. The film had the tentative title of Thala 50, which was later officially announced in August 2010 under the initial official title Mangaatha, however, it underwent a change to Mankatha due to numerology reasons. Principal photography commenced in October 2010. It was shot for the most part in Chennai, the Dharavi slum in Mumbai and Bangkok and wrapped by June 2011. Following speculations regarding the film's release, Sun Pictures under Kalanithi Maran acquired the theatrical rights and distributed the film via Radhika's Radaan Mediaworks. The film has music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography handled by Sakthi Saravanan and editing by Praveen K. L. and N. B. Srikanth. Mankatha released worldwide on 31 August 2011 in theatres to critical acclaim and became the second biggest opening Tamil film after Enthiran at the time of release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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