Mankatha is an new Tamil comedy-motion detective story film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu. It’ll characteristic Ajith Kumar in the main position, making it his 50th film, along with an ensemble solid together with Arjun, Trisha Krishnan, Vaibhav Reddy, Lakshmi Rai, Andrea Jeremiah, Premji Amaren and Anjali. The film, to be produced and distributed by Dhayanidhi Alagiri’s Cloud Nine Films, was officially launched in August, 2010 and is anticipated to launch in July 2011.
The film is said to circle around a Mafia gang gambling throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket season.
The film is supposed to be a “multi-starrer”, with a number of leading South Indian stars anticipated to seem on this film, which is a uncommon incidence and would be the first of its sort in the Tamil film industry. Telugu actor Nagarjuna was first approached to essay a robust part as a CBI officer, being originally set by the director throughout the launch of the movie. He had additionally conveyed curiosity in reproducing the film into Telugu and enjoying Ajith Kumar’s function in return, but since he could not alter his call sheet, he was forced to drag out, with Arjun replacing him in November 2010. In an interview from August 2010, Venkat Prabhu had additionally affirmed that Mohan Babu’s son, Manoj Manchu, Ganesh Venkatraman, Venkat Prabhu’s youthful brother, Premji Amaren, who had been a part of all his brothers’ movies till then, and a newcomer Mahat Raghavendra, a childhood buddy of producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri, were agreed to play different essential part alongside Ajith Kumar. Nevertheless, Manoj Manchu could not accept the supply on account of a shoulder damage and was ultimately changed by Vaibhav Reddy, starring in the third consecutive Venkat Prabhu film, whereas in December 2010, sources revealed that newcomer Ashwin Kakumanu, who beforehand was seen in Nadunisi Naaygal, was roped in for the fourth part. Reports claimed that Venkat Prabhu himself would additionally perform a pivotal function in the film.
Prabhu termed the film as “male-oriented”, attaching much less importance and significance to the feminine characters in the film. For the lead female roles, early Reports suggested that Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Anushka Shetty were initially approached, whereas in July 2010 then, in line with Reports, Neetu Chandra, and Lakshmi Rai were evidently signed for the roles. Nevertheless, sources discovered that Neetu Chandra was not a part of the venture, refusing the venture on account of unavailability of dates, and instead Trisha Krishnan had bagged the lead female function ultimately, making it her third film with Ajith Kumar, with Lakshmi Rai being fixed later on, who was signed to star an essential and “lengthy function”. Earlier, Reports suggested that Sri Lankan mannequin and star Jacqueline Fernandez was additionally roped in for a visitor role. In November 2010, Sneha was declared to be added to the project to be paired reverse Arjun, Nevertheless the function was later finalized with Andrea Jeremiah portraying that part, who accepted the supply, after she was granted to sing a music for the soundtrack as well. different additions to the solid in the following months included Subbu Panchu, who rose to fame with his look in Boss Engira Bhaskaran and would essay a police officer character, character actor Jayaprakash, enacting the father of Sanjana (Trisha), and Anjali, enjoying Vaibhav’s pair.
Venkat Prabhu renewed his previous associations with his cousin Yuvan Shankar Raja, for the background score and soundtrack of Mankatha, Sakthi Saravanan, who would deal with the cinematography, and K. L. Praveen, who along with N. B. Srikanth, would handle the editing. Vasuki Bhaskar and Kalyan remained the costume designer and the principle choreographer, respectively, with Shoby joining the latter for a couple of songs, whereas Selva was assigned because the stunt coordinator.
