Mankatha (2011)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 35min
- Action, Crime
- 31 Aug 2011 (India)
- Movie
Vinayak, a suspended cop, helps a group of four men rob cricket betting money amounting to 500 crores INR. When it comes to splitting the amount, betrayal hits the team hard and a chase ensues.
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Awards:
- 3 wins & 8 nominations.
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Cast
| Ajith Kumar | ... |
Vinayak Mahadevan
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| Arjun Sarja | ... |
Prithviraj
(as Arjun)
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| Trisha Krishnan | ... |
Sanjana Arumugam
(as Trisha)
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| Premgi Amaren | ... |
Prem
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| Vaibhav Reddy | ... |
Sumanth
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| Anjali | ... |
Suchitra Sumanth
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| Andrea Jeremiah | ... |
Sabitha Prithviraj
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| Raai Laxmi | ... |
Sona
(as Lakshmi Rai)
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Aravind Akash | ... |
Faizal
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Ashwin Kakumanu | ... |
Ganesh
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| Mahat Raghavendra | ... |
Mahat
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| V. Jayaprakash | ... |
Arumuga Chettiyaar
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| Subbu Panchu | ... |
Kamal Ekambaram / Praveen Kumar
(as Panchu Subbu)
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Boys Rajan | ... |
Special Squad Officer
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| Ramya Subramanian | ... |
Press Reporter
(as Vj Ramya)
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Tulasi | ... |
Chettiyar's Wife
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Vijay Vasanth | ... |
Special Appearance
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| Kainaat Arora | ... |
Special Appearance
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| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Sandeepa Virk |
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Directed by
| Venkat Prabhu | ||
Written by
| Venkat Prabhu | ... | () |
Produced by
| Dhayanidhi Alagiri | ... | producer |
| Aqeel Qureshi | ... | line producer: Mumbai |
| Vivek Rathnavelu | ... | producer |
Music by
| Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||
Cinematography by
| Saravanan | ||
Editing by
| Praveen K.L. | ||
| Srikanth N.B. | ||
Editorial Department
| Manikanda Balaji | ... | associate editor |
| Murali | ... | associate editor |
| Sathyaraj | ... | associate editor |
| S. Raghunath Varma | ... | digital intermediate colorist (as Varma Raghunath) |
Art Direction by
| Videsh | ||
Costume Design by
| Vasuki Bhaskar | ||
Makeup Department
| Umesh Pawar | ... | personal makeup artist |
Production Management
| Ezhumalai Gnanamoorthy | ... | assistant production manager |
| M. Govindaraj | ... | production manager |
| Sanjay Inamdar | ... | production manager |
| Muthuramalingam | ... | production manager |
| Sundarraj | ... | controller |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| K. Chandru | ... | associate director |
| Fareed | ... | associate director |
| Shaik Fareed | ... | associate director |
| Prince Ransan Jonase | ... | assistant director |
| A.J. Vinod Kumar | ... | assistant director |
| Naresh Kumar | ... | assistant director |
| Karthick P. | ... | assistant director |
| A. Pitchumani | ... | co-director |
| Saravanarajan | ... | associate director |
| Senthil Velayudham | ... | associate director |
| R. Venkatesh | ... | associate director |
Sound Department
| Geeta Gurappa | ... | Sound designer (as M. Gita Gurappa) / Sound engineer (as M. Gita Gurappa) / sound designer / sound mixer |
| Nagavenkatakumar | ... | sound effects editor |
| C. Sethu | ... | sound effects editor |
| Ramji Soma | ... | re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor |
Special Effects by
| Azhagu Raj Pandian | ... | 3D generalist |
Visual Effects by
| Eran Dolev | ... | motion control operator |
| Pratik Dubey | ... | digital compositor |
| Prateeti Khare | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Kumaran | ... | digital compositor |
| Lakshmanakumar | ... | digital compositor |
| Prabhakaran | ... | on-set visual effects supervisor |
| Preneesh | ... | visual effects artist |
| Purushothaman | ... | cg supervisor |
| Kalaivanan S. | ... | visual effects artist |
| Ashok Smith | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Harihara Suthan | ... | visual effects producer / visual effects |
| Sridhar Telaprolu | ... | modellar: pixion |
| Srinivasan Velayutham | ... | in-house digital supervisor (as Srinivasan Velayuthan) |
Stunts
| Amrin Abubakker | ... | assistant stunt coordinator |
| Stunt Silva | ... | stunts (as Selva) |
| Dhilip Subbarayan | ... | additional stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
| K. Arun | ... | assistant camera |
| Shamsheer Haider | ... | jimmy jib operator |
| K. Harish | ... | assistant camera |
| Kbanuchandar | ... | focus puller |
| Fakhruddin Khan | ... | jib operator |
| S.S. Mano | ... | associate camera |
| Nazir | ... | associate camera |
| B.K. Sivan | ... | steadicam operator |
| A. Thamizhazhagan | ... | assistant camera / camera and electrical department |
Casting Department
| Pathak Roshan | ... | casting assistant |
Music Department
| Gangai Amaran | ... | lyricist |
| Premgi Amaren | ... | background music assistance / playback singer |
| Anita | ... | playback singer |
| Niranjan Bharathi | ... | lyricist |
| S.P.B. Charan | ... | playback singer |
| Haricharan | ... | playback singer |
| Karthik | ... | playback singer |
| Krish | ... | playback singer (as Krish) |
| Mano | ... | playback singer |
| Bhavatharani R. | ... | background music assistance / playback singer |
| Karthik Raja | ... | background music assistance |
| Yuvan Shankar Raja | ... | lyricist / playback singer |
| Suchitra Ramadurai | ... | playback singer (as Suchitra) |
| Ranjith | ... | playback singer |
| Ramji Soma | ... | score mixer: songs & music |
| Sucharitha | ... | playback singer |
| Tippu | ... | playback singer |
| Vaali | ... | lyricist |
Additional Crew
| Ajayraj | ... | choreographer |
| Suresh Chandra | ... | public relations officer |
| Kalyan | ... | choreographer |
| Shobi Paulraj | ... | choreographer |
| R.S. Raja | ... | stills by |
| Saravanarajan | ... | choreographer |
| V.K. Sundar | ... | public relations officer |
Thanks
| Dhilip Subbarayan | ... | acknowledgment |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Ayngaran International (2011) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Cloud Nine Movies (2011) (India) (theatrical)
- Sun Pictures (2011) (India) (theatrical)
- AP International (2011) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
- Ayngaran Video (2011) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Five Star (2011) (Malaysia) (theatrical) (Tamil)
- Raadan Media Works (2011) (India) (theatrical) (Tamil)
- Sri Ganesh Productions (2011) (India) (theatrical) (Telugu)
- Disney+ Hotstar (India) (video) (VOD)
- Sun NXT (India) (video) (VOD)
- Sun TV (2011) (World-wide) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- 98.3 FM - Radio Mirchi: It's Hot! (media partner)
- AP International (Digital Media - Entire World excluding India)
- EM&C (publicity designs)
- Gemini Laboratories (digital intermediate)
- Leo Vision (sound re-recording)
- Media Artists (sound post-production)
- Sony Music (soundtrack)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Mankatha is a racy and adrenaline-rushing story of a Maharashtra police officer Vinayak Mahadevan (Ajith) who is suspended for helping a smuggler to escape from police encounter. He starts leading life in his own way. He falls for Sanjana (Trisha), daughter of an influential local goon Arumuga Chettiyar (Jayaprakash) in Mumbai. A tough cop Prithvi (Arjun) takes charge to end betting scandal in IPL cricket in Mumbai. Arumuga uses his links with dons in Mumbai tries to route through his old theatre, a cash of over Rs 500 crore to be used in betting. Sumanth (Vaibhav), a goon working for Arumuga Chettiyarplans to take away the booty with the help of his friends Ganesh (Ashwin), Mahanth (Mahanth), who owns a bar in Mumbai and Prem (Premji), a IIT graduate. Vinayak joins the race. he promises to help them and divide it between them. Trouble starts after they take away the cash. Both Arumugha Chettiyar and police are now on their heels. Meanwhile, Mahanth and Prem escape with the cash. It all upto Vinayak now. The battle shifts between him and Prithvi. Written by Captain |
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Box Office
| Budget | INR400,000,000 (estimated) |
| Opening Weekend India | INR334,000,000, 31 Aug 2011 |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | INR800,000,000 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The movie was released on 31-08-11 which adds up to 50,thus denoting the Lead actor's 50th film. See more » |
| Goofs | To pull the heist, V. removed the bolts attaching the tractor to the trailer while hanging from the undercarriage. After the switch, there's no way he could have reattached them while the vehicles were stopped at a police checkpoint to keep the change undetected until the drivers reached their destination. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Biriyani (2013). See more » |