Ajith Kumar Arjun Sarja Trisha Krishnan Lakshmi Rai Anjali Andrea Jeremiah Vaibhav Ashwin Kakumanu Premji Amaren Mahat Raghavendra Jaya Prakash Aravind Akash Subbu Panchu
Cinematography
Sakthi Saravanan
Edited by
Praveen K. L. N. B. Srikanth
Music by
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production company
Cloud Nine Movies
Distributed by
Sun Pictures Radaan Mediaworks[1] Ayngaran International (United Kingdom) Lotus Five Star (Malaysia)
Release date
31 August 2011 (2011-08-31) (India)[2]
Running time
160 minutes[3]
Country
India
Language
Tamil
Budget
₹24 crore[4]
Box office
est. ₹68–100 crore[5][6]
Mankatha (transl. Gambling) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[7] written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, and produced by Dayanidhi Azhagiri under Cloud Nine Movies. The film stars Ajith Kumar, in his 50th credited film, leading an ensemble cast which includes Arjun Sarja, Trisha Krishnan, Lakshmi Rai, Anjali, Andrea Jeremiah, Ashwin Kakumanu, Vaibhav, Premji Amaren, Mahat Raghavendra, Jayaprakash, Aravind Akash and Subbu Panchu. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the musical score and soundtrack, with Sakthi Saravanan working as the cinematographer and the duo Praveen K. L. and N. B. Srikanth as editors. Set in Mumbai, the film revolves around a heist of cricket betting money, carried out by a gang of four thieves, who are joined by a fifth unknown man, and its aftermath.
The film was formally launched in August 2010,[8][9] with its principal photography beginning on 25 October 2010. Filming was held for more than eight months and took place primarily across Chennai, the Dharavi slum in Mumbai and Bangkok, Thailand. Following speculations regarding the film's release, Sun Pictures acquired the theatrical rights and distributed the film via Radhika's Radaan Mediaworks. Mankatha released on 31 August 2011 worldwide and rececived well critical acclaim from both critics and audience. Thus, grossed the second biggest opening of all time for a Tamil film, after Enthiran, at the time of release.[10][11]
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earned him critical acclaim. Ajith played an antagonist in his 50th film Mankatha (2011), which became one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time...
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