Mankatha is an forthcoming Tamil comedy-action detective story movie written and directed by Venkat Prabhu. It would function Ajith Kumar in the lead character, making it his fiftieth movie, along with an ensemble cast together with Arjun, Trisha Krishnan, Vaibhav Reddy, Lakshmi Rai, Andrea Jeremiah, Premji Amaren and Anjali. The movie, to be produced and circulated by Dhayanidhi Alagiri’s Cloud 9 Movies, was officially launched in August, 2010 and is expected to launch in July 2011.
The movie is alleged to revolve round a Mafia gang playing during the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket season.
The movie is supposed to be a “multi-starrer”, with several main South Indian actors expected to look on this movie, which is a rare occurrence and could be the primary of its type in the Tamil movie industry. Telugu star Nagarjuna was first approached to essay a powerful part as a CBI officer, being initially clarified by the director during the launch of the movie. He had additionally conveyed curiosity in remaking the movie into Telugu and playing Ajith Kumar’s position in return, however since he could not regulate his call sheet, he was compelled to tug out, with Arjun changing him in November 2010. In an meeting from August 2010, Venkat Prabhu had additionally affirmed that Mohan Babu’s son, Manoj Manchu, Ganesh Venkatraman, Venkat Prabhu’s younger brother, Premji Amaren, who had been part of all his brothers’ movies till then, and a newcomer Mahat Raghavendra, a childhood good friend of producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri, had been agreed to play different necessary roles alongside Ajith Kumar. Nonetheless, Manoj Manchu could not settle for the supply resulting from a shoulder damage and was ultimately changed by Vaibhav Reddy, starring in the third consecutive Venkat Prabhu movie, whereas in December 2010, sources revealed that newcomer Ashwin Kakumanu, who beforehand was seen in Nadunisi Naaygal, was roped in for the fourth role. Reports proclaimed that Venkat Prabhu himself would additionally enact a pivotal position in the film.
Prabhu termed the movie as “male-oriented”, attaching less importance and significance to the female characters in the film. For the lead feminine roles, early Reports advised that Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Anushka Shetty had been initially approached, whereas in July 2010 then, based on Reports, Neetu Chandra, and Lakshmi Rai had been supposedly signed for the roles. Nonetheless, sources discovered that Neetu Chandra was not part of the venture, refusing the venture resulting from unavailability of dates, and as an alternative Trisha Krishnan had bagged the lead feminine position ultimately, making it her third movie with Ajith Kumar, with Lakshmi Rai being finalised later on, who was signed to play an necessary and “lengthy position”. Earlier, Reports advised that Sri Lankan mannequin and heroine Jacqueline Fernandez was additionally roped in for a guest role. In November 2010, Sneha was reported to be added to the cast to be paired reverse Arjun, Nonetheless the position was later finalized with Andrea Jeremiah portraying that part, who accepted the supply, after she was granted to sing a song for the soundtrack as well. different additions to the cast in the following months included Subbu Panchu, who rose to fame along with his appearance in Boss Engira Bhaskaran and would essay a police officer character, character actor Jayaprakash, enacting the father of Sanjana (Trisha), and Anjali, playing Vaibhav’s pair.
Venkat Prabhu renewed his earlier associations along with his cousin Yuvan Shankar Raja, for the background rating and soundtrack of Mankatha, Sakthi Saravanan, who would deal with the cinematography, and K. L. Praveen, who along with N. B. Srikanth, would care for the editing. Vasuki Bhaskar and Kalyan remained the costume designer and the primary choreographer, respectively, with Shoby becoming a member of the latter for a few songs, whereas Selva was assigned as the stunt coordinator.