Mankatha
Mankatha (Trans. Gambling) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action crime film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu. It stars Ajith Kumar in his 50th film, along with an ensemble cast including Arjun Sarja, Trisha Krishnan, Lakshmi Rai, Anjali, Andrea Jeremiah, Ashwin Kakumanu, Vaibhav Reddy, Premji Amaren, Mahat Raghavendra, Jayaprakash, Aravind Akash and Subbu Panchu. It was produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies while 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, which are executed by a gang of four thieves, who are joined by a fifth unknown man and its aftermath.
Plot
ACP Vinayak Mahadevan of Maharashtra Police is suspended for having saved a smuggler named Faizal from encounter killing and helping him escape. Later, a police officer named Kamal Ekambaram commits suicide because of the leakage of his IPL gambling plans. ACP Prithviraj takes charge to end the betting scandals in IPL cricket in Mumbai. Prithvi then reveals that Kamal faked his death in a secret mission to draw attention to the betting scandals and returns under the name Praveen Kumar. Arumuga Chettiyar, an influential illegal business dealer and Faizal's boss, owns "Golden Theatres" in Mumbai, which has been converted into a gambling den and forms the front for all his illegal businesses. Chettiyar uses his links with dons in Mumbai and tries to route through his old theatre, a cash of over to be used in betting.
More details
author | Venkat Prabhu |
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contentLocation | Mumbai |
director | Venkat Prabhu |
editor | N. B. Srikanth Praveen K. L. |
events | gambling |
genre | action crime political |
keywords | abandon acp approver assistant commissioner bank of england best friend bet betting controversies in cricket business deal drive encounter killing encounter killings by police even faked death faked his death gamble gang member help iit indian institutes of technology inebriate ipl gambling plans kidnap kill loot maharashtra police on the run one by one police officer police training rescue secret mission sub-inspector train turn state\'s evidence |
musicBy | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
producer | Dhayanidhi Alagiri |
productionCompany | Cloud Nine Movies |
publisher | Ayngaran International Radaan Mediaworks Sun Pictures |
theme | chase heist spy |