Mankatha is an forthcoming Tamil comedy-action crime story film written as well as directed by Venkat Prabhu. It will function Ajith Kumar in the lead role, making it his fiftieth film, along with an ensemble solid including Arjun, Trisha Krishnan, Vaibhav Reddy, Lakshmi Rai, Andrea Jeremiah, Premji Amaren and Anjali. The film, to be produced and circulated by Dhayanidhi Alagiri’s Cloud Nine Motion pictures, was formally launched in August, 2010 and is expected to launch in July 2011.
The film is alleged to revolve around a Mafia gang gambling through the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket season.
The film is supposed to be a “multi-starrer”, with a number of main South Indian actors anticipated to appear on this film, which is a uncommon prevalence and could be the first of its sort in the Tamil film industry. Telugu star Nagarjuna was formerly approached to essay a powerful part as a CBI officer, being originally clarified by the director through the launch of the film. He had additionally conveyed curiosity in remaking the film into Telugu and playing Ajith Kumar’s function in return, but since he couldn’t modify his name sheet, he was pressured to drag 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 youthful brother, Premji Amaren, who had been part of all his brothers’ movies until then, and a newcomer Mahat Raghavendra, a childhood pal of producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri, have been signed to play other essential part alongside Ajith Kumar. However, Manoj Manchu couldn’t accept the supply on account of a shoulder harm and was finally replaced 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. Studies alleged that Venkat Prabhu himself would additionally enact a pivotal function in the film.
Prabhu termed the film as “male-oriented”, attaching less importance and significance to the female characters in the film. For the lead female roles, early Studies suggested that Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Anushka Shetty have been initially approached, whereas in July 2010 then, in accordance with Studies, Neetu Chandra, and Lakshmi Rai have been apparently signed for the roles. However, sources revealed that Neetu Chandra was not part of the mission, refusing the mission on account of unavailability of dates, and instead Trisha Krishnan had bagged the lead female function finally, making it her third film with Ajith Kumar, with Lakshmi Rai being fixed soon after, who was signed to star an essential and “lengthy function”. Earlier, Studies suggested that Sri Lankan model and actress Jacqueline Fernandez was additionally roped in for a visitor role. In November 2010, Sneha was reported to be added to the project to be paired reverse Arjun, However the function was later finalized with Andrea Jeremiah portraying that part, who accepted the supply, after she was granted to sing a track for the soundtrack as well. other additions to the solid 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 score and soundtrack of Mankatha, Sakthi Saravanan, who would deal with the cinematography, and K. L. Praveen, who along with N. B. Srikanth, would deal with the editing. Vasuki Bhaskar and Kalyan remained the costume designer and the main choreographer, respectively, with Shoby becoming a member of the latter for a few songs, whereas Selva was assigned as the stunt coordinator.