Mankatha

Mankatha [1]

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Directed by Venkat Prabhu
Produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri
Vivek Rathnavel
Screenplay by Venkat Prabhu
Story by Venkat Prabhu
Starring Ajith Kumar
Arjun
Trisha Krishnan
Vaibhav Reddy
Premji Amaren
Mahat Raghavendra
Ashwin Kakumanu
Lakshmi Rai
Andrea Jeremiah
Anjali
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography Sakthi Saravanan
Editing by Praveen K. L.
N. B. Srikanth
Studio Cloud Nine Movies
Distributed by Sun Pictures
Radaan Mediaworks[2]
Ayngaran International (United Kingdom)
FiveStar (Malaysia)
Release date(s) 31 August 2011 (2011-08-31)[3]
Running time 149 minutes[4]
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget 40 crore (US$7.6 million)[5]
Box office 130 crore (US$24.7 million)[6]

Mankatha (Tamil: மங்காத்தா, Maṅkāttā ?) is a 2011 Tamil action thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu.[7] It features Ajith Kumar in the lead role, starring in his 50th film,[8] along with an ensemble cast including Arjun, Trisha Krishnan, Vaibhav Reddy, Lakshmi Rai, Andrea Jeremiah, Premji Amaren and Anjali. It was produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies [7] 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. The story, set in Mumbai, revolves around a heist of cricket betting money, executed by a gang of four thieves, who are joined by a fifth unknown man, and its aftermaths.

The film was formally launched in August 2010,[9][10] with its principal photography beginning on October 25, 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 Raadhika Sarathkumar's Radaan Mediaworks. Mankatha released on August 31, 2011 worldwide to generally positive reviews,[11] while marking the second highest-grossing opening for a Tamil film.[12][13] The film was also dubbed into Telugu and Malayalam as Gambler and released in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala ten days later.

Contents

Plot

Vinayak Mahadevan (Ajith Kumar), an assistent commissioner of Maharashtra Police, gets suspended for having saved a smuggler named Faizal (Aravind Akash) from encounter killing and helped him escape. He starts leading life in his own way. Meanwhile, a police officer commits suicide because of the leakage of his IPL gambling plans who is revealed to be Kamal Ekambaram (Subbu Panchu). A tough cop Prithvi (Arjun) takes charge to end betting scandal in IPL cricket in Mumbai. It is then revealed to Prithvi that Kamal faked his death to catch the culprits in a secret mission and returns under the name Praveen Kumar. Arumuga Chettiar (Jayaprakash), an influential local illegal business dealer and the head of Faisal, owns "Golden Theatres" in Mumbai, which has been converted into a gambling den and forms the front for all his illegal businesses. Vinayak is introduced to Arumuga Chettiyar through his girl friend Sanjana (Trisha). Sanjana is in love with Vinayak, but Vinyak just pretends to love her. Arumuga Chettiyar uses his links with dons in Mumbai and tries to route through his old theater, a cash of over 500 crores (USD$110 million) to be used in betting.

Sumanth (Vaibhav Reddy), a goon working for Arumuga Chettiyar, hatches a conspiracy to rob the money in the company of his friends – Ganesh (Ashwin Kakumanu), a local Sub-Inspector, Mahat (Mahat Raghavendra), who owns a bar in Mumbai and Mahat's friend Prem (Premji Amaren), an IIT graduate. Vinayak befriends the boys at Sumanth's marriage with Suchithra (Anjali). One late evening, Vinayak meets Prem, who becomes inebriated by him and reveals their heist plan. Vinayak starts spying on them and confronts them on the day of the planned heist, stepping in. Vinayak, however, has other plans. He wants to kill his four accomplices and take the entire amount. He promises to help them and divide it between them. After looting the money they leave the money in an old cafe. Both Arumuga Chettiar and the police search for them. Sumanth is caught by Faizal, but is saved by Ganesh and Vinayak. Sanjana engulfs in grief when she comes to know about Vinayak's true intentions. Meanwhile, Mahat and Prem escape with the cash and are accompanied by Sona (Lakshmi Rai). Vinayak, Sumanth and Ganesh get to know about this. Sumanth, however, turns approver, since his wife Suchithra has been kidnapped by Arumuga Chettiyar, but is killed when Prithvi's wife Sabitha Prithviraj (Andrea Jeremiah) is kidnapped and threatened by Vinayak.

Sequence of events lead to the murder of the gang one by one—Mahat gets killed by Sona who betrays him, Prem is killed by Prithvi who suspects him of the robbery, and Sona gets killed by Vinayak—with Ganesh and Vinayak remaining alive. A final fight ensues between Vinayak and Prithvi. The two actually prove to be equal. At the final moment of the fight, Kamal throws a gun to Prithvi who shoots Vinayak, thus killing him. After several days, the police gets information about Ganesh to be living in Thailand. Kamal (under the name of Praveen Kumar) arrives there, but instead comes across Vinayak. Praveen confronts him and calls up Prithvi to inform him of Vinayak's presence, but then it is then revealed that Prithviraj and Vinayak are actually best friends since their college days and took trainings together. They had come to know about that betting money and operated the plan together (including Vinayak's fake death). Ganesh had also been killed by Vinayak as a part of the plan. It is implied that Praveen will also be killed by Vinayak.

Cast

Production

Development

Following the release of his film Aasal in February 2010, Ajith Kumar was signed by Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies for a project touted to be directed by Gautham Menon.[14] However, as Ajith Kumar participated in the 2010 season of the FIA Formula Two Championship, Gautham Menon, unwilling to wait, decided to shelve the film and opted to focus on another project,[15] which prompted Venkat Prabhu, who was keen on making a multi-starrer film featuring top stars, to sign the actor in his next film, after the director saw moderate success with his previous film, Goa.[16] Prabhu had written three scripts, out of which the actor chose Mankatha, in which he would portray a character "with grey shades".[17][18] Venkat Prabhu later disclosed that Ajith Kumar was never considered for the role when he wrote the first draft of the script but that he kept his "usual gang of boys in mind" while creating the characters.[19] Vaibhav Reddy suggested that a "big hero" should play the protagonist, with Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi and Sathyaraj being considered first for the role.[20] Ajith Kumar had called Prabhu at that time and expressed interest in performing a role similar to The Joker character played by Heath Ledger in the 2008 English film The Dark Knight. With the protagonist role in Mankatha incidentally being such a character, Ajith immediately accepted the role, turning the film into a high-profile production.[19][20] Prabhu further emphasized that the script had been altered due to Ajith's entry and he had incorporated "certain elements" that Ajith's fans would expect in a film.[21]

The film officially commenced on 2 August 2010 with the formal launch and a simple pooja held at the AVM Studios, Chennai, coinciding with Ajith Kumar's 18th anniversary of his entry into the film industry.[22] The film's title, initially being Mangaatha, derived from a popular Indian traditional card game, underwent a minor change in its spelling, due to numerological reasons.[23] During the pre-production stage, while Prabhu was still working on the scriptment, sources claimed the film to be on the lines of Steven Soderbergh's crime thriller Ocean Eleven (2001).[24] The story was later reported to revolve around a Mafia gang gambling during the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket season.[10] In June 2011, reports emerged that the film was a remake of the 2008 Hindi film Jannat that was based on match fixing.[25] However, Dhayanidhi and Venkat Prabhu quickly denied the news and assured that Mankatha was original.[26] Upon completion of filming, Prabhu named it "his favourite film so far" and "close to my heart".[27]

Casting

The film was supposed to be a "multi-starrer", with several leading South Indian actors expected to appear in it, which is a rare occurrence and would be the first of its kind in the Tamil film industry.[1][16] Telugu actor Nagarjuna was first approached to essay a powerful character as a CBI officer,[17] being initially confirmed by the director during the launch of the film.[9] He had also conveyed interest in remaking the film into Telugu and playing Ajith Kumar's role in return, but since he could not adjust his call sheet, he was forced to pull out,[17] with Arjun replacing him in November 2010.[28] In an interview from August 2010, Venkat Prabhu had 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' films, and a newcomer Mahat Raghavendra, a childhood friend of producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri,[29] were signed to portray Ajith Kumar's sidekicks in the film.[30] However, Manoj Manchu couldn't accept the offer due to a shoulder injury and was eventually replaced by Vaibhav Reddy, appearing in the third consecutive Venkat Prabhu film,[31] while in December 2010, sources revealed that another newcomer Ashwin Kakumanu, who previously was seen in Nadunisi Naaygal, was roped in for the fourth role, replacing Ganesh Venkatraman.[32] Nandha later stated that he was offered the role as well, but had to reject it since he was busy shooting for Vellore Maavattam.[33]

Prabhu termed the film as "male-oriented", attaching less importance and significance to the female characters in the film.[34] Early reports suggested that Samantha Ruth Prabhu,[35] and Anushka Shetty were initially approached for the lead female roles,[36][37] while in July 2010, reports surfaced that Neetu Chandra,[38][39] and Lakshmi Rai were supposedly signed for the roles.[40][41] However, the following month Neetu Chandra opted out of the film,[42] refusing the project due to unavailability of dates.[43] Subsequently Trisha Krishnan was signed to portray Sanjana, Ajith Kumar's love interest, pairing with him for the third time,[44] with Lakshmi Rai being confirmed later, who was signed on to play an important and "lengthy role".[45] Venkat Prabhu revealed that changes in the script resulted in changes of the female characters' personalities, clarifiying that Trisha was not the replacement for Neetu Chandra and that the characters offered to both were different,[21] while adding that Trisha's role was specifically written for her.[46][47] Prabhu further stated that Lakshmi Rai was first chosen to play Ashwin's pair, which was dropped when the screenplay was altered, and that she was eventually offered the role of Sona, resolving that Rai was not given a choice to select between the roles of Sanjana and Sona, as the actress had claimed post the film's release.[46][48] Earlier, reports had claimed that Sri Lankan model and actress Jacqueline Fernandez was also roped in for a guest role.[49] In November 2010, Sneha was reported to be added to the cast to be paired opposite Arjun,[50] however the role was later finalized with Andrea Jeremiah portraying that character, who had declined the role first, but accepted later after being paid 20 lakhs as remuneration for shooting six days.[51] She was also expected to perform a song for the soundtrack album.[52]

Other additions to the cast in the following months included Subbu Panchu, who rose to fame with his appearance in Boss Engira Bhaskaran and would essay a police officer character,[53] Jayaprakash, enacting also a character with negative shades as the father of Trisha's character,[54][55] and Anjali, playing Vaibhav's pair.[56] Sources claimed that Venkat Prabhu himself would also enact a pivotal role in the film,[57] while reports suggesting that Vijay would appear in a cameo role were dismissed by the producer, who clarified that Vijay Vasanth would appear in a pivotal role.[58] Concerning the film crew, Venkat Prabhu renewed his previous associations with his cousin Yuvan Shankar Raja, for the background score and soundtrack of Mankatha,[59] Sakthi Saravanan, who would handle the cinematography, and Praveen K. L., who along with N. B. Srikanth, would take care of the editing.[60] Vasuki Bhaskar and Kalyan remained the costume designer and the main choreographer, respectively, with Shoby joining the latter for a couple of songs, while Selva was assigned as the stunt coordinator.[61]

Filming

The film was launched on 2 August 2010 at AVM Studios in Vadapalani, Chennai in a simple manner,[62] following which the film's shooting commenced with the principal photography.[63] The first schedule of filming was supposed to begin by early September,[64] but due to pre-production works and since the principal cast was not decided yet, the shooting got delayed further,[57] finally commencing on 25 October in Chennai.[65] Several days earlier, a test shoot was conducted with Premji Amaren, Mahat Raghavendra and Vaibhav Reddy taking part in it.[66] Following shoots, involving Ajith Kumar, Trisha and Premji, along the Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR),[67] and at Ajith's home,[68] a duet song, picturized on Ajith Kumar and Trisha, featuring CGI special effects, was filmed in early November,[69] in a Chennai studio nearby the East Coast Road.[68][70] From 10 November onwards, the "introduction" song was shot for five days in Bangkok, Thailand, with Ajith Kumar, Lakshmi Rai and some foreigners participating.[71][72][73]

The film's second schedule was planned to begin on 6 December 2010 in a studio in Chennai,[73] which was slightly delayed due to heavy rain,[74] and started couple of days later.[75] This led to speculation that the film had been shelved due to financial constraints, which was quickly denied by Venkat Prabhu.[76] During the schedule, all important stunt sequences were canned at Binny Mills in Perambur,[77][78] while simultaneously a grand set, resembling the Dharavi slum in Mumbai was erected in a Chennai studio.[79][80] Ajith Kumar also performed one of the action choreographies with the use of a body mounted camera, weighing around 30 kg.[81] In late December, the third song, a "high-spirited peppy number", was shot for five days, with Shobi choreographing the steps.[82] An item number, titled "Machi, Open The Bottle", it featured actresses Debi Dutta and Kainaat Arora dancing to the song along with Ajith Kumar and the rest of the gang.[83][84] The schedule was wrapped up by early February,[85] with which approximately fifty per cent of the film was reportedly completed.[81]

The remaining part of the film was supposedly to be shot during the third and last schedule to be held in Mumbai, which was to start in late February.[10][85][86] However, sourced clarified that the subsequent schedule, too, would be held in Chennai only,[87] with filming being carried on at the Padmanabha Theatre in North Chennai.[88] In late March, the crew eventually moved to Mumbai, where the filming was held for nearly two weeks,[89][90] mostly at the Dharavi slum.[91] The climax portion was planned to be filmed at Madurai, which was considered as "apt" for the "action-oriented" sequence, but was eventually filmed in Chennai as well, while the remaining scenes were to be canned in Hyderabad.[92] During the first week of June, Ajith had reportedly completed his portion, with his last day shoot being held in Hyderabad,[93] while sources confirmed that filming was still being carried on later that month in Hyderabad.[94] Shooting was further extended,[95] with the crew leaving for Bangkok again in late June for a ten-day schedule to shoot the pending scenes, including a lengthy fight sequence and a song, involving Premji and Lakshmi Rai.[96] Despite earlier announcement that Ajith had finished his portions, a "special scene" featuring Ajith in a different look was filmed on one day during the first week of July.[97] By June 10, 2011, the crew returned to Chennai and announced the completion of the entire filming.[98]

Mankatha's post-production works commenced by mid-June 2011,[99] and were carried on for over one month. Earlier, an animation sequence lasting about 4 minutes was being created by specialized technicians,[87] while CGI special effects were included in a song and action scenes, which was cited as the reason for the delay.[100] By early August, all actors but Ajith Kumar had finished dubbing for their characters,[101] including Trisha who on Venkat Prabhu insistence spoke dubbing for herself in the film,[102] which became only the third film to feature her original voice.[103] Rekhs, who had previously subtitled films including Enthiran and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, subtitled Mankatha during the first week of August,[104] while Yuvan Shankar Raja worked on the re-recording,[105] being assisted by Premji.

Marketing

Even before beginning the principal photography, a short teaser trailer was shot on the day of the launch itself, since it coincided with Aadi Perukku and was considered an auspicious day.[30] The teaser was screened during the intermission of Naan Mahaan Alla, another Cloud Nine Movies distribution that released on 20 August 2010.[106][107] During Diwali 2010, the first official posters of Mankatha were published in newspapers.[70] A teaser featuring the song "Vilaiyaadu Mankatha" was released on Ajith Kumar's birthday, on May 1, 2011 on YouTube,[108][109] after plans of releasing the film or the soundtrack on that day had failed.[109] As the teaser garnered high response, the song was released as a single track on 20 May 2011, creating positive media response.[110][111]

Music

Main article: Mankatha (soundtrack)

The film score and soundtrack of Mankatha were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja,[65] becoming his fourth collaboration with Venkat Prabhu and Ajith Kumar as well.[112] The soundtrack, consists of eight tracks, including one Theme music track and one club mix, with lyrics penned by Vaali, and Gangai Amaran and renowned poet Subramanya Bharathi's grandson, Niranjan Bharathi.[113] As earlier done in Saroja and Goa, a promotional track too was planned,[114][115] which however did not materialize in last minute. Prior to the official soundtrack launch, a single track, "Vilaiyaadu Mankatha", was released in mid-May 2011.[116] The music rights were bagged by Sony Music who had reportedly offered 1 crore.[115][117] The soundtrack album, following several postponements,[118][119][120] was released on August 10, 2011 at Radio Mirchi's Chennai station,[121] while two days later the team arranged a press meet, showcasing two songs and the trailer of the film.[20] The album was reported to have achieved record breaking sales.[122] The songs received mixed response, with its placement in the film being criticizied, while the film's score was widely appreciated.

Tracklist
No. Title Length
1. "Vilaiyaadu Mankatha"   6:02
2. "Nee Naan"   4:07
3. "Vaada Bin Lada"   4:29
4. "Machi Open The Bottle"   4:46
5. "Nanbane"   5:02
6. "Balle Lakka"   5:15
7. "Vilaiyaadu Mankatha - Extended Dance Mix"   6:05
8. "Theme Music"   3:04

Release

During the late production stage, reports indicated that Mankatha faced "political pressure" following the change in government after the 2011 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election,[123] with sources claiming that the film did not find any buyers in Tamil Nadu, since it was produced by the grandson of DMK president M. Karunanidhi.[124][125] Cloud Nine Movies began negotiations with other production houses to sell the domestical theatrical rights, however talks with UTV Motion Pictures and Gemini Film Circuit resulted in failure.[126][127] On August 22, 2011, Gnanavelraja confirmed that his production house Studio Green, had purchased the Indian domestic theatrical and the television rights of the film at an undisclosed record amount.[128][129]

However in a turn of events, Studio Green cancelled the deal the very next day due to "various reasons" which Gnanavel Raja did not want to elaborate, in spite of posters in newspapers featuring Studio Green's logo.[130] Times of India reported that Azhagiri bought back the rights, since Gnanavel Raja had planned to sell the satellite rights to Jaya TV, a channel run by the opposition party, AIADMK.[131] On August 24, Azhagiri announced that Kalanidhi Maran's Sun Pictures had bought the theatrical and satellite rights of the film and would distribute it along with Cloud Nine Movies.[132] Udhayanidhi Stalin was said to have negotiated the deal and united the production houses to release the film jointly.[133] Mankatha thus became the first Ajith Kumar film under Sun Pictures' banner as well as their first release after the assembly election.[134] Actress Raadhika Sarathkumar's Radaan Mediaworks distributed the film to Tamil Nadu theatres.[135]

Dhayanidhi Azhagiri announced that the film would be a worldwide release with subtitles in English, simultaneously opening across Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada and many other parts of Middle East and Europe.[136] Noted Telugu producer Bellamkonda Suresh acquired the film's dubbing rights by late August 2011 and released a dubbed Telugu version titled Gambler on September 9, 2011 across 225 screens, enabling the biggest opening for a dubbed version of a Tamil film.[137] The film became scheduled for a release on September 1, 2011 in order to cash in on the Vinayaka Chaturthi-Ramadan weekend,[138] before Ayngaran International eventually finalized August 31, 2011 as the release date in overseas theatres few days later.[139] In the United States, the film was released at 34 theatres.[140]

The film was given a U/A (Parental guide) certificate by the Indian censor board on August 23, 2011, and passed without any cuts,[141] while few words were bleeped.[142][143] One week later, the British Board of Film Classification issued a 15 certificate with an advice that it "contains strong threat and violence".[4]

Reception

Critical reception

The film received generally positive reviews, with critics unanimously lauding Ajith Kumar's performance. IndiaGlitz wrote: "In Mankatha, Ajith pulls it off with his impeccable style and excellent performance, which is aptly supported by a racy script and brilliant execution by director Venkat Prabhu and his team" and termed the film as "'Attagasam' of a 'Villain'".[144] Access Kollywood gave it 4 out 5 stars,stating "You get to see a totally new Ajith; he is absolutely magnificent, no need to say more".[145] Tamilstar gave it 4 of 5 while stating "Worth waiting, worth spending and worth watching!"[146] Behindwoods gave it 3 out of 5, while citing: "Ajith's 'Golden' gamble with Venkat that has paid off.[147] The Hindu critic Malathi Rangarajan called it a "gutsy" and "engaging game of cat and mouse that springs several surprises", adding that Venkat Prabhu had "laid out a filling spread this time".[148] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle rated it 3 out of 5 as well, claiming that Ajith "sparkles in his 50th film".[149] Rediff's reviewer Pavithra Srinivasan gave the film 2.5 out of 5 and noted that the film worked "only because of Ajith", praising his performance, writing that he had "carried practically the whole film on his capable shoulders".[150] Sify's critic highlighted that Ajith "steals the thunder and plays the emotionless bad man, to perfection", further adding that he looked "smashing and his scorching screen presence is unmatchable", while the reviewer criticized the script as being "dull".[151] Supergoodfilms gave 3.5 out of 5 and stated "Its Ajith all the way. He is simply amazing in the role of a dreaded baddie. With his usual looks sans makeup, he hogs all limelight"[152] Rohit Ramachandran of nowrunning.com rated Mankatha 2/5 stating that "Mankatha doesn't stand on independent merit. It rests on the fanboy's identity crisis."[153]

Box office

Mankatha had a solo opening in Tamil Nadu on August 31. It was said to have collected 25.2 crores from 370 screens during the opening five-day weekend, and around 30 crores in its first week.[154] The film marked the high opening day and opening weekend gross in 2011 and became the best opening in Ajith Kumar's career,[155] while also garnering the second-highest opening gross of all time for a Tamil film after Enthiran (2010).[154][156] In Chennai city alone, the film earned 2.72 crores in the first weekend from 19 screens. The multiplexes gave it the maximum number of shows including morning shows in all screens.[157] At the Mayajaal multiplex, Mankatha was screened in all 14 screens on the first day, resulting in 70 shows, all being sold out,[155] while Sathyam Cinemas reported a net of 33,72,000 from two screens for the five-day weekend.[157] In Kerala, the film was released in the original language in Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad districts on August 31 while a dubbed version released all over the state on September 9, opening at first rank, outclassing other Malayalam releases.[157] In Andhra Pradesh, too, the film became declared an economical success,[158][159] opening better than original Telugu ventures,[160] while emerging successful at the Bengaluru box office as well.[161]

The film opened at second rank in Malaysia, grossing $803,666 in its first weekend,with a per screen average of $19,602(Highest per screen average)[162] claiming the second-highest opening weekend for a Tamil film. After 4 weeks, the film has collected 6 crores in Malaysia alone.[163] In the United Kingdom, the film grossed $179,054 from 16 screens, opening at 16th rank, gaining the third-highest per-screen-average-rate ($11,191).[164][165] Overall the film had collected $1,104,911 in Malaysia in 6 weeks,[166] and $268,533 in UK at the end of the third week.[167] According to the entertainment portal IndiaGlitz.com, Mankatha's overall collection so far was estimated at 130 crore (US$24.7 million) by the distributor,[6] while Sify termed the film as a "blockbuster" and the year's biggest commercial success.[168]

Google Zeitgeist 2011, a compliation of the year's most frequent search queries, placed Mankatha at 7th rank, becoming the only Tamil film to secure a place in the list.[169][170]

Sequel

Shortly after the film's release and its high commercial success, Venkat Prabhu confirmed the possibility of a sequel, provided that Ajith Kumar accepted.[171] Sources also reported that Prabhu planned to use the initial script that he had penned before Ajith Kumar became part of the film.[172]

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Films directed by Venkat Prabhu

Chennai 600028 (2007) · Saroja (2008) · Goa (2010) · Mankatha (2011) ·