Mankatha
Cast: Ajith Kumar, Trisha, Arjun, Andrea Jeremiah, Lakshmi Rai, Premji, Anjali, Vaibhav and others.; Director: Venkat Prabhu , Producer: Cloud Nine movies,Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja.
Rating: **** - A must watch entertainer.
The much awaited movie for Ajith fans and in one line it has lived up to the expectation and anticipation. Director Venkat
Prabhu has definitely given a solid entertainer and it has truly made Ajith's 50th movie worth watching. All teams for
this movie including music and edit have done their job very well. Also this movie has the biggest ever multi-starrer movie
in Tamil Cinema till date.
The story revolves around match fixing, gambling and illegal activities. Vinayak Mahadev (Ajith), a Maharashtra Police Officer is suspended from his duty for helping the escape of an accused.
Armuga Chettiar, a theatre owner is an influential goon who is heavily involved in match fixing, gambling etc. Sanjana (Trisha), daughter
of Chettiar and Mahadev falls in love with Sanjana.
Now comes the group of four - Sumanth (Vaibhav) who works for Chettiar along with his friends Ganesh (Ashwin), Mahanth (Mahanth), who owns a bar in Mumbai and Prem (Premji), an IIT graduate,
plan a big loot from Chettiar. Arumuga uses his links with dons in Mumbai tries to route through his old theater, a cash of over Rs 500 crore to be used in betting. Sumanth wants to loot
away that cash. Vinayak joins them and they take away the cash.A tough cop Prithvi (Arjun) takes charge to end betting scandal in IPL cricket in Mumbai.
The trouble starts after they take away the money and now both Chettiar gang and police are on their heels chasing them.
The plot thickens with several twists and turns. It gets very interesting to watch what happens next and
who is really who in the movie. The climax is really worth watch and so is the the credits/title that is
put at the end of the movie. Do not walk away after the movie is over, wait and watch the credits.
Thala Ajith has lived up to the expectation and performed this negative role to the best of his ability. The intro
scene is a treat to watch not just for Ajith fans, but for every one. The other leading actors like Arjun, Andrea have
done their role to perfection and ofcourse we have Premji to get some comedy mixed in this racy story. Music at its best
by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Overall, it looks like everything fell in place perfectly for Venkat Prabhu and his team and as the tagline
for this movie says "A Venkat Prabhu Game" - it is clear Venkat has won this game!!
Review by - 'Cinema Pakkam' AK
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