Mankatha Movie New Stills from Shooting Location

Mankatha (Tamil: மங்காத்தா) is an upcoming Tamil comedy-action thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu. It will feature Ajith Kumar in the lead role, making it his 50th film, along with an ensemble cast including Arjun, Trisha Krishnan, Sneha, Vaibhav Reddy, Lakshmi Rai, Premji Amaren and Anjali. The film, to be produced and distributed by Dhayanidhi Alagiri’s Cloud Nine Movies, was formally launched in August 2010 and is expected to release on 1 May 2011.

The film is said to revolve around a Mafia gang gambling during the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket season.