Mankatha for Independence Day

With the entire town curiously looking out for Ajith Kumar’s Mankatha, Venkat Prabhu has revealed that they’re planning to release the film on August 15, 2011 for Independence Day.  It has been a long run for the team members of Mankatha as they’ve been relentlessly involved in shooting without taking any breaks.

Much prior to the commencement of this project, Venkat Prabhu was marked by excessive confidence on releasing the film for Ajith’s birthday. However, he later confessed his miscalculation saying that it wasn’t easy managing a bevy of big star-cast.

The post production works have already started while Yuvan Shankar Raja is working on final output of the remaining tracks.

Source: BehindWoods

Mankatha to be remade in Hindi

Director Venkat Prabhu has said that Mankatha will be remade in Hindi soon. Though he did not disclose any further details, the director has said that it will soon be taken to Bollywood as some filmmakers have shown keen interest. To yet another question on if the film will be dubbed in Telugu, Venkat Prabhu has said that it is up to the producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri to decide.
Mankatha is a high budget film that stars Ajith, Arjun and Trisha. Incidentally it happens to be Ajith’s 50^th film. Mankatha shooting is complete and the audio launch date is due to be announced soon.

Source: BehindWoods

Yuvan on Mankatha song recording

Yuvan Shankar Raja has said that the songs in Mankatha will be recorded from today, June 16^th, 2011. The music director has said that he had met director Venkat Prabhu and decided to begin work on this front.
A single track from Mankatha, “Vilayadu Mankatha” was released a few days ago and it is already a huge hit among the masses. With news that the other songs in the album are to be recorded, there is anticipation that the audio release may be announced soon.
Mankatha’s shooting has been wrapped up recently and the post production work is going on in full swing.

Source: BehindWoods

Mankatha is not a remake

Director Venkat Prabhu tells Coimbatore Times that his Ajith-starrer Mankatha is not a remake

Denying rumours that Mankatha is a remake, Venkat Prabhu, director of Ajith’s Mankatha says, “This movie is an original; it is not a remake of Jannat. I haven’t even seen Jannat till date.”
Since Ajith’s character has negative shades, the director has given the actor a salt-and-pepper look. Will fans accept it? Says Venkat, “We debated a lot about Ajith’s look before we decided on this look, using George Clooney as reference. Ajith’s the only star who can pull it off. Even Trisha thought it was awesome the first time she saw him. Being gray is cool and today most people in their 30s are greying. I’m 35 and I’m greying!”
While the director is confident that fans will love the look, he says, “We have to wait and watch. In Goa, I thought the gay portion of the film would work. But people didn’t accept it.”
Venkat clearly says it’s a guy film but that all the female characters have scenes where they will definitely make a mark. “Andrea is paired with Arjun and she has a guest role in the film,” he adds.
With the movie slated for an August release, there’s likely to be competition from Vijay’s Velayudham and Suriya’s 7aum Arivu. Says the filmmaker, “I’m not too worried; this is all part of the game. I think it’s a treat for the audience if all the films release around the same time.”
K-town is also buzzing with rumours that the title song of Mankatha is lifted from a popular masala jingle. Venkat Prabu says, “The genre of the song is hip-hop and a lot of hip-hop songs have a similar template. Our title song is pure gangster-rap style. When Yuvan and I heard the jingle, we realized it did sound similar. We both laughed about it.” He adds that since the jingle is popular, the song will be a hit with the audience.
When CT asked music composer Yuvan about the song being similar to the jingle, he messaged, “There’s nothing to react to this.”

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Mankatha Shooting Pics

Ajith wraps up Mankatha Shooting

Here we have more news for all Ajith fans out there from the sets of 'Mankatha!' today(june 7) happens to be the last official day if shooting for Ajith Kumar for 'Mankatha.' He did his last day of shoot from Hyderabad today. The film, as we have informed you many times now, is about a gambling taking place with its backdrop as the IPL matches.

The film has been shot extensively from Chennai, Mumbai (particularly Dharavi), Hyderabad, Bangkok, and Macau. 'Thala' who will be seen opposite Trisha in this film has worked really hard for his character, Vinayak Mahadevan. Ajith has also performed some dare-devil automobile stunts in the film racing against time, which will prove a crowd puller once the film hits theatres.

Ajith who has truly enjoyed each day of filming for 'Mankatha' is sure to miss this young and hardworking team as well as the sets, now that his dates are through. He had committed for a 90-day shooting schedule, but the actor has truly gone beyond just being a part of the film and become one with the project. This truly will be one project which will add yet another feather in thala's cap.

Source: IndiaGlitz

Mankatha releasing in August

Producer Dayanidhi Alagiri has confirmed that the shooting of Mankatha has almost come to a close. Only a song and post production work is pending. The movie has a number of action packed sequences which contributed to the delay in release. Dayanidhi Alagiri has confirmed that the movie will release in the month of August

Mankatha Shooting Spot