Mankatha

Aug 31, 2011

2h 41m

★ 6.8

A game of chase and get chased

Overview

Vinayak, a suspended cop, helps a group of four men rob cricket betting money amounting to 500 crores INR. When it comes to splitting the amount, betrayal hits the team hard and a chase ensues.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Production Companies

Ayngaran International

Cloud Nine Movies

Sun Pictures

Mankatha Trailers

Cast

Vinayak Mahadevan

Ajith Kumar

Prithviraj

Arjun Sarja

Sumanth

Vaibhav

Ganesh

Ashwin Kakumanu

Prem

Premji Amaran

Mahat

Mahat Raghavendra

Sanjana Arumugam

Trisha Krishnan

Sona

Raai Laxmi

Arumuga Chettiyar

Jayaprakash

Kamal Ekambaram

Subbu Panchu

Faizal

Aravind Akash

Suchitra Sumanth

Anjali

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