Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

bharadwajsharma1997 Wow... what a film by thala!!! Awesome cast and crew!! Mankatha released in 1000 screens worldwide and the film had a solo opening in Tamil Nadu on 31 August. It was said to have collected INR28 Crore from 700 screens during the opening five-day weekend, and around INR 360 million in its first week.[12] The film became the biggest grosser of the year as well as that of Ajith's career,[160] while also garnering the second-highest opening after Enthiran (2010).[161] In Chennai city alone, the film earned INR27.2 million in the first weekend from 19 screens. The multiplexes gave it the maximum number of shows including morning shows in all screens.[162] At the Mayajaal multiplex, Mankatha was screened in all 14 screens on the first day, resulting in 70 shows per day, all being sold out,[160] while Sathyam Cinemas reported a net of INR3.4 million from two screens for the five-day weekend.[162] The film grossed INR65 million in 19 days in Chennai.[163] The Telugu version Gambler, which released in 225 screens.[144] In Kerala, the film was released in the original language in Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad districts on 31 August while a dubbed version released all over the state on 9 September, opening at first rank, outclassing other Malayalam releases. The film bought for INR60 lakh in Kerala was expected to get distributor share of INR14 million.[162] The Telugu version got high opening compared to other mainstream films[164][165] It was successful at the Bangalore box office.[166]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)[167] claiming the second-highest opening weekend for a Tamil film. After four weeks, the film grossed INR60 million in Malaysia.[168] In the United Kingdom, the film grossed $179,054 from 16 screens, opening at No.1 spot[169] and No.4 in the all-time chart[170][171][172] Overall the film grossed $1,104,911 in Malaysia in six weeks, and $268,533 in UK at the end of the third week.[173] Sun Pictures the distributor declared that Mankatha grossed INR800 million[174][175] in the first month. Sify termed the film as a blockbuster as well as the year's biggest commercial success.[176][177] The film completed a 50-day run at the box office and was ranked as the fourth biggest grosser in Tamil film history.[178][179] Brand merchandise related to the film were launched for sale after the 50th day. Items included sun glasses, T-shirts, hand cuffs and lockets, all on a limited edition basis.[180]

karizmabadrinath this film has nothing except ultimate star ajith kumar.. ajith has given a blockbuster action film for his fans and all the other action movie fans.. this is not a movie to go with a family.. if you are an adult you can watch and enjoy this.. all the characters except ajith and Arjuna failed to do well. ash win has did his debut well with a cop.. the introduction scene of ajith and the interval block acting of him are flawless.. i didn't expect such a direction from venkat all the heroines are irritating..yuan shankar raj has once again made a mind blowing background music and his music in vilayadu mankatha, ma chi open the bottle are rocking.. the dialog,"money,money,money" having a huge mass.. th ala th ala th ala is the mantra for this movie. even if you don't like ajith you will watch this only for ajith.. though i am a vi jay fan i watched this movie for 12 times in the theater only for ajith,ajith,ajith.......... mankatha DA

srinath a j Guys,Movie is awesome. Story s definitely unconventional and needs applauds for trying a bold and new concept. Seeing thala as an antagonist of the movie is commendable. And in future we can see many star would follow the suit. He did better than Vaali. Lots of twist n turns make this more intriguing. On technicalities aspect too Venkat did a terrific job. And wow, to see Ajith uttering cuss words (wat an masala element in the movie). As usual Yuvan rocks in BGM. I loved the chess scene were he plots to kill all his accomplices and the movie pans out it ways is also very commendable. In many scenes I find the nuances of the screenplay of Venkat very very interesting. Venkat Prabhu has matured a lot. On the downside -- At many places I find Screenplay little dragging not typical to Venkat Prabhu's movie, and some songs are adding these worries. Except Vilaiyaadu Mankatha all other songs are average. Action sequence is lil bit overdosed and too much gun noises makes its irritating and made it look like a warfare movieOn a whole this is the perfect 50 for Ajith needed when matters the most. And he chooses the perfect director and script for this milestone. Movie is double awesome. There's a lot of scope to break all box office records, since it got perfect opportunity to release on public holidays back-to-back followed by fri, sat n sun. Mind you thala's always king of box office opening. After this movie Sun pictures can be once again in the groove.my rating 10/10. I will watch once again and again just for thala and Venkat Prabhu

'Zain Ahmed Khan' the movie was stylish. awesome acting by "Thala"Ajith.but the first half was bit slow wit unwanted song "Vaada Binlada".but the second half increased the pace of the movie with exciting twists in story.if u r a Ajith fan the movie will be great. for a neutral it is a good movie.music is good.Ajith may get the best actor in negative role.Lakshmi Rai is only heroin in that movie who has a proper role.exciting stunts both with bike and car.special effects were the best seen in a Tamil film.