Mankatha is a film based on various gambling which includes fixing of cricket matches. Ajith who is in the lead role is pairing with Trisha. Trisha is for the first time dons the Chennai slum girl role and she also speaks in Chennai slum dialect. At a time when there are lots of speculations on the air that when Mankatha audio launch is going to be held and when the film is also going to be released, Thala along with Mankatha crew are busy shooting the final patches at Bangkok.
The multi-starrer also has Action King Arjun, Trisha, Vaibhav, Lakshmi Rai and Premgi Amaren in the lead. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music for Mankatha, which is Ajith’s 50th film.