Simbu praises Ajith's performance in Mangaatha to heavens

Simbu praises Ajith's performance in Mangaatha to heavens



September 2, 2011

Being an ardent fan of Ajith Kumar, Silamabarasan is bowled over by the performance of Ajith Kumar in his silver jubilee film, Mangaatha. The actor, who saw the movie at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai, has praised the actor to heavens.



The Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa star saw the movie on the release day. If reports are to be believed, Silambarasan watched Mangaatha two times on the same day. It is said that like every crazy Thala fan, he was dancing and blowing the whistle, when ever a punch dialogue, song or an action scene appears on-screen.



“Thala not only stole the money, he stole the whole show!!! Ajith is rocking in the film ... Great work by the whole team !!! Congrats to each and every one who is a part of the film !!! Thala da Mangaatha da !!!” Silamabarsan posted on a social networking site.



Meanwhile, Venkat Prabhu directorial Mangaatha, which stars Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan and Arjun Sarja, is doing good business at the Box Office. The occupancy on its first day stayed around 90 to 95 percent.



Simbu, who was busy filming Osthi in Mysore, cancelled the shoots of his upcoming Tamil film to watch Mangaatha on its opening day. (OI)

Mangaatha movie review

Mangaatha movie review



August 31, 2011

Excitement and Expectations are the two Es, which are associated with Ajith Kumar's 50th movie Mangaatha (Mankatha) release. As expected, Thala rocks the show with his styles, actions and performance. However, the overdose of stunts and useless characters in the film are irritating at parts. Read on for Mangaatha review.



Story:

Sanjana (Trisha)'s father Arumuga Chettiyar (Jaya Prakash) devises a plan to steal 500 crores, the money, which was used for gambling during Indian Premier League. His gang includes Sumanth (Vaibhav), Prem (Premji), an IIT graduate, Mahat (Mahat Raghavendra), Ganesh (Ashwin Kakumanu), a sub-inspector at Dharavi in Mumbai. After their plan to rob comes to know, suspended cop Vinayak Mahadeva (Ajith Kumar) joins the team of thieves. On the other end, super cop Prithvi (Arjun Sarja) takes oath to uproot the betting business.



How they execute their plot? Will they succeed in their mission? What measures Prithivi take to bring the betting business to halt? Answers for all these questions should be seen on-screen, as the excitement of watching the movie will be lost if one reads here the entire story.



Performance:

Ajith Kumar's fans could not have expected for more from their star, as the actor has given his best performance till date. His acting, salt and pepper look with the negative shade in his character are treat to watch. Especially, he impresses the audience during action sequences. Arjun Sarja has proved, why people call him as 'Action King'. He has perfectly fitted the bill. Trisha has not got much to do in the movie. But she excels in her limited role. Vaibhav is good. However, Premiji is not a right choice for the character, as his antics fail to evoke any response from the viewers. Even newcomer Mahat also disappoints you. Jaya Prakash is at his usual best. Rest other character like Anjali and Andrea Jeremiah, who will be seen as Vaibhav and Arjun's wives, are okay.



Technical:

The action scenes are the plus and minus points of the film. Even thought, it has been wonderfully shot, overdose of those scenes in the second half play spoilsport. Nonetheless, watching Ajith Kumar's saying 'I am a mad man' and 'money money money' during stunts are good to watch. Shakti Saravanan's photography is excellent, choreography is simple but energetic. Editor Praveen KL could have been bold in his work, as some scenes are dragging at parts. Music and Songs picturisation are apt. Finally, Venkat Prabhu's direction and screenplay.



Well, the director has almost succeeded in his first ever film with a big star. The filmmaker has fabricated the story keeping all the successful elements at one hand and the tastes of Ajith Kumar's fans at other. Had he not lost the grip on the script, the movie would have undoubtedly become one of the biggest hits of Thala. The screenplay is dragging and gives you a boring experience. Adding to that, too much of characters does not help the proceedings and it is only in the last 30 minutes before the interval, the story becomes interesting. The second half thrills you with twists but irritates with too much of action sequences. However, Arjun and Ajith's climax scene is wonderful shot.



Verdict:

Mangaatha has all the entertaining elements. It is especially for Ajith Kumar's fans and the people, who love action-oriented movies. Family audience may not like the subject. One should watch for the actor's performance and Venkat Prabhu's attempt to make the movie in Hollywood style with local budget!



Cast: Ajith Kumar,Trisha,Arjun Sarja, Viabhav and others

Director: Venkat Prabhu

Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja

Cinematography: Sakthi Saravanan

Producer: Dhayanidhi Alagiri

Released On: August 31, 2011 (OI)

Billa -2 is ready for Ajith Kumar

Billa -2 is ready for Ajith Kumar

August 3, 2010

If there has to be one film that made high waves for Ajith Kumar during times of his distress, it can be none other than his mind-boggling action packed thriller titled ‘Billa’, which was a remake of yesteryear superstar Rajnikanth film with the same title. After three years of time, the maker of Billa is ready with script for its sequel titled ‘Billa-2’.

Ajith Kumar is now busy listening to various scripts as he is planning to couple of projects at the same time. Since, ‘Mangaatha’ will be taking off during the mid of August, the actor is now utilizing the time for the sake of finalizing script. With the attempts of impressing Ajith Kumar, Vishnuvardhan seems to have made an announcement through press channels that he has got the script for Billa-2 ready and will start shooting whenever, the actor gives Green Signal. (KT)

"Thala" Ajith as Mangatha

"Thala" Ajith as Mangatha

July 6, 2010

"Thala" Ajith’s 50th film was much in the news for being directed by director Gautham menon a few weeks ago. But now, the scene has changed as Ajith opted for director Venkat Prabhu , instead of Gautham for his 50th film.

It is reported that due to some reason, Ajith and Gautham could not zero on a bonded script. So, Gautham asked Ajith that he will be out of this project and so now Venkat Prabhu is the director. Meanwhile, the film has been titled as “ Mangatha” and will be produced by Dayanidhi Azhagiri.

According to sources, Tollywood star Akkineni Nagarjuna will be making a guest appearance in the movie and music director Yuvan Shanker Raja will be playing the lead role. Actress Anushka is said to play as a female lead in this film. Seducing beauty Anushka has acted with Ilayapathi and Surya and her third project will be withy Thala Ajith.

Great going Anushka, keep it up! (HC)