Mankatha Da

Ajith is spiritedly back to films. Mankatha will be the first to set the pace in his return. Always a fans' hero, Ajith had veered off course to pursue other interests. He had also joined the big league of leading heroes who had entered into a one-film-per-year agenda. Now after facing a whirlwind round of rumours and giving due thought to well-wishers' words of wisdom, Ajith is back in action. Waiting for round two Ajith!

Source: The Hindu Dated 30-Jan-2011

Mankatha Latest Updates

Here are the latest happenings from ‘Mankatha’ front. Venkat Prabhu has finished picturising three songs for the film. Ajith Intro Song that was shot in Bangkok, A kuthu song involving Ajith with Premji, Vaibhav and others shot in Chennai and a duet featuring Ajith and Trisha, also shot in Chennai. With this major development ‘Mankatha’ has completed 50 percent of its talkie portions.

And an important action scene was also completed. The highlight of this stunt sequence is that Ajith performed the actions with a Body Mount Camera weighing around 30kg mounted on his body to capture the close actions when he runs, walks and turns.

It’s a known fact that Ajith had lot of surgeries on his body and the actor avoids taking risks while shooting. But when Venkat Prabhu came up with this unique idea, Thala readily agreed. Mankatha‘s Chennai portions will get over by Monday and then the unit will move to Mumbai for the rest of the portions.

The thriller starring Ajith, Arjun, Trisha, Anjali, Lakshmi Rai,Premji, Vaibhav, Makath, Jayaprakash and Subbu Panju is about gambling mafia at work during IPL cricket season.

Keep watching this space for more updates on ‘Mankatha’.

Source: Indiaglitz

Ajith Gears Up For Billa Prequel

Southern Megastar has grand plans after his 50 th film Mankatha releases.
Ajith is looking forward to his 50 th film Mankatha which is still in underproduction stage. But before he finishes Mankatha, he has his plans ready for his next. The actor is excited about the prequel of his huge hit Billa.
It can be recalled that, directed by Vishnuvardhan, 'Billa' was loosely based on Shah Rukh starrer 'Don'. It seems prequel of 'Don 2' has inspired the actor and director who are now looking forward to announce 'Billa 2'.
According to an industry insider, Ajith and Vishnuvardhan are working towards it and the film will go on floors as soon as 'Mankatha' releases. B2 will be a big budget action flick and will be shot in Hollywood style with latest HD cameras.
'Billa' had Nayantara opposite Ajith. Let's see if Vishnuvardhan goes for the same hottie or like Bollywood's 'Don 2' ropes in a new star cast.

Source: Times of India Jan-26-2011

Ajith new image at Mankatha shooting spot

'Billa-2' ready for the floors

Ajith’s next big pic after ‘Mankatha’, they looked forward to film ‘Billa-2’ is set to take the floors. News reaching us says the director Vishnuvardhan and the hero Ajith have fine tuned all the aspects for the film and are ready for the day.

Ajith’s 50th film ‘Mankatha’ which is under production is also being speeded up to catch the May 1 release deadline.

As the days are not too far away, the others in ‘Billa-2’ team is also simultaneously working to get set going as soon as ‘Mankatha’ is completed. Cameraman Nirav Shah has his work cut out in his hands. To make the sequel look better he has got hold of some latest HD cameras that are currently in vogue in Hollywood.

In tune with the mood prevailing in Ajith’s camp, ‘Mankatha’ director Venkat Prabhu is also gearing up to let Ajith go to ‘Billa-2’ as early as possible. It seems like Thala will have two grand releases in 2011.

Source: Indiaglitz