Mankatha - Ajith's Game all the way

I wanted to write about my trip to Vaalparai and started and work interrupted me and so it is still in the incompleted posts list :) . But before I sit and finish that, something else happened. Yes, the "First Day Second Show" of Mankatha ( மங்காத்தா) I am not a hard core Ajith Fan or anything of that sort. But since I am in Coimbatore, thought of trying the first day show and see how it is. So myself, my bro and his wife went to the 2nd show of the release day (31-Aug-2011)....Even before we could get into the theater I was half deaf from the whistle sound outside of it. And you wont believe there was this dhamaka and paatasu since 5.30 am in the theatre near our home. முடியலைடா சாமி. And the same whistling till we got in our seats.. ஆரம்பமே இப்படினா அப்புறம் படம் பார்க்கும் போது எப்படி இருக்கும்  ?

But they only clapped and danced when Ajith was introduced and during the first song.. "விளையாடு மங்காத்தா...  after that they were quite. 2nd half la sema quite. Its fun to watch an actors movie amongst their fans during first day first show. I havent see other actors' movies yet (like Rajnikanth or Kamalhaasan or Vijay.. didnt want take any risk)...but these guys were pretty ok...atleast didnt disturb us during the movie..

Now about the movie :) To begin with, I did not have any expectation from this movie because I know Venkat Prabhu and have seen his movies. Even though they are not great movies, they are enjoyable and give pure entertainment and that is all I want and this time with Ajith in place. And because Ajith was there in his new look, I really wanted to see this at the earliest. Why, because after a long time, I am seeing an actor his age. I have always liked Rajni when he dons a elder look like in Annamalai, or Padayappa. He looks nice.. because there is no over makeup to make him look younger. I dont like that somehow for some reason. But Ajith looks his age in this movie and I really liked him for that. He looks pretty smart for his age. I am not Arjun's fan at all, but he looks like he has maintained himself very well. All those pretty lasses are purely wasted as in any of the Venkat Prabhu's movie. Premji is his usual self. Except for some one liners and some turning point, he doesnt have much to do. Chettiyaar ( I forget his name everytime) is a usual villain. Vaibhav has some good role in this compared to his other team mates like Premji, Mahat, the SI guy ( I have seen him in some small movie, dont recall which movie) and he gets to slap Ajith too ... ( his reaction for his slap at the credits is worth watching :D) 

Ajith's comic timing was nice with Premji. Sema kalakal.  The first half was little boring, some places could have been edited better. But 2nd half sema fast and racy. Ajith gets to do his car racing, bike racing and he has done it well. For his age and for his 2 left feet, he has done good dance steps especially in "ஆடாம ஜெய் சோமடா " Even though Ajith and Arjun's encounters are very less, the moment they appear it becomes fast. Arjun has very less screen space. Actually, Ajith is in almost every frame of the movie. But I didnt feel bored watching him throughout. And he makes for a very smart and cute villai.. like the Rajni in Robot. chance illa. sema style. That too when he bargains with Arjun in the train , super. 

There are lot of questions and lot of doubts and loopholes no doubt, but its purely enjoyable too. I like it very much and would like to watch it again for Ajith. Only three songs are good , rest are not at all required. Camera nalla iruku. Rerecording sema classy. 

Its Ajith and Ajith throughout and he has worked hard. Watch out the bloopers at the end. Ajithaa ippadi ??? Uncle neenga nallavaraa kettavaraa ? ha ha ha ha ha...