India Synopsis
மங்காத்தா
“Strictly no rules”
Vinayak, a suspended cop, helps a group of four men rob cricket betting money amounting to 500 crores INR. When it comes to splitting the amount, betrayal hits the team hard and a chase ensues.
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Action + Thriller in India
229 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mankatha itself).
The 2010–2012 India Window
Mankatha holds position #67 of 202 India films in the 2010–2012 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mankatha premiered alongside 62 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 29m runtime, production spent $41K per minute on screen and earned $188K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 62 other India films in 2011.
The 855th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
55 audience reviews — more than 82% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 88th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mankatha, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- money laundering · 4
- cops and robbers · 2
- bad cop · 1
- bookie · 1
- heist · 18
- cricket · 10
- gambling · 31
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #876 of 1,983 India films indexed here (56th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #241 of 637 (top 38%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Tamil |
| Production Companies | Ayngaran International, Cloud Nine Movies, Sun Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 29m |
| Release Date | August 31, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1705772 |