Mankatha confirmed an Ajith who was safe sufficient in his stardom to redefine it. Months earlier than the movie’s launch on August 31, 2011, Ajith his fan associations in a shock transfer. In a letter to his followers, he stated they had been free to both reward or critique him objectively, which went towards the grain of the standard fan-actor relationship. It appeared like a counter-intuitive transfer for an actor who was nonetheless thought-about a celebrity. But it additionally appeared as if Ajith was disinterested within the normal trappings of stardom. Whereas Vijay, Ajith’s up to date and largest rival within the business, regarded lean, imply and match, and the superstars of the sooner technology – Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan — disguised their age on display screen, Ajith unabashedly sported a beer stomach in Mankatha and left his salt-and-pepper hair untouched by color. Since then, Ajith has incessantly appeared together with his pure hair on display screen, and in Thunivu, which could have a Pongal launch this week, he’s additionally obtained a shaggy white beard.
Ever for the reason that trailer for Thunivu dropped, it has impressed comparisons to Mankatha. Just like the 2011 movie, Ajith seems to be taking part in the dangerous man in H Vinoth’s heist movie, selecting avarice over ethics. Whereas he’s all the time lauded as an ideal gentleman on the units by his co-stars, Ajith appears to relish letting out the satan when he’s on display screen. Keep in mind his creepy act because the deaf-mute brother who wishes his sister-in-law in Vaali (1999) or the crime boss in Billa (2007)? In Mankatha, which is about largely in Mumbai, he emerges from a flying automotive to shoot his corrupt colleagues within the police drive on the scene of a staged encounter. Not as a result of he’s so upright, however as a result of he has vested pursuits.
