Mankatha team cake cutting celebration

 

What better one could ask for on a Saturday night !!!The Mankatha team including director Venkat Prabhu, actors Premgi, Vaibhav, Mahat, Ashwin, Aravindh Akash and editor Praveen K L where present at Anna Centenary Library to witness the grand finale of inaugural Short Film Gala 2011 (SFG) on 10th December.

SFG is a short film competition organized by The Sight media and Filmgala. The stage was set to give away SFG awards and the grand celebration of Mankatha 100th day.

The ever cool Mankatha team arrived at the venue around 6.30 in the evening and occupied the elite seats in front of the world class stage at Kotturpuram. With Badava Gopi as the host it was all set to be an exciting few hours. Gopi is not new to Venkat Prabhu as he was the commentator in the movie Chennai 600028.The event was filled with dance shows from various groups which set the stage on fire.

The singing of 'super singer' Sathya Prakash impressed one and all. Venkat Prabhu and company gave away the awards to the winners from SFG 2011. The surprise element in the event was Gangai Amaren's surprise entry arranged by The Sight media. The 500 odd crowd went mad after the team took the stage along with veteran film maker Gangai Amaren, to declare the Mankatha 100th day celebration by cutting a massive cake.

Gangai Amaren who is renowned for his effective speech skills, didn't disappoint any. He had lots of words to praise his sons Venkat Prabhu and Premgi Ameran and the super cool Mankatha team. He also revealed the fact that it was him who gave the most innovative and successful idea of portraying Ajith with grey hair yet not loosing his charm in the film Mankatha.Venkat Prabhu said he was very much impressed by short films of recent times. He said that short films are the portals into the industry.

He specifically mentioned that film makers today are looking at short films for actors, directors and technicians. He said that he has a 'Big' plan for short films which he is currently working on. He said that he did not want to reveal the plan till it was completely worked out, he said. He also lauded the organizers for the event.

All the excitement came to an end by 10.30pm. Venkat Prabhu and team were present till the last man got out of the auditorium.