Director Venkat Prabhu had made the mass entertainer Mankatha, starring thala Ajith, action King Arjun, Trisha, Andrea Jeremiah, Anjali and his boys including Vaibhav, Arvind Akash, in 2011 and the movie had music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Mankatha was Ajith's milestone 50th movie and the expectations among fans of the actor were High and the movie presented Ajith in a completely negative role. His performance as Vinayak Mahadev is still celebrated by fans.

Today is the eighth anniversary of Mankatha's release, and Venkat Prabhu took it to Twitter to share a memory from the shoot. He posted a photo from the first day of shooting and tweeted "The first shot!! On da first day shoot!!! I am sure u guys know the scene!!! Thanks to my ad senthil for sharing the pic!!! #8YrsOfIngeniousMANKATHA".

The first shot!! On da first day shoot!!! I am sure u guys know the scene!!! Thanks to my ad senthil for sharing the pic!!! #8YrsOfIngeniousMANKATHA pic.twitter.com/s6WGA8Q70U

— venkat prabhu (@vp_offl) August 30, 2019