Mankatha is a racy and adrenaline-rushing story of a Maharashtra police officer Vinayak Mahadevan Ajith who is suspended for helping a smuggler to escape from police encounter. He starts leading life in his own way. He falls for Sanjana Trisha, daughter of an influential local goon Arumuga Chettiyar Jayaprakash in Mumbai. A tough cop Prithvi Arjun takes charge to end betting scandal in IPL cricket in Mumbai. Arumuga uses his links with dons in Mumbai tries to route through his old theatre, a cash of over Rs 500 crore to be used in betting. Sumanth Vaibhav, a goon working for Arumuga Chettiyarplans to take away the booty with the help of his friends Ganesh Ashwin, Mahanth Mahanth, who owns a bar in Mumbai and Prem Premji, a IIT graduate. Vinayak joins the race. he promises to help them and divide it between them. Trouble starts after they take away the cash. Both Arumugha Chettiyar and police are now on their heels...