There is huge news for Ajith fans. Mankatha release date has been confirmed for August 31st. Ajith's 50th film is all set to make a big splash at the end of this month. Ayngaran International are releasing the film overseas and they have confirmed the date of its international release.

The makers of the film are very confident about the film because the movie has been getting excellent publicity from the day the project was announced. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter proved to be instrumental as every nugget of information about the film has been lapped up by Ajith's devoted fans. The wait has ended and the game will begin soon after it has been cleared by the censors.

The makers of Mankatha want to cash in on the long weekend on September 1st and release the film around that time. With just a few days left and the re-recording work still incomplete, three musicians have jumped the bandwagon to help Yuvan Shankar Raja, sources report.

Karthik Raja, Bhavatharani and Premji Amaren are all working together with Yuvan Shankar Raja to help him with the re-recording. This is perhaps the first time a film’s re-recording work is being handled by a team of four people and all of them belonging to the same family! Interestingly, the director of Mankatha, Venkat Prabhu also happens to be their cousin.

Vijay had arranged for a party to celebrate the completion of his portions in the Shankar directed Nanban. This party was held at a posh hotel in Chennai in which the entire crew members of Nanban participated.

And a surprise visitor at this party was Mankatha’s director Venkat Prabhu. Vijay was reported to have told Venkat that Mankatha’s trailer was so impressive and also put in a word to director Shankar to watch the film.

Venkat Prabhu and Shankar also discussed Vijay’s forthcoming release Velayutham during this event and all three were lavish in their praises for the other. There was huge expectation when Venkat arrived at the venue that Ajith would also grace the occasion as he is Vijay’s close friend. But the star could not make it as he was tied up in Billa 2 shooting.

Mankatha, directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri and Cloud Nine, is all set for release soon.

When shooting for Mankatha started in mid-2010 - as Ajith's 50th film - it was scheduled to release on his birthday, May 1, 2011. But it never happened.

Now, the latest we hear is that Venkat Prabhu and the others behind the project are going all out to get the film released on September 1.

This will enable them to cash in on the big Vinayaka Chathurthi-Ramzan weekend, which will ensure a fantastic opening for the film.

Let us hope that Venkat’s 'Mission Mankatha' succeeds.