Confirming media reports that his forthcoming venture ‘Yanthram’ is getting ready for release, Superstar Rajinikanth has said the high-budget extravaganza would hit the screens by August.

“Yanthram is almost over. Only one song has to be shot. Everything will be completed soon and the film will be released in August,” the top actor told reporters, when he visited ‘Kodai Thiruvizha'(Tamil) organised by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation on Island Grounds in Chennai Monday.

When asked how the film directed by Shankar and produced by Sun Pictures was taking shape, the matinee idol expressed satisfaction and said, “I am happy about Yanthram and looking forward its release.”

Asked what made him to visit the Kodai Thiruvizha, Rajini said, “Poet Vairamuthu’s son and Information Minister Parithi Ellamvazuthi's son son have been part of this show. I have come here on their invitation.”