lingaa

Lingaa is a 2014 Indian Tamil language action drama film written and directed by K.S. Ravikumar. The film was produced by Rockline Venkatesh under Rockline Entertainment. The film's script was written by Pon Kumaran. The film stars
Rajinikanth, Anushka Shetty and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles while Santhanam, Jagapati Babu and Karunakaran essay supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman. The cinematography and editing was handled by R. Rathnavelu and Samjith Mohammed respectively. The film revolves around Lingaa, a thief who enters a village called Solaiyur to save the dam and temple built by his grandfather.
Principal photography commenced during the last week of May 2014 in Mysore. The majority of the filming took place in Ramoji Film City. The climax portions were filmed in Linganamakki Dam and Jog Falls in Shimoga. The film was released on 12 December 2014, coinciding with Rajinikanth's birthday. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu and Hindi with same name. The film received mixed review upon its release. Although the film grossed more than one and a half billion at the box office, it was a loss for distributors, who bought the film for a high price but were later on compensated by Rajnikanth himself.

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