Lingaa is a 2014 Indian Tamil action-drama film directed by K.S. Ravikumar, who also scripted the film in collaboration with the film's dialogue writer, Pon Kumaran. The film stars Rajinikanth playing a dual role, Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles. Music was composed by A. R. Rahman,while cinematography was headed by R. Rathnavelu. The movie was filmed in Tamil, with dubbed versions in Telugu and Hindi.
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 Shimoga.
The film was released on 12 December 2014, coinciding with Rajinikanth's birthday.Though an above average grosser at the box office, the movie failed to recover its high distribution cost.
Cast:Rajnikanth as Raja Lingeswaran, King of Kodaiyur/ K.Lingeswaran (Lingaa)
Anushka Shetty as Lakshmi
Sonakshi Sinha as Mani Bharathi
Jagapati Babu as Nagabooshan
K. Viswanath as Karunakara
N. Santhanam as Lingaa's sidekick
Karunakaran as Kothandam
Dev Gill as Freedom fighter
Brahmanandam as Inspector Ravi Varman
Radha Ravi as Kavi Bharathi
Vijayakumar as one of the Village heads
Nizhalgal Ravi as Zamindar of adjacent area
R. Sundarrajan Sammandham, the Collector's spy
Manobala as Train Loco pilot in 1939
Ilavarasu as Sami Pillai
Ponvannan as the government official
Jayaprakash as corrupt government officer
Madhan Bob as the merchant
Crane Manohar as the merchant's security guard
Anu Mohan as Shanmugam
Ravi Mariya as Jewellery Showcase Chief Security Officer
K.S. Ravikumar as Finishing Kumar (Special Appearance)
"Dhadi" Balaji as Lingaa's sidekick
SVS Kumar as a Villager
Raj Kamal as jewelry Showcase CCTV Officer
Falk Columbo as Lawrence Hunter
Lauren J. Irwin as the Collector's wife
William Orendorff as British Governor
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