Lingaa is an Tamil action thriller 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 dual role, Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles. Music is being composed by A. R. Rahman while cinematography was headed by R. Rathnavelu . This is slated to get released only in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language.
It is the movie of helping the village people in his influence . Lingaa is the small thief who thefts the jewelleries for his living . One day, he decides to steal an emerald necklace on display at a star hotel and he makes Lakshmi(Anushka), the spunky reporter of Public TV his unwilling accomplice . So, Lingaa is forced to run away from the city to escape the police hunting for him. That’s when Lakshmi comes into his life once again and convinces him to accompany her to Singanoor . Here, the story goes back to 1939 and it is revealed that Lingaa is the sole heir to his grandfather Raja Lingeswaran who belonged to a long lineage of kings who ruled south India .