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A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.
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- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Vijayakumar
- Village Head
- (as Vijay Kumar)
K. Viswanath
- Village Head
- (as K. Vishwanath)
Ilavarasu
- Lingeswaran's Assistant
- (as Illavarasu)
Madhan Bob
- Settu
- (as Madan Bob)
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I booked tickets and went to ''LUXE CINEMAS'' Phoenix mall Chennai the theater was house full(30 shows run per day in the multiplex all houseful),enjoyed the film cause it was funny and then gets real serious ,and it is totally worth your money.watch this film if you speak Tamil,and if your from India!you'd love it.it has everything every kinda person expects small to old.never mind the negative stuff people tell u about the climax just enjoy the film.:)however DO NOT go to this film during the end days(empty cinemas)you'd get real bored ,this film requires a audience like applaud viewing to enjoy it to the max.i know i sound silly but hell yea this is ''rajini's'' film and being his fan since i was 2 years old (yea 24 months exact)i can tell u just one thing.simply watching him act will suffice your money spent
The only 3 stars is for Rajni.
I see they have given 9.3 starts out of 10. That is not true. I LOVE RAJNI but if this was not a RAJNI movie, then this movie would have got 1 STAR.
Story line 3/10 - The story takes you back to British ruling period and its not that great. It doesn't look like this took place in 1939.
Music 3/10 - nothing great, not even okay. AR Rehman could have done better. The song Mona Mona Gasolina is not catchy. The introduction song is also not great. For Rajni, this should have been THE SONG. Disappoints.
Comedy 3/10 - expected more comedy but except for once in blue moon, no much comedy.
Action 3/10 - not typical Rajni actions Punch Dialog - not one Dialogs - one or two
I would watch Sivaji or Padayappa once again in Movie Theater and would gladly pay $25 (ticket was $25) but not for this movie, I would wait for the DVD.
Not worth First Day First Show. or Last Day Last Show.
Sorry guys
I see they have given 9.3 starts out of 10. That is not true. I LOVE RAJNI but if this was not a RAJNI movie, then this movie would have got 1 STAR.
Story line 3/10 - The story takes you back to British ruling period and its not that great. It doesn't look like this took place in 1939.
Music 3/10 - nothing great, not even okay. AR Rehman could have done better. The song Mona Mona Gasolina is not catchy. The introduction song is also not great. For Rajni, this should have been THE SONG. Disappoints.
Comedy 3/10 - expected more comedy but except for once in blue moon, no much comedy.
Action 3/10 - not typical Rajni actions Punch Dialog - not one Dialogs - one or two
I would watch Sivaji or Padayappa once again in Movie Theater and would gladly pay $25 (ticket was $25) but not for this movie, I would wait for the DVD.
Not worth First Day First Show. or Last Day Last Show.
Sorry guys
Watched Lingaa Here is my take.In short the movie showed up lots of flaws as a crash project mega budget movie. Direction I would say 3/10 didn't expect this from Ravi Kumar. Superstar in the flash back portions rocked with his calm and polite acting. The starting 30 mins of the movie I felt really boring and dragging. Introduction song of super star showed too much efforts by Rajini to dance along with the foreigners. But watching the song I felt that he can stop acting as hero and move on doing roles like Big B. VFX was so poor in the movie. Our heroines looked almost alike in their built were just used as dolls nothing much to do. Songs of ARR was disappointing. Except 2 OK kind of duets. Not his best. Overall treat for those who waited long for seeing his presence on screen. But I wouldn't buy superstar's magic in this movie this time -Reviewed by Balachandran Sivakumar
Its been 4 years since people saw a live action movie from Thalaivar and of course the expectations will be high when he joined hands with K.S.Ravikumar. The duo has almost given a pukka movie this time. Thalaivar fans will almost love the movie in which Thalaivar's charisma and style carries the movie on its shoulder.
Positives: Thalaivar! He is a big plus in this movie. No one could have done this role. People wont accept any other person in this role. As Lingaa, he brings in never seen charisma and his usual style at ease. As Raja Lingeaswaran, he brings in the ambitious thoughts of an anger Indian who wants to do something for his country.
Sonakshi Sinha - She proved language is no bar. Very wonderful depiction of a young naughty local village girl. She is a very big plus indeed.
Indianea vaa song will be loved by everyone for its picturization, the story it tries to tell and of course ARR's voice.
Dialogues are very crisp and sharp. Makes the movie watchable till the end.
Costumes are very good as its important to show Thalaivar in some never seen before costumes which suits his style.
Things which could have been better:
The climax clearly shows the hurry in which the team worked in order to release it on Thalaivar's Birthday. It is good but the scene has some poor MGR period's graphics and stunts which almost takes us to tollywood.
BGM - Though it is good at some points, it clearly shows the BGM to has been done in a hurry. ARR could have concentrated more on BGM. It let down some scenes.
Anushka has scope for acting but she was used merely for glamor and nothing else.
Many characters have no base stories to come up so that we can believe them and some are over-reacting. They change sides quickly without deciding.
Placing of En Mannavaa song is almost like a normal typical commercial movie where you pack 1-2 songs unnecessarily.
If not for the climax, My Rating will be 7/10.
Watch it for our Thalaivar!
Positives: Thalaivar! He is a big plus in this movie. No one could have done this role. People wont accept any other person in this role. As Lingaa, he brings in never seen charisma and his usual style at ease. As Raja Lingeaswaran, he brings in the ambitious thoughts of an anger Indian who wants to do something for his country.
Sonakshi Sinha - She proved language is no bar. Very wonderful depiction of a young naughty local village girl. She is a very big plus indeed.
Indianea vaa song will be loved by everyone for its picturization, the story it tries to tell and of course ARR's voice.
Dialogues are very crisp and sharp. Makes the movie watchable till the end.
Costumes are very good as its important to show Thalaivar in some never seen before costumes which suits his style.
Things which could have been better:
The climax clearly shows the hurry in which the team worked in order to release it on Thalaivar's Birthday. It is good but the scene has some poor MGR period's graphics and stunts which almost takes us to tollywood.
BGM - Though it is good at some points, it clearly shows the BGM to has been done in a hurry. ARR could have concentrated more on BGM. It let down some scenes.
Anushka has scope for acting but she was used merely for glamor and nothing else.
Many characters have no base stories to come up so that we can believe them and some are over-reacting. They change sides quickly without deciding.
Placing of En Mannavaa song is almost like a normal typical commercial movie where you pack 1-2 songs unnecessarily.
If not for the climax, My Rating will be 7/10.
Watch it for our Thalaivar!
This is probably worst tamil movie in Rajini's entire career. No wonder why it was flop. Rajini's movies are big budget movies. This movie was one of the biggest mistake Rajini ever did in his life.
Did you know
- TriviaLingaa name came from rajni's grandson "lingaa danush"
- GoofsLingeswaran character reads the book "The Hero with a Thousand faces" by Joseph Campbell, during train journey that is just before the fight sequence. This story is set in 1939 (before India's independence) but the book was originally published in 1949.
- ConnectionsFeatured in For the Love of a Man (2015)
- SoundtracksOh Nanba
Produced by A.R. Rahman
Written by Vairamuthu
Performed by Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam & S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- リンガー
- Filming locations
- Sagara, Karnataka, India(location)
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $1,046,138
- Runtime2 hours 54 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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