Lingaa (2014)
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Lingaa
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Fact file
'U' censor certificate without cuts.
Running time: 174 minutes
Languages: Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
It would be the first time ever in superstar Rajinikanth's 40 year career, that his movie is releasing on his birthday. 12th December
Year: 2014
Released on 3000 screens across the world.
Crew
Produced by Rockline Venkatesh
Directed by KS Ravikumar
Music: AR Rahman
Camera: Rathnavelu.
Cast
Rajinikanth in a dual role. According to rumours he was paid Rs 60 crore for the film
Heroines: Sonakshi Sinha and Anushka Shetty.
Plagiarism?
Rajinikanth took strong objection to a petition lodged by aspiring filmmaker KV Ravi Rathinam of Madurai that the story of Lingaa has been plagiarised from his script, based on the life of Colonel John Pennycuick, a British engineer behind the construction of the Mullaperiyar dam, which he had written for a movie titled 'Mullai 999'. KS Ravikumar, who directed the film, and Rajinikanth himself filed a counter affidavit claiming that Lingaa is based on a story written by Mr. Ponkumaran
Rajinikanth that the subject of Mullaperiyar dam and nationalisation of rivers cannot be claimed as a copyright.
