Lingaa is a 2014 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by K.S. Ravikumar. The film was produced by Rockline Venkatesh under Rocklines 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 Mhd 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 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.Though an above average grosser at the box office, the film failed to recover its high distribution cost.

Cast

• Rajinikanth as Raja Lingeswaran, King of Kodaiyur/ K.Lingeswaran (Lingaa)
• Anushka Shetty as Lakshmi
• Sonakshi Sinha as Bharathi
• Jagapati Babu as M.P. Nagabooshan
• K. Viswanath as Karunakara
• N. Santhanam as Lingaa's friend
• Karunakaran as Kothandam
• Dev Gill as a freedom fighter
• Brahmanandam as Inspector Ravi Varman
• Radha Ravi as Kavi Bharathi
• Vijayakumar as Karunakara's father, a village head
• Nizhalgal Ravi as Zamindar of Rayakottai
• R. Sundarrajan Sambandham, the collector's spy
• Manobala as train loco pilot in 1939
• Madhan Bob as the merchant
• Balaji as Lingaa's sidekick
• K.S. Ravikumar as Assistant Commissioner "Finishing" Kumar in a special appearance