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Superstar Rajinikanth-KS Ravikumar's superhit Padayappa combo is back with Lingaa that release on Thalaivar Birthday, on December 12th and going strong in the second week. Rockline Venkatesh produced Lingaa is opened to mixed reviews due to its script, yet managed to get packed theaters, especially for Rajinikanth and the ensemble team on the table. Anushka, Sonakshi Sinha, Santhanam and Karunakaran played prominent roles in Lingaa with AR Rahman's music and Rathnavelu's camera works. The movie that was released in 5000 theaters worldwide in Tamil and Telugu languages had to share them with new releases such as Aamir Khan's PK, Malayalam movie Cousins and others in the second week. Yet, Rajinikanth starred Lingaa managed to keep up to 300+ International screens including Malaysia-93, USA Canada-85, UK Europe-40, MiddleEast-40, Sri Lanka-25 and Singapore Australia-20
Sonakshi's Southern film career to end with Lingaa
Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who feels southern movies are "content-rich", says her forthcoming Tamil cinematic debut "Lingaa" won't be a one-off film in her career as she's keen to find more work in the industry. "I would love to do more projects (down south) provided I get good scripts," Sonakshi told in an interview. "The southern film industries are rich in content, which is why so many of their films get remade here (in Bollywood). I definitely don't want (my southern film career) to end with 'Lingaa'," she said. Sonakshi may be a newcomer to the southern filmdom, but she has already developed a sort of relationship with the industry by starring in five Hindi remakes of south hits - "Dabanng", "Rowdy Rathore", "Son of Sardaar", "Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty" and upcoming "Tevar". Also, four of her films so far have been with southern filmmakers A.R. Murugadoss and Prabhudeva. Therefore, working in "Lingaa" wasn't any different for her, except the language. "After working in so many southern remakes, I think I've developed a sense of familiarity with the way things function here. The only new challenge was to speak a language I don't speak or understand and look convincing doing it," she added. "Lingaa", which releases in cinemas Friday, wasn't the first Tamil project Sonakshi was offered. In fact, she was offered films in Telugu and Kannada in the past. "I wasn't able to take up those offers because of my commitments in Bollywood. Just like how 'Dabangg' was an offer I couldn't refuse, even though I never wanted to be an actress, so was 'Lingaa'," she said. She admits Rajinikanth was a "driving force" in her decision to act in "Lingaa". "It was an honour to share screen space with a living legend like him," she said. Sonakshi wasn't floored by the superstar status of 62-year old Rajinikanth. "I was stunned by his simplicity and humble nature. He is a wonderful human being and truly a rare gem of a person," she said. But did it ever concern her that she was paired with a hero who's in his sixties? "It did cross my mind, but the role was such that it would not put either of us in an awkward situation," she said, and added that since Rajinikanth and her father Shatrughan Sinha have been friends for many years, steps were taken to ensure nothing ever made her uncomfortable. In "Lingaa", which is directed by K.S. Ravi Kumar, Sonakshi plays a character in the 1940s. She clarifies that the role won't be similar to the one she essayed in Hindi period romance "Lootera". "I played a Bengali in 'Lootera', which was an intense love story. In this film, I play a south Indian in a patriotic zone," she said. The most fascinating part of her role, Sonakshi said "was speaking a new language, donning a new look, and being part of a completely new era". Despite being alien to Tamil, Sonakshi was lauded for her perfect lip sync in the film's trailer. How did she do it? "My director, his associates and our writer actually made it very easy for me to pick it up. I was allowed to read it off placards or be prompted while speaking. Also, having worked with Tamil units before helped a great deal," she said. Besides working with the superstar, another reason that really got Sonakshi excited about working in "Lingaa" was her association with double Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman. "It feels amazing. I have been hoping that I get to work with him from the very beginning of my career and I'm glad I got the chance to do it in my first Tamil film," she added. Sonakshi will next team up with A.R. Murugadoss in a "woman-centric" Hindi film, while her Telugu project with Mahesh Babu has been shelved.
'Linga' producer takes "Kabali" challenge
Producer Rockline Venkatesh who made huge budgeted disaster "Lingaa" with superstar Rajnikanth is back in the news. This time he's back regarding "Kabali" movie Kannada rights. Actually this producer hasn't settled the issue of agitating distributors of Lingaa and those distributors have now started threatening to stall Kabali movie release. Paying no attention to such stuff, Rockline Venkatesh has now bought the Kannada version rights of Kabali for an astronomical price. So far this is the record price a film has ever fetched for Karnataka. This is a big challenge for Rockline, because if Kabali result tumbles, then his fate is going to become a Lingaa distributor
Expect only Tri-linguals from Prabhas!
Post the release of 'Baahubali - The Beginning', Prabhas has become a pan-India Actor by earning market for himself in Hindi-dominant Circuits and Tamil Nadu. His popularity only grows multifold with the next installment of 'Baahubali' franchise. So, There is pressure from the buyers across the country on the Producers of his next films after 'Baahubali - The Conclusion' to plan the projects in a certain way. Long back, Prabhas committed to work under the direction of 'Run Raja Run' fame Sujeeth after 'Baahubali'. Requests have been pouring from all over the country to UV Creations asking the production house to plan the movie as a Telugu, Tamil & Hindi tri-lingual. Few leading production houses were holding discussions with UV Creations for acquiring the theatrical rights of the project for other versions. Prabhas can't ask for anything better…his hardwork and the trust he had on Rajamouli has paid off well.
Surya and Ram Gopal Varma join hands for a Tri-lingual film
Ace director and producer Ram Gopal Varma is contemplating to produce a film in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi with Surya as hero. Ram Gopal Varma, who was mightily impressed with the performance of Surya in the smash, hit 'Gajini', has decided to produce a film with him in the lead. The film will first be produced in Tamil and later on, the film will be dubbed in Telugu and Hindi. Gautham Menon is the director of the film. In the past, the combination of Surya and Gautham had worked wonders at the box-office for the film 'Khakka Khakka'. The film was remade in Telugu as 'Gharshana' with Venkatesh as the hero and Gautham directed the film's Telugu version too. Actress Jyothika is the executive producer of the film.
Lingaa left with Climax n Songs
Superstar Rajinikanth's forthcoming film Lingaa is taking fast shape in the hands of director KS Ravikumar. The ace filmmaker is said to have completed maximum talkie portions and remaining with climax and couple of songs to be caned in overseas probably Europe. However, makers are yet to decide on the exact foreign locations. Rockline Venkatesh producing Rajinikanth's Lingaa is being shot in Karnataka and this schedule will be wrapped up by next week. After a short break, Lingaa team will head to Shimoga for climax shoot for 10 days. Lingaa audio by AR Rahman will be out for Diwali and the film will be released on December 12th.