My few cents{as if it matters }

Firstly, Lingaa is NOT a bad movie.

Having made the above statement,the way the movie worked/did not work for me,below :

What worked :

KSR&the cinematographer deserve credit for giving a very rich look to the film despite working on a very tight time-line

I was quite drawn to the entire flash back episode,the atmosphere,look for this section looked quite authentic and felt I was part of the happenings on screen

Shocked am saying this but I liked Sonakshi Sinha though the "Niruthunga" dialogue was overdone

Liked Rajni in this character,especially the entire sequence where the Solaiyur villagers come in search of him,meet him and the way he politely declines to come back to the village.

What did not work :

Rajni as the thief with the gang of friends.Was embarrassing to watch him.

The illness seems to have taken a toll,all the mannerisms/style/way of dancing which was unique to him looked "to-be-made-fun-of" kind here.The speed and charm was missing.

The songs,pathetic.No excuses,ARR seemed just so out-of-sorts and I feel he has been sounding that way very frequently the last few years.

Rajni's worst intro song in a long while,especially from the time he started spouting "Gyan" through them.

What was the Mona,Gasolina song all about,did not get the lyrics at all?What is a Gasolina?????

The screenplay overall,lacked edge and punch.Though not being boring,the film felt very flat throughout.The drama element was completely missing.For KSR whose strength has always been to make template plots interesting through the screenplay,this is a big failure.

The entire climax: Rajni on a bike to the gas balloon and the rest which happens.Guess was edited(saw in on a 10pm show on Saturday),ended fast(not long drawn as was commented when the film released initially) but ridiculous.The key to make these things believable lie in the stunt co-ordination,shot taking and editing,all three failed here.


Anushka Shetty,did not make an impression at all,she shouting 'Niruthunga' in the end was :facepalm: stuff

Dialogues - As with the screenplay,no punch,not a single line worth remembering.

Overall,",meh' movie.

PS: This was a Rajini movie on the big screen for me after Baba which was probably much worse.Have watched bits and pieces of Sivaji(the sum of the parts enough to draw a conclusion),hated it.Has to Shankar's worst who himself has lost his mojo(IMO) after the high of Gentleman,Kadhalan and Indian.All his movies after that(the ones I have watched) - Jeans,Mudhalvan,Anniyan,Sivaji and Enthiran do not have the zing which the first three had.

Enthiran - have watched on Television.Again,Rajni looked unconvincing in the creator character and the romance with Ash just did not work.Even in the Chitti character,it was not the kind of villainy he has depicted before.

Kuselan and Kochadaiyaan - Have not watched.

Between Baba and Lingaa I do not think he has done anything else than the ones I have mentioned above.