Ever since the teaser of Rajinikanth’s Lingaa was released, rumors were rife that the plot has similarties to Vijay – AR Murugadoss’s Kaththi. A screenshot taken from Lingaa teaser reveals that Rajinikanth builds a dam for the village people in the pre-independence era. And, cineastes have concluded that Lingaa will also deal about corporate’s exploitation of water resources in the village like Kaththi. “There is no connection between the two scripts. Our script is completely different and we are not re-shooting any portion of the film again,” says producer Rockline Venkatesh and puts the rumors to rest.
Although the team as wrapped up shooting for the film, a montage scene featuring Rajinikanth is planned to be shot soon in Chennai to break the pumpkin in the hometown as a sentiment. Meanwhile, the audio launch, which was planned to be held on November 10th, has been postponed to November 16th, a source in the know confirms us.