‘Lingaa’ is the new film of Rajinikanth which fared pretty average in Southern versions. The movie is now released in Hindi version across North India and response is also heard to be on the same average side. Presence of Sonakshi Sinha in second half is the major highlight for Hindi audience but at the same time they have chopped entire portions of Anushka in first half which looked heavily dragged. While the Telugu and Tamil versions were near to 3 hours, Hindi version is just above 2 hours.
One of the viewers who watched both Tamil and Hindi versions has said that, Anushka is almost out of the film because the heist episode and a song on Rajini, Anushka were chopped off indiscriminately. This made the film run time very small giving a respite to Hindi viewers from boring episodes. KS Ravi Kumar direction and AR Rahman music aren’t really mattering for Bollywood movie lovers because they knew ‘Lingaa’ as a pure dubbed film.