The film stars Rajinikanth plays dual role, Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles.

Music is being composed by A. R. Rahman while cinematography is being headed by R. Rathnavelu. This is slated to get realeased only in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language.

In March 2014, Rajinikanth was finalized as the lead for K. S. Ravikumar's next film.

Ravikumar stated on Facebook that filming would commence soon and that the film was titled Lingaa.

Eros International was confirmed to distribute the film worldwide.

Ravikumar's assistant Pon Kumaran co-wrote the script for the film and also penned the film's dialogues.

Rockline Venkatesh was announced as producer.

Sabu Cyril was confirmed to handle the art direction for the film.

Samjith Mhd, who had worked with Ravikumar earlier in Policegiri (2013), was confirmed as the film's editor.

Hollywood stuntman Lee Whittaker was recruited to frame the stunt sequences.

Principal photography commenced on 1 May 2014 in Mysore; majority of the filming took place in Ramoji Film City. The climax portions were filmed in Shimoga.

The motion poster received positive response from critics and fans alike and trended on Facebook and Twitter following its release.