As the film begins, in 1980s Thriunelveli, Arivudai Nambi (Vijay Antony) is killed by his rivals, who fear that their position would be threatened if he were to make it big in politics.

A murder occurs when a lady is killed by an unknown person. Then the scene shifts. Prabhakaran (Vijay Antony) is shown surrendering. His flashback is shown.

Amudhavel (Vishal), after spending six years in the United States, returns to Cuddalore for his marriage to his long-time girlfriend Meenu Kutty (Catherine Tresa).

Arivazhagan aka Arivu hails from Kolaikkara Kuppam a. k. a. Cooliekkara Kuppam, a slum area in Chennai.

Lingaa is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar.

Constable Murugavel (Vijay Antony), who is from a village in Tamil Nadu, lives his life for his brother, who is a school student.

The film opens with pub landlord and frequent holidaymaker Vic Flange (Sid James) openly flirting with the sassy saucepot widow Sadie Tompkins (Barbara Windsor) as his battleaxe wife, Cora (Joan Sims), looks on with disdain.