The
much
awaited
news
is
here,
the
advance
booking
for
Rajinikanth
starrer
Lingaa
is
all
set
to
begin
from
9th
of
December
in
Chennai.
Fans
have
already
placed
huge
cut-outs
and
newly
designed
flags
of
Superstar
outside
almost
all
the
theatres.
Also,
Many
social
welfare
activities
like
blood
donating
camps,
pledging
to
donate
eyes
and
fund
raising
events
for
poor
people
have
already
been
started
by
Rajinikanth
fans.
Lingaa,
according
to
sources,
will
be
released
in
5000
screens
out
of
which
Tamil
Nadu
and
Kerala
will
get
1000
screens.
No
other
Tamil
film
has
managed
to
occupy
so
many
theatres
in
Kerala
like
Lingaa.
It
is
also
said
that
Lingaa
is
touted
to
be
released
in
more
than
twice
the
number
of
screens
a
straight
Malayalam
film
would
normally
get
in
God's
own
country.
Lingaa
in
foreign
countries:
The
United
States
of
America
will
have
328
screens
dedicated
to
Lingaa
and
the
pre-booking
for
the
film
started
yesterday
in
the
land
of
opportunity.
Lingaa
will
make
its
way
into
85
theatres
in
England,
50
theatres
in
France,
20
in
Denmark,
16
in
Germany,
9
theatres
in
Netherlands,
6
in
Switzerland,
4
in
Norway,
3
in
Belgium
and
2
theatres
in
Sweden
.
In
Australia,
Sri
Lanka,
Malaysia,
Singapore,
Hong
Kong,
China,
Middle
East
countries,
South
Africa
and
Ghana,
Lingaa
will
be
screened
in
several
theatres.
It
is
said
that
Lingaa
will
enter
into
a
record
number
of
theatres
in
Japan
for
any
Indian
movie,
however
the
exact
number
of
screens
is
still
unknown.
While
the
first
show
on
Friday
will
be
aired
at
4
in
the
morning
at
most
of
the
theatres
in
Chennai,
there
will
be
a
special
screening
of
the
movie
at
1
am
in
some
theatres.