Shivalinga is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror mystery film directed by P. Vasu, starring Raghava Lawrence, Shakthi Vasudevan and Ritika Singh with Vadivelu and Urvashi in supporting roles.

It is a remake of Vasu's earlier 2016 Kannada film of the same name which starred Shiva rajKumar, the project began production in July 2016.

[1][2] Raheem and his well-trained pigeon Saara are alone in a coach aboard a train when a blind man enters and reaches an open door.

Shivalingeshwaran aka Shiva is a strict CID officer who is married to a thrill-seeker named Sathya.

Shiva accesses the security footage at the railway station and discovers that a person, who was acting as a blind man is the killer.

Raheem refuses to even tell his name, so Sathya clicks a picture of him for the sake of his noble gesture.

After unveiling the truth about the mistaken identity, the ghost of Raheem possesses Sathya and threatens everyone present in the hall.

Following the success of P. Vasu's Kannada horror film, Shivalinga (2016), the filmmaker chose to remake the project in Tamil.

[3] However, the actor did not accept to work on the project, while reports suggested that Vasu may approach Ajith Kumar for the film.

After negotiations with Anushka Shetty and Hansika Motwani, Vasu chose to sign on Ritika Singh for the female lead role.

[5] The film was launched in a ceremony during mid July 2016, with Radharavi, Bhanupriya and Urvashi revealed to be a part of the cast.