Shivalinga (film)

Shivalinga
Film poster
Directed by	P. Vasu
Produced by	K. A. Suresh
Screenplay by	P. Vasu
Story by	P. Vasu
Starring	Shiva Rajkumar Vedhika Urvashi
Music by	V. Harikrishna
Cinematography	P. K. H. Das
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Production company	Suresh Urs
Distributed by	Jayanna Films Reliance Dream Eye Studios Kasturi Media
Release date	12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
Running time	151 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Box office	₹35 crore

Shivalinga is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language horror film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Shivarajkumar and Vedhika. Produced by K. A. Suresh, the film's music is composed by V. Harikrishna. The film was released on 12 February 2016. The climax of the movie was reported to be taken straight out of an Agatha Christie novel. The film is being remade in Tamil as Shivalinga. The film ran for 100 days in theatres.

Raheem (Shakthi Vasudevan) and his well-trained pigeon Sara are alone in a coach aboard a train when a blind man enters and reached to door. Raheem saves the man, a killer, who in turn throws Raheem off the moving train to his death. Raheem's death is ruled a suicide, but Raheem's fiancee Sangeetha (Vaishali Deepak) knows that Raheem had no reason to kill himself. The same night, Raheem appears in Sangeetha's dream and says that he was murdered. The following day, Raheem's case is forwarded to the CID Shiva at Sangeetha's request.

Shiva (Shiva Rajkumar) is a strict CID officer who is married to a thrill-seeker named Satya (Vedhika). The two live near a cemetery. Shiva is assigned Raheem's case and begins the investigation. The same night, Satya sees a ghost of child, and Satya is frighted by this. Shiva, however, cannot see that ghost and thinks that Satya is imagining it. The following day, Shiva visits Raheem's home to investigate Raheem's relationship with his father and with Sangeetha. Shiva suspects Sangeetha's father (Avinash) is responsible for Raheem's death.

Satya's behavior becomes erratic. She drives around the city while wearing a black dress, she's redecorated the house with green curtains and lights, and she has cooked Biriyani, even though she has never made the dish before. Later a house maid (Sadhu Kokila) and a few other maids tell Shiva about Satya's strange behavior. Shiva meets his friend Ashok, who is a psychiatrist. He advises Shiva to observe her behavior secretly. That night, Shiva returns home early. He hears a man's voice and smells a cigar burning. He heads to Satya's room and is shocked to discover that Raheem's soul has possessed Satya's body. Raheem warns Shiva, that he must solve Raheem's murder.