Saamy (2003)

Original title

சாமி

Directed by

Hari

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 41m

Rated

U

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tough police officer takes on corrupt politicians and criminals in his city. He uses his authority and force to restore order and fight injustice.

action-packedintensemasculinegrittyfast-paceddramaticconfidentearnest

What happens

Saamy is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Hari and produced by Pushpa Kandasamy under the banner of Kavithalayaa Productions and presented by K. Balachander. The film stars Vikram in the titular role of DCP C. Aaru Saamy IPS. Trisha, Kota Srinivasa Rao (in his Tamil debut), Vijayakumar, Ramesh Khanna and Vivek play supporting roles. The music was composed by Harris Jayaraj, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Priyan and V. T. Vijayan, respectively. Saamy was released on 1 May 2003 and became a major commercial success. The film was remade in Telugu as Lakshmi Narasimha (2004), in Kannada as Ayya (2005), and in Hindi as Policegiri (2013). Along with Kaakha Kaakha, the film started a trend of police films in Tamil cinema. A sequel titled Saamy Square was released in 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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