Saamy

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), in Hindi as Policegiri (2013), and in Bengali as Barood. Along with Kaakha Kaakha, the film popularised police genre films in Tamil cinema. A sequel titled Saamy Square was released in 2018.