Saamy

Saamy ( God) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action masala film written and directed by Hari. The film was presented by K. Balachander and produced by Pushpa Kandasamy under banner Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Vikram and Trisha and Kota Srinivasa Rao (debut in Tamil cinema) in a negative role. Music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. Upon release, the film was a Blockbuster at the box office. It was remade in Telugu as Lakshmi Narasimha (2004), loosely in Kannada as Ayya (2005) and later in Hindi as Policegiri (2013). Like other films directed by Hari, this film also specialises a particular city and this time it is Tirunelveli. Saamy along with Kaakha Kaakha started a trend of police films in Tamil such as Bheeshmar, Gambeeram, Anjaneya and many others. A sequel, Saamy Square, was released in 2018. Plot Aarusaamy alias Saamy arrives in Tirunelveli, who along with his friend, witnesses a corrupt cop trying to extort money from someone, he thrashes him, which prompts the police to arrive at the scene, and when they question Saamy, he reveals himself to be the new DCP of Tirunelveli city, while ordering the police to arrest the swindler posing as a cop. Saamy later assembles the police force and rules out their procedures that they can do whatever they wish, provided the public and the innocent are not harmed in the process. He also tells them to arrest any thug in the town without second thoughts. Due to Saamy's administration, the crime rate in Tirunelveli decreases. At the outset, Saamy pretends to be a corrupt cop by accepting bribes from the influential and corrupt Politician Perumal Pichai under the condition that his illegal activities will not be monitored, while advising him to move his liquor stores elsewhere in order to avoid disturbance to the public. Perumal accepts, merely out of an assumption that Saamy belongs to his caste. Saamy falls in love with a college-going Brahmin girl Bhuvana, whose father Srinivasan, is a straightforward government officer who dislikes bribery and leads a noble life.