Saamy

Infobox_Film
name = Saamy


director = Hari
producer = Pushpa Kandasamy
writer =
starring = Vikram,
Trisha,
Vivek,
Ramesh Khanna, Srinivasa Rao Kota,
Vijayakumar,
Manorama,
Delhi Ganesh
distributor =
released = 2003
runtime = 140 minutes
language = Tamil
imdb_id = 0376144
music = Harris Jayaraj
budget = Rs.5 crores

"Saamy" is a 2003 Tamil movie starring Vikram, Trisha and Vivek. The film is directed by Hari and music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. This film was a blockbuster of the year and was a musical hit too. This film was later remade into Telugu as "Lakshmi Narasimha".

Plot

Arusaamy (Vikram) is a Deputy Commissioner of Police of Tirunelveli who efficiently brings the city under control. Arusaamy arrives at Tirunelveli after being in exile for some years after being wrongly accused of bribery by corrupt politicians. He is always accompanied by "Punctuality" Paramasivam (Ramesh Khanna) who is an inspector. Meanwhile, he romances Bhuvana (Trisha Krishnan), a college-going brahmin girl. At the outset, he pretends to be a corrupt cop by accepting bribes from the very influential Annachi. Later Saamy starts to rebel against him and the rest is about how he succeeds in overcoming the corrupt politicians.

oundtrack

The film has 6 songs by Harris Jayaraj:

# Aarumuga Saamy - Sriram
# Pudichirukku - Hariharan and Mahathi
# Idhuthaanaa - K. S. Chithra
# Kalyaananthaan - KK Yugendran and Srilekha Parthasarathy
# Veppamaram - Tippu
# Aarumuga Saamy (repeat) - Sriram

Box Office performance

*The film was the biggest hit in Tamil in 2003 and did a business of Rs.45 crores at the box office. [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13429359]

Trivia

* Saamy along with Kaakka Kaakka started a new genre of police and thief films in Tamil like "Bheeshmar", "Gambeeram", "Anjaneya" and many others .But none of them could repeat the success of Saami and Kaakka Kaakka.
* Like other films directed by Hari this film also specialises a particular city and this time it is Tirunelveli.
*Vikram used to take 30 raw eggs during the filming of Saamy. He increased his weight by 20 kg for this film.

*Rajinikanth praised Vikram for his coveted acting and lauded as the current SuperStar since he gave back to back hits(Gemini,Dhol,Saamy,Pithamagan)

External links

*imdb title|id=0376144|title=Saamy

Awards

Nominated- Harris Jayaraj for Best Music Direction.

Nominated- Hari for best direction.

Nominated- For Best Film.

Won- Vikram for best male actor.

Won- Trisha for best female actress.