Singam

Singam (transl. Lion) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Hari. Produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja's Studio Green and Reliance BIG Entertainment, and distributed by Sun Pictures, it is the first instalment in the Singam film series. The film stars Suriya in the lead role, alongside Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj, and Vivek. It was Suriya's 25th film as the lead actor. Singam was released on 28 May 2010 and grossed around ₹90 crore (equivalent to ₹202 crore or US$21 million in 2023) worldwide. It was remade in Kannada as Kempe Gowda, in Hindi as Singham, in Bengali as Shotru, and in Punjabi as Singham. The film was followed by two sequels titled Singam II (2013) and Si3 (2017). Sub-Inspector Duraisingam "Singam", an honest police officer, lives in Nallur, a small village in Thoothukudi district in southern Tamil Nadu, and is assisted by his bumbling colleague Erimalai. Singam belongs to Nallur with his father, Soundarapandi, having a respectable status in the village.