![]() ![]() Saamy and Bhuvana meet each other when Saamy goes with his assistant, Inspector "Punctuality" Paramasivam ( Ramesh Khanna), in search of a home for rent. Bhuvana's father, Srinivasan ( Delhi Ganesh), is a straightforward government officer who dislikes bribery and leads a noble life. Saamy falls in love with a college-going Brahmin girl Bhuvana ( Trisha). Perumal accepts this, merely out of an assumption that Saamy belongs to his caste. At the outset, Saamy pretends to be a corrupt cop by accepting bribes from the very influential and Corrupt Politician Perumal Pichai ( Kota Srinivasa Rao) 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. Due to Saamy's administration, the crime rate in Tirunelveli drops. He also tells them to arrest any thug or rowdy in the town without second thoughts. 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. The ruckus caused by the fight 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. One day when strolling with his friend ( Crane Manohar), he witnesses a corrupt cop ( Ponnambalam) trying to extort money from someone, he beats him black and blue. Saamy ( Vikram) arrives in Tirunelveli as an inebriated person, starting his morning with a bottle of beer and idlis and befriending some of the local people. A sequel, Saamy Square, was released in 2018. ![]() Saamy along with Kaakha Kaakha started a trend of police films in Tamil such as Bheeshmar, Gambeeram, Anjaneya and many others. Like other films directed by Hari, this film also specialises a particular city and this time it is Tirunelveli. It was remade in Telugu as Lakshmi Narasimha (2004) starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, in Bengali as Barood starring Mithun Chakraborty, loosely in Kannada as Ayya (2005) starring Darshan and later in Hindi as Policegiri (2013) starring Sanjay Dutt reprising the role of Vikram. Upon release, the film was highly successful at the box office. The film stars Vikram and Trisha in lead roles and Kota Srinivasa Rao (debut in Tamil cinema) in a negative role. Balachander and produced by Pushpa Kandasamy under banner Kavithalayaa Productions. Saamy (English: God) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Hari. ![]()
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