Saamy (English: The God) is a 2003 Indian Tamil action film
written and directed by Hari. The film has Vikram, Trisha and Kota Srinivasa
Rao in the lead. The film's music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film made
at a cost of INR5 crore was successful and grossed INR16 crore at the box
office.This film was dubbed into Telugu as Swamy IPS.Later the movie was remade
into Hindi as Policegiri starring Sanjay Dutt.
Story:
Aarusaamy (Vikram) is the Deputy Commissioner of Police of
Tirunelveli who efficiently brings the city under control. Aarusaamy arrives at
Tirunelveli after being in exile for some years after being wrongly accused of
bribery by corrupt politicians. In an early scene in the film, he eats idli
with beer and performs some drunken antics, which had a negative impact on the
viewing public. 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.
Aarusaamy's father (Vijayakumar) who wanted to become a cop
was unable to become due to corruption and takes care of agriculture for his
living. But he wanted to make his son a cop. Vikram too passes the IPS
examinations in merit, but was asked for bribe. His father mortgages his
properties and makes him get the desired job. Being an honest cop, Aarusaamy is
honoured with transfers all over Tamil Nadu due to political pressure. Finally,
in Trichy, he is accused of bribery by a politician and he gets suspended. It
takes him six months to prove himself and he is posted in Tirunelveli now.
In Tirunelveli, he adapts a new policy of adjusting with the
local goons so that he can serve the people in an effective way. Perumal Pichai
(Kota Srinivasa Rao), is an underworld don who has the total control of
Southern Tamil Nadu, both in politics as well as rowdyism but he is less known
in the media. He bribes Aarusaamy so that he will not disturb his business
because both Perumal Pichai and Aarusaamy belongs to his caste. Saamy also
accepts it but requests him to make some changes which he in turn accepts. As a
result, the city is under the control of Law and Order. He is always
accompanied by "Punctuality" Paramasivam (Ramesh Khanna), who is an
inspector.
Saamy falls in love with a college-going Brahmin girl,
Bhuvana (Trisha Krishnan) and they get engaged. Bhuvana's father, (Delhi
Ganesh) is a straightforward government officer who never got bribe and leads a
noble life. Saamy and Bhuvana meet each other when Saamy goes in search of a
home for rent to Bhuvana's home. Bhuvana misinterprets Saamy and Paramasivam as
thieves and locks them in a room.
The ruling party has called of for a one-day strike all over
the state and Perumal Pichai is handed with the responsibility of Tirunelveli
on the eve of Pongal festival. But Saamy takes steps to maintain law and order
and the strike becomes a failure. This makes Perumal Pichai angry. He was
waiting for a chance to take revenge on Saamy and they attack the market on the
day of Saamy's marriage since all the policemen would be attending the wedding.
Besides this, Saamy also 'seals' the petrol bunk (gas station) of Perumal
Pichai because the workers at the petrol bunk assaulted a woman and others when
they challenged very less distribution of petrol than being promised. This
incident was the last straw that broke the camel's back and started the
revolution of Saami against Perumal Pichai.
This incident marks the start of direct clash between Saamy
and Perumal Pichai. Both challenge to get rid of the other in 7 days time.
Perumal Pichai uses his influences and gets Saamy transferred but Saamy is
given a time of 7 days to take charge. Saamy also loses his father in a bomb
blast in his home which was targeted to kill him. He plans accordingly and
takes revenge on Perumal Pichai by the eve of 7th day.
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