Saamy is a 2003 Indian Tamil action film directed by Hari. The film has Vikram, Trisha and Kota Srinivasa Rao in the lead. The films music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. Upon release, the film was highly successful at the box office. It was remade in Kannada, as Ayya Starring Darshan and later in Hindi as Policegiri starring Sanjay Dutt.
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.Aarusaamys 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. ........
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