Saamy

Saamy
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Directed by	Hari
Produced by	K. Balachander (Presenter) Pushpa Kandasamy
Written by	Hari
Starring	Vikram Trisha Vivek Kota Srinivasa Rao Ramesh Khanna
Music by	Harris Jeyaraj
Cinematography	Priyan
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Kavithalaya Productions
Distributed by	Lakshmi Venkat Sai Films
Release date	1 May 2003 (1 May 2003)
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	₹31 crore (US$4.6 million)

Saamy is a 2003 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by Hari. presented by K. Balachander and produced by Pushpa Kandasamy under banner Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Vikram, Trisha and Kota Srinivasa Rao in the lead. Jyothika was the initial cast opposite Vikram. < music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. Upon release, the film was highly successful at the box office. It was remade in Telugu as Lakshmi Narasimha (2004) starring Nandamuri Balakrishna and Asin, in Bengali as Barood(2004 film) starring Mithun Chakraborty, in Kannada as Ayya (2005) starring Darshan and Rakshitha and later in Hindi as Policegiri (2013) starring Sanjay Dutt and Prachi Desai.

Like other films directed by Hari, this film also specialises a particular city and this time it is Tirunelveli. Saamy along with Kaakha Kaakha started a trend of police films in Tamil such as Bheeshmar, Gambeeram, Anjaneya and many others. Kota Srinivasa Rao made his debut in Tamil as a villain in this film. This film was dubbed in Hindi as 'Policewala Gunda 3' by Goldmines Telefilms.