Salim (film)

Salim
Tamil	சலிம்
Directed by	N. V. Nirmal Kumar
Produced by	R. K. Suresh M. S. Saravanan Fathima Vijay Antony
Written by	N. V. Nirmal Kumar
Starring	Vijay Antony Aksha Pardasany
Music by	Vijay Antony
Cinematography	M. C. Ganesh Chandra
Edited by	M. V. Rajesh Kumar
Production company	Studio 9 Production Sree Green Productions Vijay Antony Film Corporation
Distributed by	Sree Green Productions
Release date	29 August 2014 (2014-08-29)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	80 crores

Salim is a 2014 Indian Tamil action thriller film directed by N. V. Nirmal Kumar, who was an associate to Bharathi Raja. It stars Vijay Antony and Aksha Pardasany. Produced by Studio 9, Sri Green Productions and Vijay Antony Film Corporation, the film is a sequel to Vijay Antony's debut film Naan (2012). The film was released on 29 August 2014.

Salim (Vijay Antony) is an honest and simple doctor working in a private hospital; he often goes out of his ways to help the needy patients that come to him. His talent and nature earn wrath and jealousy of his colleagues. One day, he learns that someone is stalking him. He finds that it is Nisha (Aksha Pardasany) his suitor, doing a background check on his character. Salim directly goes to Nisha and gives his personal diary for her to learn more about him. This response from him impresses Nisha so much and she falls in love with Salim. As their relationship progresses, she learns that Salim has dedicated himself to his work, so much so that he fails to take care of her and spend time with her thus creating a rift between them. So to reconcile with Nisha, Salim plans to spend a whole day with her. They go to a movie theatre and some goons tease Nisha, but Salim, instead of fighting back, chooses to take Nisha and leave the place. Nisha gets offended by this and starts to ignore Salim and his phone calls.

Meanwhile, the hospital's Managing Director give Salim a warning to stop refusing fees from patients as it affects the hospital's income. Few days later, Salim manages to convince Nisha and they renew their relationship. Nisha asks Salim to go to a party with her and he agrees. But when he is on the way, he sees a young girl, a gang rape victim, who is hurt and bleeding on the road. He takes her to the hospital and misses the party. Nisha loses her temper and breaks up with him.

The next day, Salim finds that the girl he admitted has been discharged from the hospital. He learns that his boss has discharged the girl as she is poor and unable to pay the cost. The same evening, he gets an invitation to a party from his hospital. There he learns that his MD has had enough of his charity and generosity at the hospital's cost and that he is being laid off, and it is his own farewell party. He is also insulted by his boss for not using his talent and reputation to earn money. Salim storms out of the party in rage. On the way, he gets into a scuffle with a cop and hits him, ending up in the police station. But he escapes from the station with the cop's pistol, and goes straight to a hotel.