Souryam

Souryam
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Telugu	శౌర్యం
Directed by	Siva
Produced by	V. Anand Prasad
Written by	M. Ratnam (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Siva
Story by	Siva
Starring	Gopichand Anushka Shetty Poonam Kaur
Music by	Mani Sharma
Cinematography	Vetri
Edited by	Marthand K Venkatesh
Production company	Bhavya Creations
Release date	25 September 2008 (2008-09-25)
Running time	159 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Souryam (English: Bravery) is a 2008 Telugu action film produced by V. Anand Prasad on Bhavya Creations banner, directed by Siva cinematographer, who makes his directorial debut. Starring Gopichand, Anushka Shetty in the lead roles and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film recorded as Super Hit at box office.

The film was dubbed and released in Malayalam as Souryam and in Hindi as Meri Shapath and emerged as a huge commercial success. The film has remade into Kannada as Shourya with Darshan and Madalasa Sharma, into Dhallywood as Mone Boro Kosto with Shakib Khan and Apu Biswas, and into Tamil by Prabhu Deva as Vedi with Vishal Krishna and Sameera Reddy in the lead roles, which also did well at the Box Office.

Vijay (Gopichand) comes to Kolkata in search of his lost sister. In a series of events, he ends up getting caught in a brawl with some goons and in self-defense chops a man's arm off. Later Vijay approaches a college in Kolkata to apply for a job and he is asked to get a signature in the sports quota. He later meets Gymson (Ali) and finds out he is the strongest teacher in the college. He meets a bubbly college girl Swetha (Anushka Shetty) and soon, they fall in love. One day, the gangster's son named Ajay (Ajay) finds out that Vijay is alive and he swears to avenge his father's lost arm.