Singam

For other uses, see Singam (disambiguation).

Singam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHari
Written byHari
Produced byK. E. Gnanavel Raja
Starring
CinematographyPriyan
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
companies
Distributed bySun Pictures
Release date
  • 28 May 2010 (2010-05-28)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹15 crore[1]
Box officeest. ₹90 crore[2]

Singam (transl. Lion) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Hari. Produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under Studio Green in association with Reliance Big Pictures and distributed by Sun Pictures, it stars Suriya in the titular role in his 25th film, alongside Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj and Vivek in another pivotal roles.[3] It is the first installment in the Singam franchise.

Singam was released on 28 May 2010 and became a commercial success at the box office. It was remade in Kannada as Kempe Gowda, in Hindi as Singham,[4] in Bengali as Shotru [5] and in Punjabi as Singham.[6][7][5][8] It was followed by the sequels Singam II and Si3.[9][10]

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  4. ^ "Kempegowda, Singam, Yamudu: The many faces of 'Singham'". 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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  8. ^ "Punjabi remake of 'Singham' has a release date". Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  9. ^ 12.48 pm IST 26 April 2012 (26 April 2012). "Suriya will romance two leading ladies in 'Singam 2'". Bollywoodlife.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "TamilRockers back in a different domain; Singam makers' efforts to shut torrent site goes in vain". IB Times. 16 February 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.