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 directed by Hari and produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under Studio Green in association with Reliance Big Pictures and distributed by Sun Pictures. The film, which is the first installment in the Singam franchise, stars Suriya as the lead role in his 25th film, with Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj and Vivek in supporting roles.[3]

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] and in Punjabi as Singham.[5][6][7][8] It was followed by the sequels Singam II and Si3.[9][10]

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