Singham

Singham
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rohit Shetty
Screenplay by	Yunus Sajawal
Dialogues by	Farhad-Sajid
Story by	Hari
Based on	Singam by Hari
Produced by	Mahesh Ramanathan Acharya Utpaal Tamsil Shahezad Khan[1]
Starring	Ajay Devgn Kajal Aggarwal Prakash Raj
Cinematography	Dudley
Edited by	Steven H. Bernard
Music by	Score: Amar Mohile Songs: Ajay-Atul
Distributed by	Reliance Entertainment
Release date	22 July 2011 (2011-07-22)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹40 crore[2]
Box office	est. ₹247.89 crore[3]

Singham is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment, based on a script by writers Yunus Sajawal and Farhad-Sajid. It serves as first installment of Shetty's Cop Universe. A remake of the 2010 Tamil Suriya film of the same title by Hari, the film stars Ajay Devgn in the lead role as a police officer named Bajirao Singham alongside Kajal Aggarwal and Prakash Raj who reprises his role as in the original.

It was theatrically released in India on 22 July 2011 with a strong box office response;^[4] the film earned ₹876 million in India on the first day and a worldwide total of ₹1.57 billion against a ₹410 million budget, becoming a box-office blockbuster.

After the film's success at the box office, Devgn and Shetty collaborated for the sequel Singham Returns (2014). Devgn reprised his role in Shetty's directorials Simmba (2018) and Sooryavanshi (2021) which together form Shetty's Cop Universe.

A sequel to Singham Returns titled Singham Again is set to be released in 2024, following the events of Singham, Singham Returns, Simmba and Sooryavanshi.