Singam II

Singam II is a 2013 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by Hari. A sequel to the 2010 film Singam, the film stars Suriya who reprises his title role along with Anushka Shetty, Hansika Motwani, Vivek and Santhanam in supporting roles. Produced by S. Lakshman Kumar, it has music and background score by Devi Sri Prasad.

The film was released on 5 July 2013 along with a Telugu dubbed version simply titled Singam (though it is also called Yamudu II). A Hindi dubbed version entitled Main Hoon Surya: Singham II released later on 2 August.

Plot

After having killed the notorious extortionist Mayil Vaaganam in the first film, Duraisingam (Suriya) has gone undercover after meeting the Home Minister (Vijayakumar) and is working as an NCC officer in a school in Thoothukudi. The only people who know about this operation are the Chief Minister and Home Minister apart from himself. Sathya (Hansika Motwani) is a student who falls for Duraisingam though he is waiting to marry Kavya (Anushka Shetty), his love interest from the previous film. Susai (Santhanam), a local who works in the same school shows Duraisingam parts of Thoothukudi and also tells him about the rogue elements dominating the area helping him in his surveillance. He requests the Home Minister to transfer Erimalai (Vivek) and another cop for assisting him. Sathya's moves are frequently repulsed by Duraisingam who learns that Sathya is the niece of Thangaraj (Rahman). Bhai (Mukesh Rishi) and Thangaraj, are two criminals who control the area. Bhai and Thangaraj have connections with an international gangster and drug lord Danny (Danny Sapani). Meanwhile, Sathya learns that Kavya and Duraisingam are strongly in love and distances herself from them.

Singam

Singam (English: Lion) is a 2010 Indian Tamil action masala film directed by Hari, starring Suriya and Anushka Shetty in the lead. The film, produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja in association with Reliance Big Pictures, and distributed by Sun Pictures, was released on 28 May 2010. Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu and released as Yamudu and into Hindi as The Fighterman Singham. The film's success led to remakes in Kannada as Kempe Gowda, in Hindi as Singham, and in Bengali as Shotru. The sequel, Singam II, which released in July 2013, was a big commercial success as well.Singam III is expected to be released in 2016.

Plot

Durai Singam (Suriya), is the honest police sub-inspector of Nallur, a small village in Thoothukudi district in southern Tamil Nadu, assisted by his bumbling colleague Erimalai (Vivek). He belongs to Nallur with his father (Radha Ravi) having a respectable status in the village. His family business is provision stores and Duraisingam wants to join it, but he joined police due to his father's wishes. He resolves most of the problems in his village with non-violence and mutual counselling. He uses force only when the situation demands it, thereby gaining much reputation and love from the villagers. Mahalingam (Nassar), an industrialist in Chennai and a friend of Singam's father, comes to the village with his daughter Kavya (Anushka Shetty). Eventually Singam and Kavya fall in love with each other.

Singam 123

Singam 123 is a 2015 Telugu romantic action spoof comedy film directed by Akshat Ajay Sharma and produced by Manchu Vishnu under his production banner 24 Frames Factory. The film stars Sampoornesh Babu in the lead role. The film released on 5 June 2015 to mixed reviews but was a box-office hit.

Plot

Set in the backdrop of a village called Singarayakonda which is ruled by a self-proclaimed king and mafia-lord, Lingam. He fancies himself as the destructive force and an archenemy of Law and Order. After several failed attempts by Indian Police throughout the decade, Singham123 is assigned the mission impossible - to arrest Lingam. Will Singham 123 be successful in completing the mission?

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Reception

The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from most critics but was a box office hit.

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