Singam (2010)

Name: Singam

Genre: Action/Drama

Cast: Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj, Hari (Director)

Synopsis: Durai Singam is an honest sub-inspector who lives in a village named Nallur. His father and his family are very well respected in the village. His father runs the business of the provision stores. Singam wants to joins the business but his father wants him to become a police officer so he joined police. He deals with most of the problems of the village with non violence and in peaceful manner, thereby gaining love and respect of the villagers. Mahalingam an industrialist and a very good friend of Singam’s father comes to the village with his two daughters and one of them name is Kavya. Once Kavya, her sister and her grandfather had gone to a theater to see a movie. Some local goons misbehaved with them. Singam beats the hell out of them and eventually Kavya falls in love with him and Singam too later on falls for her love. A mafia named Mayil Vaaganam due to a certain case has to go the Nallur police station to sign a conditional bail. Some other person were coming to Police station sign in his name but one day Singam noticed that and ordered that the real Vaaganam should immediately come to the police station to sign the conditional bail. Vaaganam being angry and feeling very humiliated came to the police station and even threaten Singam to deal with him as he is a very powerful man but Villagers after hearing this threatening to Singam became very angry and agitated. Seeing this Vaaganam has to go back as he was unable to do anything against Singam after he was the aggressive villagers. He plans to shift Singam to Chennai and by using his political connections he got Singam transferred to Chennai to teach him a lesson and show his might.

Singam didn’t know the Vaaganam’s plan and takes his transfer orders and joins Thiruvanmiyur police station. Very moment Vaaganam came and tell him that he was behind his transfer and he will show him his might. Ravi, another police officer of the same station can’t take action against Vaaganam crimes because of his political connection. Assistant Commissioner of Police of that area, who is also the superior of Singam is on Vaaganam payroll and always makes him free from the eyes of Laws and Justice. After doing his very best of the efforts Singam wasn’t able to stop Vaaganam and his crimes, he plans to go back but Kavya makes him understand his duty towards police, encourages him to fight against him, no matter what the odds may be and don’t go back like a coward. Singam realizing that start taking action against Vaaganam by slowly taking down his men, which results in panic for Vaaganam. Singam arrested one of the henchmen of Vaaganam and put an alcohol smuggling fake case on him but ACP came to stop him. Singam thwarts ACP and goes for the round of the city. Kavya’s younger sister got kidnapped but Singam rescued her safely. Singam also got promoted by the Home Minister as ACP. Now Singam goes with full force to take down Vaaganam. After killing one of the very personal men of Vaaganam, Vaaganam got very angry and tries to take revenge. He tries to take down Singam’s lover Kavya but she somehow escapes but got shot by the bullet from Vaaganam. Vaaganam killed his co-worker Ravi on street. Home Minister asks Singam to take down Vaaganam and orders arrests warrant. To escape that, Vaaganam challenges Singam that he will kidnap Home minister’s daughter which Singam thought of the Chennai’s one but Vaaganam kidnaps Karnataka’s Home Minister daughter. Taking with her he plans to go to Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore. Singam successfully tracked him Gudur near Nellore where he saved Karnataka’s home minister’s daughter and in a fight kill Vaaganam. After the post credit scenes, Singam was Kavya and was going back to Nallur, as Chennai’s Home Minister assigns him an undercover mission which he agrees.

Review: A Tamil movie full of action and a little drama. Suriya again tells us that why he is one of the best suited actors when it comes to action. Suriya performance in the movie was fully energetic. Anushka Shetty’s performance was full of sweetness in a charming way and in no way Prakash Raj’s performance can't be taken away, a very good and a solid performance by him too. Story of the movie was more or less a predictable one. Movie in the first half for around half an hour looks very stretchy which could have been avoided. Direction of the movie was good but the dialogues of the movie which we found were very good and have some importance as a whole. Songs of the movie were decent and so was the Music.  As a whole, movie is full of action, entertainment and is a must watch.

Stars given: 3.5 out of 5.