Si3 (film)
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Running time | 154 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Box office | ₹110 crore[2] |
Si3 (short for Singam 3) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Hari. A sequel to Singam II (2013) and the third installment in the Singam series, Suriya and Anushka Shetty reprising their role from the previous films, while Thakur Anoop Singh, Shruti Haasan, Sarath Babu, Sharat Saxena, Jayaprakash, Suman appear in pivotial roles.
Harris Jayaraj composed the film's music, while Priyan and V. T. Vijayan handled the cinematography and editing respectively. Principal photography commenced in January 2016 in Visakhapatnam.[3]
Si3 was released on 9 February 2017 to mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and grossed ₹110 crore at the box office.[4][5][6]
Plot
A tough debate occurs within an
Singam is followed by Vidya, a journalist in guise of a student hoping to write a story on Singam. Singam had previously kept his marital status a secret to protect his wife, but after curiosity from constable Veeram, he lies and closes it as a divorce, revealing the truth only to Inspector Subba Rao. After briefly confronting Bheemli Selvam, Reddy's man who ordered the attack at the train station, Singam finds that a constable at the station has gotten sick from consuming an expired medicine tablet. With help from a paroled hacker named Murali, Singam tracks Mallaiya who drove Ramakrishna to Vizag harbour on the night of the murder. A local
Singam realizes that Ramakrishna intended to expose illegal dumping of mediwaste and electronic waste, which included recycled tablets being sold to the public and the smoke attack on the school. The garbage is being imported by Vizag Scraps owner Rajeev Krishna in exchange for free metal scrap delivery to steel companies in Australia. Mallaiya confirms that Reddy, who authorizes this business in India killed Ramakrishna to prevent him from thwarting his operation. Reddy and Rajeev's activities are supervised by wealthy, powerful and corrupt current Commercial Minister of Australia and businessman Vittal Prasad, who receives full support from his father, Union Minister Ram Prasad.
Meanwhile, Vidya writes an article on Singam claiming that he exported Reddy for personal gain and that he is corrupt, putting Singam's reputation at edge. As a result, Singam has Vidya arrested and fined for discrediting him. Singam begins to eliminate and arrest criminals all over the city, including Selvam whom he guns down. Later, Singam heads to Vizag harbour to obtain evidence from Reddy's containers, but is attacked by his men while Ravi murders the school teacher. Vittal calls Singam anonymously and threatens to use his influence to kill Singam's family if he doesn't stand down. The next day, Singam chases down Ravi and arrests Reddy. He pays a personal visit to Vittal in Australia from looking into Reddy's contacts, and confirms that he is the one behind the illegal dumping.
Singam narrowly escapes Vittal and returns to India, where he finds that Reddy has been bailed by three criminals, who framed the commissioner for supposed assault on one of their wives, and justify the murder as vengeance. Singam is also fired from the CBI for speaking out of turn, but has the Home minister transfers him as an officer in Vizag to continue pursuing Reddy's men. Singam exposes the garbage containers to the public, forcing Vittal to arrive at Vizag. When Vittal warns him again to stay out of his way, Singam responds by having Subbu Rao kill Reddy, whom previously killed his 9 year-old son in a city riot to defend Ram Prasad's position. Singam brings Vittal to his station and gives him another chance to repent. Singam and Kavya later visit Thoothukudi to attend Kavya's grandmother's funeral. They are followed by Rajeev, who is arrested. When Vidya attempts to interview Vittal, she is captured and drugged. With help from Murali, Singam rescues Vidya, but is targeted by Vittal's men who bombs the police station.
Singam decides to finish this once and for all and gets an arrest warrant for Vittal using computer evidence of agreements signed with medical companies, hacked by Murali. The next day, Singam pursues Vittal all the way to Hyderabad Airport in Telangana and has him arrested. Vittal escapes the police custody and runs into a nearby forest, where Singam catches him and fights with him. After a long fight, Vittal dies there encounterd by Singam. Singam regains his post and respect while Ram Prasad is removed from cabinet position for assisting his son. Kavya is revealed to be 6 months pregnant and Vidya severs contact with Singam after getting engaged to a good prospect. Singam receives a call from Home Minister Ramanathan, who calls him for another mission.
Cast
- Deputy Commissioner in Visakhapatnam
- Anushka Shetty as Kavya Duraisingam, Singam's wife
- Thakur Anoop Singh as Vittal Prasad
- Singam 2, who comes in his flashback (Cameo)
- Shruti Haasan as Vidya/Agni (Undercover)
- Soori as Constable Veera Babu "Veeram".
- InspectorV. Sreenivas.
- InspectorSubba Rao "Subbu".
- Radhika as Ramakrishna's wife
- Sarath Babu as K. Sathyanarayana Reddy, Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Vijayakumar as Ramanathan, Home Minister of Tamil Nadu and long supporter of Singam.
- Sharat Saxena as Madhusudhana 'M. S.' Reddy
- City Police Commissioner Ramakrishna IPS
- Suman as Central Aviation Minister Ram Prasad, Vittal's father
- Nithin Sathya as Murali
- Radha Ravi as Soundara Pandi, Singam's father
- Nassar as Mahalingam, Kavya's father
- Sumithra as Kalyani, Singam's mother
- Janaki Sabesh as Bharathi, Kavya's mother
- Yuvarani as Dhanalakshmi, Singam's sister
- Manorama as Kavya's grandmother, posthumous portrayal
- Delhi Kumar as Kavya's grandfather
- Imman Annachi as Pushparaj
- Thyagu as Habour Shanmugam
- Joe Malloori as Government school teacher
- Premas Ananda Rao, a customs officer
- Sarayuas Ananda's wife
- Sandra Amy as Aarthi
- Ilavarasan as ACP Krishnaraj IPS
- Jeeva Ravi as Mallaya, ACP Krishnaraj's driver
- Mohan Raman as Judge
- Chaams as G. Sathyan
- Crane Manohar as Palani, Kavya's houseworker
- Nalini as Thandubazaar Thangam.
- Bonda Mani as Thandubazaar Thangam's assistant
- Muthukaalai
- Cool Suresh as Divorcee
- Saran Shakthi as Tea Seller boy
- Boys Rajan as Andhra Today Editor
- Bava Lakshmanan as School Teacher
- Aathma Patrick
- TSR
- M. Kamaraj
- bar dancer, Special Appearance
Production
Following the commercial success of
While most of the cast was retained from the earlier films, Initially
The start of the film's shoot, initially scheduled for December 2015, was delayed as a result of the
Soundtrack
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Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Length | 26:23 | |||
Label | Eros Music | |||
Producer | Harris Jayaraj | |||
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The film's soundtrack is scored by Harris Jayaraj, who replaced Devi Sri Prasad as the composer of the film series. The film marks the eighth collaboration between Suriya after Kaakha Kaakha, Ghajini, Vaaranam Aayiram, Ayan, Aadhavan, 7aum Arivu and Maattrraan (2012). Taking a break after various schedules of shooting, director Hari and Harris Jayaraj completed the song composing in Bangkok, Thailand.[29] The audio rights of the film was acquired by Eros Music and the complete album was released on 27 November 2016. Reviewing the album, Srivatsan of India Today stated "S3 might not be Harris' best work, but definitely not bad either. Having said that, it's a pucca (transl. really) commercial album from the composer. Be it the songs or the theme music, the album has enough scope to pander to the B and C centers".[30]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "O Sone Sone" | Maalavika Manoj | Maalavika Manoj | 2:31 |
5. | "Wi Wi Wi WiFi" | Hari, Harris Jayaraj | Karthik, Christopher Stanley, Nikhita Gandhi | 4:50 |
6. | "Mission To Sydney" | Hari, Lady Kash | Lady Kash | 2:28 |
7. | "S3 Vettai Theme" | Hari | M. C. Vickey | 1:32 |
Release
Singam 3 went through several changes of release date, before being released on 9 February 2017 coinciding with
Home media
The satellite and digital rights of the film were sold to Sun TV and Amazon Prime Video.[37][38]
Reception
Critical response
Thinkal Menon of The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Suriya, who carries the entire film on his shoulders, is in full form. This time, too, his mission ends leaving a hint that the franchise is here to stay."[39] Manoj Kumar. R of The New Indian Express gave 3/5 and wrote "Hari maintains a sense of urgency in his films from the beginning to end, but, as a commercial film director, his storytelling methods also suffer from following a set of rules, which include frequent yawn-inducing songs, but he makes up for that formulaic approach with fast-paced narration in the scenes that follows".[40] Behindwoods gave 2.75/5 and wrote "Durai Singam strikes again! Suriya and Hari don't disappoint you in this Singam franchise".[41] Baradwaj Rangan of The Hindu gave 2/5 and wrote "Loud, fast and without a single memorable moment. The Singam series is the last place to be complaining about the villain."[42] Sify wrote "Si3 is a cocktail of harebrained predictable plot, exhausting action scenes, slapstick comedy and a bunch of characters that are entirely forgettable, while concluding it as "loud and exhausting."[43]
Box office
Singam 3 collected ₹20 crore (US$2.5 million) in domestic box office on its opening day and ₹50 crore (US$6.3 million) in 5 days of release.[44] The film collected ₹62 crore (US$7.8 million) at the worldwide box office in its opening four-day weekend.[45] The film collected ₹100 crore (US$13 million) worldwide in 6 days.[44][46]
Remake
The film is set to be remade in Hindi with
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External links
- Si3 at IMDb