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Si3 (film)

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Si3 (short for Singam 3 - transl. Lion 3) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action film[2] written and directed by Hari. Produced by Studio Green and Aadnah Arts, and distributed by Pen Studios, it is a sequel to Singam II (2013) and the third and final instalment in the Singam film series. The film stars Suriya reprising his role as S. Duraisingam, alongside Anushka Shetty, Shruti Haasan, Thakur Anoop Singh, Robo Shankar, Soori, Krish, Radikaa Sarathkumar, Sarath Babu and Vijayakumar. In the film, deputy commissioner in Visakhapatnam battles against a criminal operation dealing in deadly toxic waste.

Si3
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHari
Written byHari
Produced byK. E. Gnanavel Raja
Dhaval Jayantilal Gada
StarringSuriya
Anushka Shetty
Shruti Haasan
Thakur Anoop Singh
CinematographyPriyan
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music byHarris Jayaraj
Production
companies
Distributed byPen India Limited
Release date
  • 9 February 2017 (2017-02-09)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Box office₹110 crore[1]

The film was officially announced in October 2014 under the initial official title S3, the short-term for Singam 3; however, it was later changed to Si3 to exploit the Tamil Nadu Government's rule of entertainment tax exemption for films titled in Tamil. Principal photography commenced in January 2016 and ended that October. It was shot for the most part in Visakhapatnam. Devi Sri Prasad who is supposed to compose the film's music was replaced by Harris Jayaraj, cinematography was handled by Priyan and editing by V. T. Vijayan.

Si3 was released on 9 February 2017 to mixed reviews from critics and grossed ₹110 crore at the box office. The film was remade in Hindi with partial similarities with the screenplay as Romeo S3 (2025).[3]

Plot

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A debate occurs within an Andhra Pradesh state assembly about the long pending murder case of Visakhapatnam city commissioner Ramakrishna. The Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh proposes recruiting Singam from Tamil Nadu to Vizag as the new DCP, by order under the CBI. As Singam arrives in Vizag station, he fends off an attack from goon Ravi, who works for Vizag's most influential and powerful don Madhusudhana Reddy. Singam starts to pretend to be a corrupt cop and secretly investigates the murder of commissioner.

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 schoolteacher informs Singam that a toxic smoke attack from the nearby dump killed his 32 students, including his grandchildren.

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

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Production

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Following the commercial success of Singam II, Hari was keen to collaborate with Suriya for another action film with a fresh script away from the Singam franchise, and agreed terms in principle with the actor in October 2014.[4][5] Hari revealed that as a result of pressure from those around him, he later developed the one-line story from the film into a script for a third part of Singam. While the first film was primarily shot within Tamil Nadu and the second featured a few scenes in South Africa, Hari stated that the third part would be more "international" and would be set in three countries as the protagonist tackles a global issue.[6][7]

While most of the cast was from the earlier films were retained, including Anushka Shetty, Shruti Haasan was added to the cast,[8][9] while Anirudh Ravichander was signed as the music composer replacing Devi Sri Prasad.[10] Anirudh later opted out of the project citing scheduling issues and Harris Jayaraj was brought instead.[11] Vivek, who portrayed the police officer Erimalai in the first two films, declined to reprise his role in this film as he felt he "did not have a meaty role in it".[12] In preparation for his role, Suriya bulked up his physique by spending more hours in the gym and by adopting a strict oil-free diet.[13]

Principal photography, initially scheduled for December 2015, was delayed as a result of the 2015 South India floods.[14] Production eventually began in Visakhapatnam in January 2016,[15][16] and continued in places including Chennai, Karaikudi and Madurai. In March, the team moved to film song sequences in Romania.[17] After a production break, production resumed in July in Visakhapatnam,[18] before moving to the Talakona Forest region.[19] The team moved to Malaysia in August to film the climax,[20] while filming wrapped in October 2016 with a song shot in Georgia with Suriya and Haasan.[21][22] In January 2017, the film was re-titled from S3 to Si3 (spelt சி3 in Tamil) to exploit the Tamil Nadu Government's then rule of entertainment tax exemption for films titled in Tamil.[23][24]

Soundtrack

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The 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 and Harris after Kaakha Kaakha, Ghajini, Vaaranam Aayiram, Ayan, Aadhavan, 7 Aum Arivu and Maattrraan (2012). The complete album was released on 27 November 2016.[25] While Eros Music is credited as the record label on the audio CDs,[26] Sony Music India is credited on music streaming services.[27]

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".[28]

Track-List – Tamil
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."O Sone Sone"Pa. Vijay, MC VickeyJaved Ali, Priya Subramaniyan, MC Vickey5:06
2."Mudhal Murai"Thamarai, Ramya NSKHarish Raghavendra, Swetha Mohan, Ramya NSK, Karthik5:05
3."Universal Cop"Viveka, Dinesh KanagaratnamChristopher Stanley, Dinesh Kanagaratnam, Krish4:49
4."He's My Hero"Hari, Maalavika ManojMaalavika Manoj2:31
5."Wi Wi Wi WiFi"Hari, Harris JayarajKarthik, Christopher Stanley, Nikhita Gandhi4:50
6."Mission To Sydney"Hari, Lady KashLady Kash2:28
7."S3 Vettai Theme"HariMC Vickey1:32
Total length:26:21
Track listing – Telugu (Yamudu 3)[29][30]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."O Sone Sone"Vennelakanti, MC VickeyJaved Ali, Priya Subramaniyan, MC Vickey5:06
2."Musi Musi Navvula"Sahithi, Ramya NSKAalap Raju, Swetha Menon, Ramya NSK, Karthik5:05
3."Universal Cop"VennelakantiChristopher Stanley, Krishna Iyer, Krish4:49
4."He's My Hero"Rakendu Mouli, Maalavika ManojMaalavika Manoj2:31
5."Wi Wi Wi Wi Wifi"Ramajogayya SastryKarthik, Nikhita Gandhi, Christopher Stanley4:50
6."Mission To Sydney"Hari, Rakendu Mouli, Lady KashLady Kash2:28
7."S3 Vetta (Theme Music)"Rakendu MouliMC Vickey1:32
Total length:26:21

Release

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Si3 went through several changes of release date, before being released on 9 February 2017.[31][32] The film was initially scheduled to release on 16 December 2016,[33] but at the request of the makers of the Telugu film Dhruva, the release date was pushed to 23 December. However, it was delayed indefinitely after the team chose to allow the public of Tamil Nadu more time to recuperate from the aftermath of Cyclone Vardah and the demonetisation problems.[34][35] Prior to the film's revised release date of 26 January, PETA India alleged that Suriya was trying to garner publicity for Si3 by speaking out against the organisation at the 2017 pro-jallikattu protests. Suriya subsequently filed a legal notice against PETA for the defamatory allegations.[36] The film was pushed back even further following riots in Chennai at the end of the protests, with the producers finalising a worldwide theatrical release date of 9 February.[37][24] The film had its television premiere on 1 January 2018 via Sun TV.[38][39]

Reception

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Critical response

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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."[40] 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".[41] Baradwaj Rangan, writing for 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

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Singam 3 collected ₹20 crore (US$2.1 million) in domestic box office on its opening day and ₹50 crore (US$5.2 million) in 5 days of release.[44] It collected ₹62 crore (US$6.5 million) at the worldwide box office in its opening four-day weekend.[45] The film achieved the ₹100 crore (US$10 million) benchmark worldwide in 6 days.[44][46]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Shruti Haasan played a character with two names.

References

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  42. ↑ Rangan, Baradwaj (9 February 2017). "Singam 3: Loud, fast, and without a single memorable moment". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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  44. 1 2 R, Manoj Kumar (14 February 2017). "Singam 3 box office collection: Suriya's Si3 racing towards Rs 100 cr, Singam 4 on cards". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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