சாமுராய் (2002)

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Samurai is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action thriller film written and directed by Balaji Sakthivel and produced by S. Sriram. The film stars Vikram in the title role, alongside Anita Hassanandani, Jaya Seal, and Nassar. Cinematography was handled by Sethu Sriram and the music was scored by Harris Jayaraj.

Production

Vikram signed the film in March 2001 and it became the first venture he committed to, after the blockbuster success of Bala's Sethu which released in 1999. North Indian model Anita Hassanandani was selected to make her debut in the film, but another film, Varushamellam Vasantham starring Anita Hassanandani was released before Samurai.

Simran was approached to play a pivotal role in the film, but Jaya Seel, who appeared alongside Prabhu Deva in Pennin Manathai Thottu, was roped in instead to play a medical student. Malayalam actor Kollam Thulasi was signed up to play a villain in the film making his debut in Tamil films.

Shooting commenced in April 2001 when Vikram was simultaneously shooting for the action masala films such as Vinnukkum Mannukkum (2001), Dhill (2001), Kasi (2001), Gemini (2002), King (2002) and Kadhal Sadugudu (2003), and was continued till June 2002 due to some production delays. The initial schedules were held in Chennai, then the unit moved on to shoot at locations in Kuttralam, Ooty, Araku, Vishakhapatnam, Lucknow and Bihar.

Vikram went to yoga classes to prepare for the opening scene for Samurai, where he poses in the Mayura asanam posture. In a 2002 interview, the actor stated that when he first met Balaji, "he was a very enthusiastic, charged person" and was able to convince Vikram to star in the film. He also compared Balaji with director Shankar.

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