Samar

Samar (2013)

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Shakthi, a trekking guide, goes to Bangkok after he receives a patch-up invitation from his lover Roopa, who had broken up with him. En route, he strikes up a friendship Maya. When Roopa doesn’t arrive for the rendezvous, Shakthi decides to return to India but gets embroiled in a mystery where he is taken for a millionaire businessman. Pretty soon, even Shakthi starts doubting his own identity. Can he get out of this conundrum?

Date of release
2013-01-13
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (15)
Runtime
2h 24m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Director
Thiru

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Ooty and Thailand

Samar (transl. War) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language mystery action thriller film written and directed by Thiru. It stars Vishal, Trisha and Sunaina, while Manoj Bajpayee, J. D. Chakravarthy, Jayaprakash, Sampath Raj, and John Vijay, play supporting roles. Richard M. Nathan handled the cinematography, while the film's soundtrack and score were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and Dharan Kumar, respectively. The story revolves around a trekking guide who goes to Bangkok to meet his girlfriend and witnesses a series of puzzling incidents there. After several delays, the film was released on 13 January 2013.

Production

In mid-August 2011, Vishal confirmed that his next project after Vedi would be a film to be directed by Thiru, with whom he had collaborated in Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai before. The film was titled Samaran, and was reported to be an action adventure film, with Vishal playing a "forest trekker". The film's title was changed to Samar in April 2012.

Trisha, who had previously declined five of Vishal's films – Thaamirabharani, Sathyam, Thoranai, Theeradha Vilayattu Pillai and Vedi - was signed as the lead actress of Samar. It was initially reported that retired actor Arvind Swamy had agreed to play a negative character, making a comeback to acting.

The director stated that Samar would be filmed on location in the forests of Chalakudy, Kerala. Most of the scenes from the first schedule were shot in Ooty and featured only Vishal and Sunaina. Several stunt scenes were shot in Bangkok with the help of Chinese stuntman Nung, which Vishal performed without using any safety ropes. The song "Poikaal Kuthirai", picturised on Vishal, was shot for over five days in almost 18 locations in Bangkok.

In August 2012, a producer named Vijay brought an interim injunction over the usage of the title Samar, claiming that he had registered the same a year ago for his upcoming film. Thiru confirmed by October 2012 that the title issue had been solved and that the film's title remains unchanged.

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