Samy started his career assisting directors such as Balu Mahendra and S. A. Chandrasekaran, and worked as a dialogue writer for Sarathkumar starrer Dosth (2001).
[1] He made his directorial debut with Uyir (2006), which revolved around a woman who falls in love with her brother-in-law after the demise of her husband.
In 2019, it was announced that Samy would direct Akka Kuruvi, an official remake of the 1997 Iranian film Children of Heaven.
In 2007, during the filming of the Tamil movie Mirugam, the director, Samy, slapped her on the last day of shooting, accusing her of not acting well.
When she reported the incident to industry bodies, she lost several film offers that had been promised to her.