Lion) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Hari and produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under Studio Green in association with Reliance BIG Entertainment and distributed by Sun Pictures.

[9][10] Duraisingam "Singam", an honest SI, lives in Nallur, a small village in Thoothukudi district in southern Tamil Nadu, and is assisted by his bumbling colleague Yettu Erimalai.

Mahalingam, an industrialist in Chennai and friend of Soundarapandi, arrives at the village with his daughters Kavya and Divya.

Singam initially assumes Kavya as a prankster when she is about to prank her cousin by wearing a tiger costume.

Mayil Vaaganam, a Chennai-based gangster infamous for extortion and kidnapping, is required to travel to Nallur to sign a conditional bail after forcing a builder to commit suicide.

Singam successfully traces the origins of the kidnapping racket to Mayil and also gets promoted to ACP of the specially-formed Anti-Kidnapping Task Force.

Mahalingam, who was hostile to Singam following an altercation with Soundarapandi back at Nallur, softens up and agrees to give him Kavya's hand in marriage.

Mayil falsely tells Singam that he is going to Pondicherry with her, but he is actually going to Nellore in Andhra Pradesh to put the police off the track.

However, Singam manages to pursue them till Gudur near Nellore, where he rescues her and kills Mayil in an encounter.

After that, Singam resigns his job publicly in a felicitation function organised for him, where he heads back to Nallur with Kavya.

[N 1] After Suriya had finished K. S. Ravikumar's Aadhavan, discussions regarding his subsequent project, notably his 25th film, were held.

A scene from the song "Stole my Heart" was shot in Creek Park in Dubai that was choreographed by Brinda.

Behindwoods gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Hari has "concocted and packaged his masala contents in the right proportion and has served a tasty dish.

"[26] Bhama Devi Ravi of The Times of India gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Even with a sleepy narration in the first 30 minutes or so, Singam is worth a watch.

[9][10] Santhanam and Soori parodied Suriya's character in Vellore Maavattam (2011) and Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013), respectively.