Si3 (film)

Singam 3
File:S3 upcoming Tamil film.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hari
Written by	Hari
Produced by	K. E. Gnanavel Raja Dhaval Jayantilal Gada
Starring	Suriya Anushka Shetty Shruti Haasan
Cinematography	Priyan
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan T. S. Jay
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Production companies	Studio Green Pen Movies Aadnah Arts
Distributed by	Pen Movies
Release date	26 January 2017 (2017-01-26)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

S3 also known as Singam 3 is an upcoming 2017 Indian Tamil-language action-masala film written and directed by Hari. A sequel to Singam II (2013) and the third film in the Singam franchise, it stars Suriya, Anushka Shetty and Shruti Haasan in the lead roles.

Principal photography commenced in January 2016 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release along with the Telugu dubbed version, Yamudu 3.

Cast

• Suriya as Durga
• Anushka Shetty as Kavya
• Shruti Haasan as Vidhya
• Raadhika Sarathkumar
• Krish as Sreenivas
• Thakur Anoop Singh as Vitthal Prasad
• Nithin Sathya
• Soori
• Robo Shankar
• Chaams
• Neetu Chandra special appearance in the song "Sone Sone"

Production

Following the commercial success of Singam 2, 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. 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.

While most of the cast was retained from the earlier films, Shruti Haasan was added to the team in July 2015 to portray another leading female role, while Anirudh Ravichander was signed as the music composer replacing Devi Sri Prasad. Anirudh later opted out of the project citing scheduling issues and Harris Jayaraj was brought in to compose the film's music. 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". New actors to the series including Radhika, Soori, Robo Shankar, Krish and Nithin Sathya were added to the cast, while Thakur Anoop Singh was signed on to portray the lead antagonist.

The start of the film's shoot, initially scheduled for December 2015, was delayed as a result of the 2015 South Indian floods. Production began in Visakhapatnam during January 2015 with scenes featuring Shruti Haasan as a journalist being shot. Following a series of action sequences shot in the city, the team moved to film song sequences in Romania with Anushka joining the team. After a production break, the team restarted the shoot in Visakhapatnam, before moving to the Talakona Forest region and then on the AVM Studios in Chennai during mid-2016. The team moved to Malaysia to finish filming the climax in October 2016, before a further song was shot in Georgia with Suriya and Shruti Haasan. In January 2017, the film was later re-titled as Si 3 (spelt சி3 in Tamil) to exploit the Tamil Nadu Government's rule of entertainment tax exemption for films titled in Tamil.

Release

The film went through several changes of release date, before being released on 26 January 2017. The film was completed in mid-2016 and the team completed post-production work aiming to have a theatrical release in late October to coincide with the Diwali season, but the release was postponed to avoid a box office clash with Suriya's brother, Karthi's film, Kaashmora. The film was then scheduled to release on 16 December and then even later on 23 December to make most of the Christmas holiday season, but was delayed after the team chose to allow the public of Tamil Nadu more time to recuperate from the aftermath of Cyclone Vardah, the death of Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha and the ongoing demonetisation problems. Prior to the film's revised release date of 26 January, PETA India had remarked that Suriya was trying to garner publicity for S3 by speaking out against the organisation at the 2017 pro-Jallikattu protests. Suriya subsequently filed a legal notice against PETA for the defamatory allegations.

Soundtrack

Untitled

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Behindwoods.com
MovieCrow.com

The film's soundtrack is scored by Harris Jayaraj, who replaced Devi Sri Prasad as the composer of the film series. Taking a break after various schedules of shooting, director Hari and Harris Jayaraj completed the song composing in Bangkok, Thailand. The audio rights of the film was acquired by Eros Music and the complete album was released on 27 November 2016.

Tamil (Original)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"O Sone Sone"	Pa. Vijay, M. C. Vickey	Javed Ali, Priya Subramaniyan, M. C. Vickey	5:06
2.	"Mudhal Murai"	Thamarai, Ramya NSK	Harish Raghavendra, Swetha Mohan, Ramya NSK, Karthik	5:05
3.	"Universal Cop"	Viveka, Dinesh Kanagaratnam	Christopher Stanley, Dinesh Kanagaratnam, Krish	4:49
4.	"He's My Hero"	Hari, Maalavika Manoj	Maalavika Manoj	2:31
5.	"Wi Wi Wi WiFi"	Hari, Harris Jayaraj	Karthik, Christopher Stanley, Nikhita Gandhi	4:50
6.	"Mission To Sydney"	Hari, Lady Kash	Lady Kash	2:28
7.	"S3 Vettai Theme"	Hari	M. C. Vickey	1:32

Critical response

Indiaglitz.com stated S3 is a "fast and energetic album and it has all the ingredients for a commercial blockbuster album. Harris does it well for the franchise which looks to break free". Review Board of BehindWoods.com gave 2.75/5 and claimed S3 is a "proper commercial album from Harris Jayaraj for Suriya's cop story! An apt album with fast paced songs". Srivatsan of India Today stated "S3 might not be Harris' best work, but definitely not bad either. Having said that, it's a pucca 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".