Dum

<p>Satya is the son of a police constable. He gets into fights and ends up in jail where his father gets him out on bail. While he is returning home from a party drunk, a group of college students beat him up. That is when Suchitra comes and takes him to the hospital and donates blood. She is the daughter of a police commissioner. Later, Satya falls in love with Suchitra. That leads to several problems which are faced bravely by Satya in the later part of the film. Finally, all goes well, and Satya also receives the letter confirming his selection for IPS. The film was initially set to be titled after the Telugu version, but the title was later changed. A. Venkatesh remade the film from ‘s 2002 Kannada film , which was also remade in Telugu in 2002 as . Venkatesh was keen to cast , but later selected , who appeared in all three versions of the film. During the making of the film, Silambarasan did his own stunts including a risky jump from the fifth floor of a building. This was the first Tamil film to be produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The filming was held at Chennai and Bangalore while the songs were shot at Japan, China, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Thailand. There are eight songs composed by , while handled the background score. The songs “Chanakya”, “Polladha Padava”, and “Manase” were reused from “Ee Roje Thelisindi”, “Leletha Navvula”, and “Cheliya Cheliya” from (2002), respectively. Lyrics written by and . Visual Dasan of wrote makers made masala by fooling fans without caring about logic while panning the lead hero’s character design calling it wrong heroism and concluded saying it does not matter if cinema does not do good to the society, there is no need to do bad things like this. Malini Mannath of wrote the film had “a racy screenplay, a fast-paced narration, non-stop action that leaves no room for lagging moments. All going to assure that ‘Dum’ makes for some compelling viewing for the youth and action lovers.” wrote, “The spark in Simbu is reflected in the screenplay too. Though some scenes look incredulous, the pace of the film doesn’t give you enough time to think. If you could bear Simbu’s over-styling mannerisms and his digs at the police force, you might even enjoy the film”. wrote, “On the whole is sure to entertain the masses, who do not think too hard”.</p>