Soora Samhaaram

Soora Samhaaram is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Chitra Lakshmanan and co-written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram.

The film stars Kamal Haasan as ACP Athi Veerapandiyan, a police officer seeking revenge against the drug lord responsible for killing his partner. The story revolves around Divya, a drug addict whose brother Arun tries to help her overcome her addiction, but ultimately meets a tragic end at the hands of Mohandas, the kingpin of the drug mafia.

The film was later dubbed in Telugu as Police Diary and released on 16 September 1988. Both the Tamil and Telugu versions were box office hits. The core plot of the film is reportedly based on the 1985 film Witness, although the director has denied it.