Samar (transl. War)is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Thiru. It stars Vishal, Trisha and Sunaina, with Manoj Bajpayee and J. D. Chakravarthy appearing in supporting roles. Richard M. Nathan handled the cinematography, while the film's soundtrack and score were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and Dharan Kumar, respectively. Later on, it was dubbed in Hindi as Gabbar Sher in 2016. The story revolves around a trekking guide, who is forced to leave for Bangkok under strange circumstances and witnesses a series of puzzling incidents there. After several delays finally the film was released on 13 January 2013.

Cast
Vishal as Sakthi
Trisha as Maya
Sunaina as Roopa
Manoj Bajpayee as Rajesh Arunasalam
J. D. Chakravarthy as John Frederick
Jayaprakash as Joseph Kuriyan
Sampath Raj as Muthumaran
John Vijay as Manohar
Sriman as Jayaraj
Narayan as Rohit (Maya's boyfriend)
Azhagam Perumal as Sakthi's father
Rajendran as Tree Cutter
Uma Padmanabhan
Munnar Ramesh
Sandra Amy
Chevvalai Rasu
Saran Shakthi as young Rajesh
Scarlett Mellish Wilson as an item girl in "Rajaavin Thoattathil"