'' Singam 3 '' went through several changes of release date , before being released on 9 February 2017 coinciding with Thaipusam festival . The film was completed in mid-2016 and the team completed post-production work aiming to have a theatrical release in October to coincide either with the Ayudha Puja or 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 . However , due to a request from the makers of '' Dhruva '' , the film release date was pushed 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 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 '' Si3 '' by speaking out against the organisation at the 2017 pro-Jallikattu protests . Suriya subsequently filed a legal notice against PETA for the defamatory allegations . The film was pushed back even further following riots in Chennai at the end of the protest , with the producers finalising a worldwide theatrical release date of 9 February . In Malaysia , this movie was available in Astro First channel 481 in early April 2017 . Viewers need to pay RM 15.00 to watch the movie for two days . The first premiere of this movie was in Astro Vinmeen Channel 231 ( HD ) during the festive weekend of Hari Raya Haji and further premiered in Astro Vellithirai Channel 202 on Diwali 2017 . The satellite rights of Si3 were sold to Sun TV.Amazon has acquired the digital rights of Si3
demonetisation problems
2016 Indian banknote demonetisation
Si3 (film)