FantasyActionAdventure

Puli

A virtuous soldier Magadheera aka Puli (Tiger) vows to save his people from the rule of a cruel queen and her treacherous Marshal. Does good triumph over evil?

Release Date : 2015-10-01

Language :Tamil

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : SKT Studios

Production Country : India

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Marudheeran / Pulivendhan

Original Name : Vijay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yavanaraani

Original Name : Sridevi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Thalapathy Jalatharangan

Original Name : Sudeep

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pavazhamalli

Original Name : Shruti Haasan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Princess Manthagini

Original Name : Hansika Motwani

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vembunathan

Original Name : Prabhu

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Vedhalam King

Original Name : Vijayakumar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sama

Original Name : Sathyan Sivakumar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kodangi

Original Name : Thambi Ramaiah

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pavazhamalli's Father

Original Name : Adukalam Naren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Puspha

Original Name : Nandita Swetha

Gender : Female

Character Name : Herbalist

Original Name : Joe Malloori

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sooran

Original Name : Karunas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter @ Beta

Original Name : Imman Annachi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Albert @ Alpha

Original Name : Robo Shankar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Einstein Kamalakshi @ Gamma

Original Name : Vidyullekha Raman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jalatharangan's Assistant

Original Name : Jasper

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ajay Rathnam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tharagamangalam

Original Name : Jangiri Madhumitha

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Raveena Daha

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Junior Balaiah

Gender : Male

Reviews

timesofindia

@timesofindia

2021-06-23

Puli (Tiger) is your Indian cinema version of Gulliver and the Lilliput's fairy tale. A lavishly mounted fantasy adventure, at the core it is basically a love-story. In a faraway land, live a cruel tribe who go by the name of Betals. Blue eyes and Dracula fangs are their distinguishing features. They also have strange powers that can get them to fly like Batman and fight like Gladiators. Their only aim is to commit atrocities on some poor mortals living in the plains close to their kingdom. Don't grieve just yet. When you think that the meek are doomed for life, baby Magadheera is found floating in the water surrounding this village. He is adopted and becomes a favourite. This place is also home to a pretty lass called Pawanmali (Shruti). The two marry secretly. But their happiness is short-lived because the Jaltarang (Sudeep), the cruel Betal marshal kidnaps Magadheera's loved one. In his quest to find his wife, Magadheera sets off to the Palace where the cruel queen (Sridevi) lives with her daughter Mandakini (Hansika). Of course, his journey is hardly without adventure. Before he can ride off into the sunset with his wife, he has to fight a one-eyed monster, maim a hundred Betals and sing songs with Mandakini. Puli is a fantasy but its failing is that it is told in an amateur fashion. Coming as it does, after the humongous success of Bahubali that raised the bar as far as fantasy, animation and give-it-all-you-got cinema goes, Puli disappoints. The film works as a visual extravaganza, but it fails to entertain. Even Vijay fans may find it hard to lap up his snazzy song-routine. Sridevi's arched eyebrows are more expressive than the rest of her. Hansika and Shruti only wiggle their backsides and shake their bellies. Aah, even that's disappointing.