Puli (2015)

★ 4.1 2h 35m IMDb

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?

Puli

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Cast

Vijay
Vijay as Marudheeran / Pulivendhan Age 51 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Vijay was born on June 22, 1974 with the given name at birth "Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar", is one of the most celebrated actors in Indian cinema, known for his exceptional contributions to Tamil cinem...
Sridevi
Sridevi as Yavanaraani Died 2018 · Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India Sridevi Kapoor (born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan) was an Indian film actress who has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She has been called the first female superstar of Hindi...
Sudeepa
Sudeepa as Thalapathy Jalatharangan Age 52 · Shivamogga, Karnataka, India Sudeepa is an actor, director, producer and singer who hails from from Shimoga, Karnataka. He stars primarily in Kannada films. He has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in Kannada for three consec...
Shruti Haasan
Shruti Haasan as Pavazhamalli Age 40 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Shruti Haasan is an Indian actress, singer and music composer who has worked in South Indian film industry and Bollywood. Her parents are noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika. As a child artist, she...
Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani as Princess Manthagini Age 34 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Hansika Motwani is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films..
Prabhu
Prabhu as Vembunathan Age 69 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Prabhu is an Indian film actor and producer who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan, while his own son Vikram Prabhu is also an upcoming T...

Audience Reviews

timesofindia 5/10 Oct 05, 2015
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.

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