


When he becomes an adult, Marudheeran starts to protect the villagers from the Vedhalams, because of which he is well respected by the villagers. One day when Vedhalams try to kidnap Pavazhamalli, Marudheeran throws a stone, for which his sister sacrifices herself to save him. From a young age, he notices the atrocities regularly committed on the villagers by soldiers from the neighbouring kingdom of Vedhalapuram called the Vedhalams, who have supernatural powers. Marudheeran is the adopted son of a tribal village chief named Vembunathan. He however turns out to be a child of a demon prince whose powers were suppressed by the human clan. The story revolves around the clash between humans and demons (Vedhalams) ruled by a demon kingdom in a fantasy world, where a human is fighting for justice for the killing of humans by demons.

The film was praised for its visual effects, but criticized for its screenplay and editing. The Tamil satellite rights sold for Template:INR22 crore to Sun TV, and the film recovered the Template:INR100 crore investment, makes the profit margin for the makers of Puli around Template:INR3-4 crore, a low-profitable venture. The film only regained its budget through its film run, but actually earned profit by selling the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi satellite rights out of which, 20% of only the Hindi and Telugu rights Template:INR70 lakh was paid as a remuneration to the late actress Sridevi. The film was released in China and Japan. The film performed well overseas, but underperformed domestically.

The film was dubbed into both Telugu and Hindi, which were released a day later on 2 October 2015. The film's original Tamil version was released worldwide on 1 October 2015. Sridevi features as the possessed evil Queen. Sudeep features as the main antagonist of the film along with Prabhu and Nandita Swetha in cameo roles. The film stars Vijay in a dual role as demon prince and his son a half-demon alongside Hansika Motwani and Shruti Haasan in the female leads. Puli ( Template:Lit col: Demon) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language fantasy action-adventure film written and directed by Chimbu Deven. Template:Estimation Template:INR101 crore Read the transcript
