Natarajan Subramaniam’s camera work is top notch and visual grandeur is the basic reason why at least you sit throughout.
Dialogues were doughy and dubbing was of lowest standard. As a director, Chimbu failed to justify the presence of big faces. Despite Chimbu Devan had set of talented and wonderful artists at disposal, only few of them are exploited. Quite predictable and ordinary story line served big drawback. Movie runs at very leisurely pace offering a tiresome watch experience. Puli Artists and Technicians: As a story ‘Puli’ dates back to Vithalacharya times and Chimbu Devan tried to re-create a folk backdrop with unexciting screenplay. What is the actual flashback behind Manoharudu and who is his father Puli Veerudu (Vijay)? How is Manoharudu related to Yavvana Rani? Now, Manoharudu is set on a mission to rescue Mandara Malli with help of Lilliput kingdom leader (Ali), talking bird Shivudu, giant tortoise Kurmanthudu, green frog and Mandakini (Hansika), daughter of Yavvana Rani. Things take a sharp turn when Bhetalas kidnap Mandara Malli for a Kshudra ritual and also kill Prabhu.
He is grown up as savior to fall in love with childhood friend Mandara Malli (Shruti Hasan). One of the hamlets under Bhetala power has a rebellion group headed by Prabhu (Prabhu), who rescues a small baby found in the river and names him as Manoharudu (Vijay). Except Bhetala tribe, they treat remaining population in 56 villages under their rule as slaves. Puli Story: Movie takes off introducing Bhetala Desham ruled by evil queen Yavvana Rani (Sreedevi) and cunning Minister Jalandharudu (Sudeep). Let us see, how great is this fantasy ride through our ‘Puli’ review? With little known about release status, ‘Puli’ missed the actual release date of October 1st is finally into theaters with today morning shows all around the Telugu states. Puli Review, What’s Behind: Tamil star hero Vijay experimenting in a fantasy genre with yet to be proven director Chimbu Devan alongside glittering star cast of Sreedevi, Shruti Hasan, Hansika, Sudeep makes ‘Puli’ a high budget entertainer faced political humiliation with sudden IT raids.