Puli recovered its ₹100 crore investment through profit in satellite and digital rights.

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, but his ancestry turns out to be a mystery. The film received mixed reviews from critics with praise for the visual effects, cinematography and the performances of the cast but criticized the screenplay and execution.

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. Tiger demon) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language fantasy action adventure film written and directed by Chimbu Deven.

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