After Yavanarani performs the Kanya Puja for the 18th consecutive year (this time on Pavalamalli), Jalatharangan has planned to eliminate her and take over the throne. She performs yearly Kanya Puja to boost her magical powers. Due to the evil magical influence, Yavanarani developed magical powers as well as her tyrannical behaviour. Marudheeran also finds out that Yavanarani is actually a puppet Queen under the influence of evil magical power emanating from Jalatharangan's ring. When he stood up to Jalatharangan, who used to terrorise the citizens of Vedhalapuram with the help of his henchmen, Jalatharangan killed him and his wife, Pushpa. Marudheeran was the son of Pulivendhan (powerful tiger-demon) and Pushpa (human princess), Pulivendhan was the late prince of Vedhalapuram, Yavanarani's younger brother and Manthagini's uncle. Later, Marudheeran finds out that he himself is a half Vedhalam (half demon). Yavanarani announces the engagement of Marudheeran with Manthagini, and both get married. She allows them to stay at the palace, and soon Marudheeran wins the support of the Queen and the love of Manthagini with his fighting prowess and resilience. On the pretext of being medicine makers, Marudheeran, Kodangi, and Sama enter the Vedhalapuram palace, where they meet Yavanarani, the cruel Queen of Vedhalapuram who is also a sorceress. This is noticed by Thalapathy Jalatharangan, the evil-minded demon, Commander-in-Chief of Vedhalapuram. That time Princess Manthagini falls in love with Marudheeran. During the journey, Marudheeran rescues Manthagini, the princess of Vedhalapuram, from a panther. Marudheeran, along with his close friends Kodangi and Sama, begins a journey to Vedhalapuram. One day, she is kidnapped by a group of Vedhalams, who then ransack the village and also kill Vembunathan. Marudheeran falls in love with Pavalamalli. When he becomes an adult, Marudheeran starts to protect the villagers from the Vedhalams, because of which he is well respected by the villagers. 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 (half tiger-demon and half human) is the adopted son of a tribal village chief named Vembunathan. 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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