In the early days of 2014, talks surfaced on the idea of a fantasy action adventure which would have Ilayathalapathy Vijay in the lead. This immediately put fans in excitement as it was a genre which was relatively new to the Tamil audience. Touted to be produced by Vijay’s long-time associate and PRO PT Selvakumar in association with Kerala distributor Shibu Thameens, the project was familiarised as a biggie to be made at a budget of close to a 100 crores. Over the course of six months, visionary director Chimbudevan and the makers assembled a massive team, on both the casting and the technical sides. Shoot began with an auspicious pooja on the 8th of November.
In just two days from now, the Indian audience will witness a fantasy action adventure like never before. They will witness an all-new Vijay in costumes and getups which belong to another era. They will witness the comeback of yesteryear beauty Sridevi to Tamil filmdom after a long hiatus of 28 years. They will witness two milky lasses in Shruti Hassan and Hansika come together with a humongous supporting cast which also includes Kannada Superstar Sudeep in a negative role.
They will witness, Puli.
A glance at the colourful posters and trailers of Puli is enough to tell you that this is an ambitious experiment to provide something new to the audience, who have started begging for novelty in every other film. The entire cast is seen clad in shiny costumes amidst grandiose sets erected by art director T.Muthuraj. From the looks of it, Puli feels like a journey into an alien land which has been sculpted with generous doses of creativity and care, captured wondrously through the lens of Natty.
The film promises fun in the form of comedy, action and romance with the surplus addition of interesting characters like a huge tortoise, a giant troll, a black panther, colourful birds, Lilliput men and what not. To put it in short, Puli will be a VFX extravaganza with loads of interesting characters apart from our own human folk.
On the way to the release, the film has bagged an assemblage of memories to be cherished. Though things didn’t start neatly thanks to the teaser leak, episodes like worldwide trends for the first look, Vijay’s lovely rendition in Yaendi Yaendi, TR’s speech at the audio launch and the record for becoming the most-liked Indian trailer are something which we will not forget for a long while.
The clock gets ticking as we near the release date, as the month of October will kick off with the celebrations of the star’s arrival. Puli will grace screens worldwide in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi on the 1st of October, so go book your tickets once you close this window.
Written By: Siddarth Srinivas