The pregnant wife (Saranya) of an honest police officer who is killed by the villain Al-Saleem (Manoj Bajpai) vows to bring up her son as a tough law enforcement officer. Their young son grows up to be Komarum Puli (Pawan Kalyan) and he is a role model to the entire police department.
As a reward for the heroism with which he saves the PM’s life, he gets to form ‘Puli Team’ which runs independently of any external force. A missing case incident of inspector Hussain (Suryah) gets him to Saleem and that eventually blooms to become a battle between the two.
On the other hand, there is the heroine (Nikesha) who is doing her best to woo Puli before and after marriage. What happens after that forms the rest of this fast-paced action-oriented tale.
Continuity In one scene Pawan Kalyan wears khakhi uniform and in the very next scene he appears in olive green.
Continuity In one scene the villain finds his car missing in Hyderabad City Center, and in immediate scene he confronts Pawan Kalyan in Bangkok, on a roof top helipad and asks to get back his car.
Continuity In one frame Pawan appears with long moustache, and in immediate scene with short one…
Trivia:
The movie was shot in various parts of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, as well as in Malaysia, Singapore, Bangkok and Dubai.
Hansika Motwani was originally signed to play the heroine but was replaced by Nikeesha Patel, who made her acting debut in this film.
'Puli' was director S. J. Suryaah's dream project. Initially he planned to make the movie with Akshay Kumar in Hindi, and later with Vijay in Tamil and he sent bound scripts to both superstars. But both the projects did not happen. The storyline was also discussed with Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi. Later, after the confirmation from pawan kalyan, it was finalised to make in Telugu with Pawan Kalyan.
The film was originally titled 'Komaram Puli' but was renamed 'Puli' on the second day of release, following objections by Komaram Sony Rao, the grandson of the tribal legend Komaram Bheem, from whose name the title of the movie was taken.
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