Puli: reviews

What the critics say average 3.8 from 16 outlets

• 5.5 The HinduBaradwaj Rangan If Chimbu Deven's brief was to create a colourful diversion for undemanding children, then Puli, starring Vijay, must be counted as some sort of success. Read
• 5.0 The Times of IndiaMeena Iyer Puli is a fantasy but its failing is that it is told in an amateur fashion. Coming as it does, after the humongous success of Bahubali that raised the bar as far as fantasy, animation and give-it-all-you-got cinema goes, Puli disappoints. Read
• 5.0 DNA IndiaLatha Srinivasan Watch the film if you have nothing better to do this long weekend! Read
• 5.0 Deccan ChronicleAnupama Subramanian The first half moves at a leisurely pace with hardly anything coming up by way of story. Although post interval it picks up momentum, Puli suffers from a weak script and uninspired narration. Read
• 5.0 Only KollywoodSurendhar MK With an all-star cast and crew and a lavish budget, what director Chimbudevan has managed to accomplish with Puli is quite baffling, to say the least. Read
• 4.0 Rediff.comS Saraswathi The film ends a compromise that does justice to neither the director nor the actor. Read
• 4.0 NDTVSaibal Chatterjee Puli, directed by Chimbu Deven, is unconscionably puerile. The paucity of depth and genuine originality robs it of any possibility of being regarded as a work of art. Read
• 4.0 FilmfareDevesh Sharma Chimbu Deven had the right idea but lost his way in execution. We hope he learns from his mistakes and makes a better film the next time around. Read
• 4.0 Bollywood HungamaBollywood Hungama News Network Puli is a strictly average fare. Watch it if you are a Sridevi or a Vijay fan. Read
• 3.0 India TodayKirubhakar Purushothaman After all the buzz which Puli had generated, you would expect it to pounce on the audience. But Vijay's Puli crouches and crouches till you are bored to death. Read
• 3.0 Rediff.comRaja Sen Puli is merely exhausting, and -- speaking as someone who has never watched a Vijay film before -- exposes him as a tremendously limited leading man, utterly lacking in the charisma a role like this requires. Read
• 3.0 Scroll.inNandini Ramnath Tamil star Vijay is the latest southern star to try to connect with the rest of India via the dubbed movie. He has, however, chosen the tackiest possible vehicle to drive home his very local charms. Read
• 3.0 CatchNewsRahul Desai Ambition on paper doesn't translate into thrills on screen. Read
• 3.0 Romancing CinemaMythily Ramachandran Weak script, poor characterization and bad editing makes 'Puli' a big disappointment. Read
• 2.0 The Indian ExpressShubhra Gupta After the spectacular ‘Baahubali’, we were all set for an encore with ‘Puli’, yet another period fantasy from the South. But this one, also full of kings and queens and enslaved villagers and a handsome young prince who will set everything right, is a crashing bore. Read
• 2.0 Hindustan TimesGautaman Bhaskaran Certainly director-writer Chimbu Deven could have thought of something better than this juvenile romp into fantasy land. Read