Tamil Movie Review Puli - Cast & Crew

Shruti Hassan is an Indian film actress born on 28 January 1986 to the veteran Tamil actor Kamal Hassan and Sarika. Her original birth name is Shruti Rajalakshmi Hassan. Shruti Hassan studied at Abacus in Chennai and later on moved to Mumbai to study Psychology. She has a younger sister Akshara Hassan. Shruti Hassan is well known for her singing and acting skills in kollywood, tollywood and bollywood.She entered into films as a child artist in her father’s film HEY RAM. At the age of 23 she did her first film LUCK in bollywood. She got the interest in music and finally travelled to USA to learn music. She did many films both in Tamil and Telugu and received positive reviews for her act. Shruti Hassan sang her first song at the age of six for her father’s film named Thevar Magan.She even composed music for a Tamil movie Unna...

Madhumitha or Jangiri Madhumitha is a Tamil Serial and Film actress who was born on January 1, 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She was first seen in the comedy series, Lollu Sabha on STAR Vijay. Later, she acted in a few films and television serials. She was first featured in the Tamil romantic-comedy film, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi under the direction of M. Rajesh. She was paired with actor, Santhanam and played the role of Jangiri.  Her performance in this film received appreciation by the viewers and made her popular. She even got the Vikatan Award for Best Actress in Comedy Role in 2012.

She also did the romantic film, Mirattal followed by a special appearance in the romantic-comedy film, Attakathi. In 2013, she played the role of Nimmi in Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal. In the same year, she did Sonna ...

Nandita Swetha is a South Indian Actress. Swetha is her birth name. She was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. Her father is a businessman and mother is a homemaker. She has two brothers, both of them are younger to her. Nandita entered films in the year 2008 with the Kannada release ‘Nanda Loves Nanditha’; she played the role of Nanditha in the film that she continued as her screen name after that.

Sridevi is an Indian an actress renowned for her work in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies. She is regarded as Hindi cinema’s first female superstar. She was born as Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan on August 13, 1963, in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu to Ayappan and Rajeshwari. Her father is a Tamilian and mother is a Telegite. Sridevi made her debut as child artist at the tender age of four with the devotional film Thunaivan. She made her debut in Bollywood in 1975 with the film Julie where she was a child actor. Sridevi’s debut as a lead actress happened in the year 1978 with the movie Solva Sawan after which she delivered several hits like Himmatwala, Mawaali, Tohfa, Masterji, Karma, Mr. India, Waqt Ki Awaz, Chandni, Sadma, Nagina, Chaalbaaz, Lamhe, Khuda Gawah, Gumrah, Laadla and Judai. Her portrayal o...

Vidyullekha Raman Vidyullekha Raman also called Vibhu Raman is an actress in Tamil cinema known for essaying her character roles with depth. She is equally good in playing a comic actor or cameo role even which has appealed to the masses. It was in the year 2012 that gave her visibility as an actress in Gautam Menon’s bi-lingual films (“Neethaane En Ponvasantham” and “Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu”) but it was in 2014 with movies like ‘Jilla’ and ‘Veeram’, the actress became favorite with the masses.

She was one of those lucky actresses to do a pivotal role in many big films such as “Puli”, “Masss” and “Malini 22 Palayamkottai” that became a hit and these movies’ reach with audien...

Gayathri Raman is an actress in the Indian film industry. She has been working with the Tamil film industry for the last fifteen years. Gayathri started her career as a model. Before opting for modeling she used to live a simple life. She doesn't have any interest in modeling or acting. Later, she got an offer from a company, and that moment changed her life. She has modeled for many brands and acted in many Tamil films. She is a family woman and loves to take care of them. Her hobbies include cooking food, taking care of her children, listening to music, etc.

Chimbu Deven was born in Madurai. His parents were Mr. Venkataraman, who was a supervisor by profession in the telegraph office and to Mrs. Thiraviam Venkataraman. He was the second child to the couple, who has also pursued the education in the field of Botany from Madurai Kamaraj University.

He was initially named as Senthilkumar, which was later changed. He was married to Kalaivani, whom he later divorced. Devan has made his mark in directing films associated with the genre of fantasy. He made his first directional debut with Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikesi, which was basically a comedy venture. He had cast Vadivelu, who played the lead in that film. This movie geared his journey in the world of Tamil films. Initially, he had started off assisting director ...

Shibu Thameens is an Indian film producer and distributor, working in the South India. With his family in the business of goods distribution, Shibu studied B.Tech in the mechanical branch at Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur. He possesses an MBA degree in Materials Management too. After his education, he did not hesitate to join his family business, Thameens Group. The institution started in the early 90s with handling minor exhibitions’ operations. Gradually, the group entered the cinema industry by distributing and producing movies. Apart from these fields, this establishment is responsible for the goods’ distribution of Nestle (a major FMCG famous for KitKat and Maggi) in Kerala.

At the beginning of 2010, the board of members appointed Shibu as the ...

After the success of "Dhinka Chika" song for Salman Khan, starrer "Ready", South Indian composer Devi Sri Prasad, has been getting numerous offers in Bollywood. Devi Sri Prasad liked the evergreen film ‘Sholay’ so much in his youth days, that he has seen the movie many times in his young days, and had then made his thoughts to make his journey to the film world. 

He stated that music in’ Sholay’ could always be an inspiration for his generation. Thus, he always wanted to be part of Bollywood and entertain the music lovers throughout India. He has so much passion for music and the film industry that he does not miss any music show hosted for his fans in abroad. Though offers from Bollywood are in the pipeline, he wants...

Vairamuthu is a very famous Tamil writer, poet, and lyricist. His full name is Vairamuthu Ramasamy. He was born on 13th July 1953. He was born in a middle-class family to Ramasamythevar and Angammal in Mettur. His family moved to Vadugapatti, Theni in Tamil Nadu when he was four years old. He is famous by the pen name Kaviyarasu or Kaviperarasu. He got married to Ponmani Vairamuthu and had two children, Madhan Karky Vairamuthu, and Kabilan Vairamuthu. He got inspiration from the Tamil and Rationalist movements in the 1960s that enthused him to pursue a career as a writer. He graduated from Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai. As a speaker and a poet, he was highly praised as the best in his college.

His first publication was an initial anthology Vaigara...

Javed Ali (Javed Hussain) was born in Delhi in 1982. He has been working as an Indian playback singer since 2000. Ali started his singing journey at a very early age with his father, who is a popular Qawwali singer named, Ustad Hamid Hussain. He is also a playback singer in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, and Tamil. 

He has been singing since 2000, but his song “Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein” from the film Naqaab (2007) made him famous in Bollywood. After that, he sang hit song like Jashn-E-Bahaara from the Movie Jodha Akbar (2008). He also sang the song Guzarish (Ghajini) and Maula mere Maula (Arziyan). Javed started hi...

Mano (Real name- Nagoor Babu) is a famous South Indian playback singer. He was not only a great singer but also a voice-over artist, an actor, a producer, a television anchor and a music composer. He was born to Father Rasool (Musician in All India Radio) and Mother Shaheeda (stage actress) on 26th October 1963 in Satterapalli, Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, he joined the stage theater and had role played as many historical characters. As he had said in an interview “I have always been impressed by my dear mother’s talent and she has always been and will always be my inspiration.”

In the year 1984, he recorded his debut original for the Tamil movie “Karpoora Deepam”. Impressed by his singing skills and his magical voice he was approached...

Pooja Vaidyanath belongs to Hyderabad (Telangana). She is an upcoming singer in cinema. Trained in classical music and violin, she is a brilliant singer today and it seems that music is running in her veins. Through reality singing contest, she wanted to establish herself as a classical singer. Today, she has done over 300 stage shows in India and abroad. When she was performing in reality singing contests, in various TV channels, she did not have any training in classical music. But she often feels that she was born in a family of music lovers and she owes inspiration from her late father. This singer performed her first stage show in Telugu TV channel show Padalani Undi in ‘MAA TV’ and won the rounds in 2006. Later, she even participated in Zee Telugu Sa Re Ga Ma voice of youth and became a runner-up in 2...

Priyadarshini Ram is a popular director, actor and writer of Telugu film industry who hailed from Tenali. He was born in the year 1955. When his father left this world, Priyadarshini Ram has been just 13. Due to his hard work he succeeded a degree, but could not carry his dream of a Management master. He has talents in writing different articles. He was a great writer, right from his college days. His works were well appreciated by his friends and teachers. As he is very creative, he got placed in an advertising company. He was offered to advertise the political campaign of the leaders. Grey America is the company that tried to acquire Priyadarshini Ram’s ad company, but they did not get succeeded, as Ram wanted to stay with his mother. Later on he got connections with the film people and entered into the Telugu film industry. Manodu i...

Shankar Mahadevan, a well-renowned, talented and famous music composer, and singer. An accomplished musician in Tamil cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood and other International films. He has won various Indian and multiple National Film Award. His most famous albums include, “Breathless“- Album that first gave him fame, including the song, "Breathless," in which he sings throughout the whole song without pausing to breathe and “Nine” - Nine is Shankar's most recent album. Each song is a representation of a "mood," including joy, sadness, love, etc. He was also invited by UNESCO and the US State Department to perform at the UN General Assembly Hall for the finale of the International Jazz Festival on 30 Apr...

Sooraj Santhosh is a multilingual versatile playback singer who has made a noteworthy contribution in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Badaga music. The singer is well known in the Bollywood and Tollywood as well. He was born on 19th September 1987 at the Kollam village in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He is well known for his polyglot and fluent knowledge about various types of music and has achieved overwhelming success in the same. Sooraj's father, Santhosh Kumar worked in forest department and his mother, Jayakumari is a high school teacher. He has a younger brother who presently works at IBM as an engineer.

He lived with his small and sweet family in Thiruvananthapuram and completed his schooling there itself at the Government Model Boys Higher Secondary school. Further, he took a Bachelor&#3...

Tippu is a playback singer of Indian cinema. He has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages. He has lent his voice to over 4000 songs in the four south Indian languages. His voice for Puneeth Rajkumar went well with the audience. Shiva Shiva Hoguthidde, Hey Hey Paaru, etc are some of his hit songs. His association with music director V Harikrishna is very famous. Tippu has sung for Tamil music composers A R Rahman, Imman, Harris Jayaraj, and Joshua Sridhar.

He has sung the hit Tamil songs Venmathi Venmathi, O Mama from Minnale. The movie had Madhavan in the lead role. Tippu is married to the famous Indian playback singer Harini. Tippu began singing when he was at the age of 19. He received the Karnataka State Film Award and the Kalaimamani Award by Tamilnadu Government for his playback singing.

As they always say, "it runs in the blood", the same has been proven in Vijay Joseph's life. His dad is a very famous Tamil movie director, S. A. Chandrasekhar. Vijay's mother is a famous playback singer. He began his acting journey as a child artist in a film called "Vetri". He acted in many movies as a child artist supporting veteran heroes like Vijayakanth and Ajith Kumar. His career started as a leading hero with the movie, "Naalaiya Theerpu", in 1992. He won the "Cinema Express Award for New Face" for this movie.

He then acted in many movies in the Tamil field, which has gained mixed responses from the audience and critics alike. During 2003, he signed a film by name of ‘Thirumalai’, where his co-star was Jyothika. This movie had shown him in a di...

He is an Indian art and film production designer. He is famous for his works in Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi Cinema. His work in ‘Angadi Theru’, ‘Pazhassi Raja’ and ‘Nanban’ was highly appreciated and critically acclaimed. In his career, he has contributed in more than 43 movies and 185 commercials. He has been awarded the ‘best art director’ award for his creative works. He was born to N. Thangavel and T. Muthulakshmi in Coimbatore. He was raised in Coimbatore along with his two younger sisters and an elder brother. He graduated with the degree of B. Sc Visual communication from the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai in 1991. After graduating, he started assisting Sabu Cyril. After that he started getting offers from many production companies for set design.

He first came i...

Lee Whittaker is one of the top Stunt Performers in the Film Industry, having experience of working off and on the camera. He has worked for twenty years on some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbuster movies. Whittaker was working as a Second-Unit Director and Stunt Coordinator for ten years when he started his career; many Hollywood Directors hired him for the action-stunt scenes. The artist’s creativity to turn the most difficult action scene into the safest boundaries through innovative styles of cinematography was highly appreciated. 

In 2013, Lee got a special appearance to perform a stunt in the Indian Tamil-language Action-thriller “Arrambam,” a story about a mysterious man along with a computer hacker who tried to unveil a major government conspiracy. Whittaker was cast as the Action D...

Sunil Rodrigues is a stunt director and stunt coordinator in the Indian film industry. He also works as the supporting actor and is mainly seen in Bollywood films, but he works in many South Indian films too.

He did stunt direction in a large number of Bollywood films such as Manmarziyaan, Karwaan, Nanu Ki Janu, Pari, Golmaal Again, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, Gurgaon, Phillauri, Rocky Handsome, Dilwale, Drishyam, Badmashiyaan, Happy New Year, Singham Returns, and Himmatwala. He has worked in many South Indian films also such as Zanvoy No. 1, 31 Divas, Neerali, Sophiya, AshemZalemKashem, Mukkabaaz, and Puli.

He worked as a supporting actor in the films Itihaas and Koyla in the year 1997. He also did the stunt coordination in an English film called Viceroy’s House. In the film Dilwale, Rohit Shetty and ...

Aadukalam Naren was born in Chennai the heartland of Tamil cinema, in a family which took keen interest in movies. He was interested in acting and was also encouraged by his family members, and so he decided to go through formal training before he could enter the industry.

In fact he was originally christened Narayan, but as was the prevailing practice he abbreviated it to Naren, and that was the name by which he came to be well known. He received his formal training in acting an...

Ajay Rathnam is a Tamil cine actor who also appears in TV serials and movies. He is known for his supportive and negative roles and has acted in over 300 movies.

Ajay Rathnam first starred in the movie ‘Nalaya Manithan’ in 1989. His role was appreciated in that movie and he started appearing in negative roles mostly. Owing to his height and his physique, he got roles of a cop in many movies.

Ajay’s roles in ‘Indian’ and ‘ Kuruthipunal’ were widely appreciated and the movies too did well at the box office. He also starred in a few Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada movies in such roles. He was even cast as the hero in the Kannada movie ‘KA-99 B-333’ which was the remake of a Hindi movie starring Nana Patekar.

He did an important role of Hindu God &...

Brahmanandam was born on 1st February 1956. He was the seventh son to Kanneganti Nagalingachari and Kannaganti Lakshmi Narsamma. He completed his high schooling from a high school at Sattenapalle. He later pursued his intermediate and graduation from D.N.R College, Bhimavaram. He completed his post graduation in Telugu literature from Andhra University. Before becoming an actor, Brahmanandam had worked as a lecturer in Atthilli for nine years.

Brahmanandam is considered as one of the most versatile Indian comic actors, noted particularly for his comic expressions. He has gone ahead to receive many accolades in the world. In the year 2007, he was in the Guinness World Record for appearing in the highest number of films...

Imman Annachi is one of the most popular television anchors in the history of Tamil Television. He is also a well-known actor and comedian and is best known for his sense of humor. He gained popularity through popular television shows such as 'Kutty Chutties' and 'Sollunganne Sollunga'. He was born as Immanuel in the city of Thiruvaluthinadar Vilai in the district of Thoothukudi in Eral in the state of Tamil Nadu. He was a talented young man since his early life and got his fame and recognition after he appeared on a talk show on Makkal TV.