Puli is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language fantasy action adventure film written and directed by Chimbu Deven. It is produced by Shibu Thameens and P. T. Selvakumar under Thameens Films and SKT Studios. The film stars Vijay in dual roles, alongside Hansika Motwani, Shruti Haasan, Sudeep, Sridevi, and Prabhu and Nandita Swetha in cameo appearances. It is the return of Sridevi to the Tamil cinema and was her last Tamil film. The film revolves around the clash between humans and demons (Vedhalams) in a Kingdom ruled by demons, where the protagonist fights for justice, of the ruthless slaughtering of humans by demons, but his ancestry turns out to be a mystery.