Pulimurugan

"The Wild Hunter"

2016 2h 41m ML

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 66

ActionAdventure

Synopsis

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Murugan, with his tools and expertise, protects Puliyoor's villagers from deadly tiger attacks. However, Daddy, an illegal drugs dealer, takes advantage of Murugan's innocence and wrongly frames him.

“The Wild Hunter”

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Cast

Mohanlal
'Puli' Murugan
Jagapati Babu
Daddy Girija
Lal
Balaraman
Vinu Mohan
Manikuttan
Bala
Shiva
Suraj Venjaramoodu
Poongayi Sasi
Kishore
R. K
Kamalinee Mukherjee
Myna

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vysakh
Writers: Uday Krishna, Uday Krishna
Languages: Malayalam
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 161 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $3.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 7.6× over at the box office.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vysakh, shot by Shaji Kumar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor John Kutty shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Mohanlal and Jagapati Babu and Lal carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Wild Hunter".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vysakh directs. Shaji Kumar behind the camera. John Kutty cuts. A long sit — settle in. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Malayalam.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 161 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Shot for just $3.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Made its money back 7.6× over at the box office.
4Released 10 years ago.
5Directed by Vysakh, shot by Shaji Kumar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor John Kutty shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Mohanlal and Jagapati Babu and Lal carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The Wild Hunter".
9IMDB entry: tt5297256 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "sibling relationship", "hunter", "tiger", "fighter".

The technical file

Cinematography: Shaji Kumar
Editing: John Kutty
Costume design: Arun Manohar
Makeup / hair: Saji Koratty
Sound: P. M. Satheesh
Stunt coordinator: Peter Hein
Runtime: 161 min · 2h 41m
Status: Released
Budget: $3,800,000
Box office: $29,000,000
Return: 763% of budget
Original language: ML
IMDB: Pulimurugan (2016)

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What people are saying

Sachio Saibara2016-10-21
★ 10/10
Pulimurugan has lived up to all the expectations. Director Vyshakh has given big hits and some flops, but the new Mohanlal-starrer will be the major highlight of his filmmaking career. Vyshakh, indeed, knows how to exploit Mohanlal’s stardom to hilt. The film has a number of scenes specially designed to enthrall the actor’s fans and make them burst into cheers, claps and whistles. The issue of man-animal conflict lies at the heart of Pulimurugan. It is a simple movie that basically aims to entertain the audience. The movie does not dwell too much on the man-animal conflict and discusses what is right or what is wrong. The story is set in the fictional village called ‘Pulioore’ that share the land with the forest and is prone to attacks from wild animals. Whenever a stray tiger wanders into human habitats and starts killing people, the village turns to Pulimurugan. He is a pro in searching, finding and hunting down a tiger. There is a backstory as to why he started hunting tigers. Pulimurugan’s father got mauled by a tiger in front of his eyes when he was a boy. Later, with the help of his uncle, he kills the man-eating tiger that took his father’s life and continues to do so as a service to his village. Cinemotography has been reached on its perfection with the movies, Shaji has done an amazing creation and it stands out from the history of malayalam movies till date The tiger hunting scenes are brilliantly done and are the best part of this action-adventure. A lot of research and effort have clearly gone into making these scenes and the results outstanding. The high-voltage action is another highlight of the film, courtesy Peter Hein, who has been pushing the envelope in stunt choreography in the country

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