Serving his second sentence in a central jail, Stephen finds himself in a dangerous situation when old enemies from his first term return to settle scores.
Acting
Dev Mohan's contained desperation — says everything with his eyes
Direction
Jiju Asokan turns cramped jail corridors into psychological battlegrounds
Director
Jiju Asokan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pulli (meaning 'tiger' or 'mark/scar') refers both to prison tattoos and the permanent marks incarceration leaves — the title works on three levels.
Shot in real central jail locations, the film sparked debate about Malayalam cinema's fascination with prison survival narratives. The 150-minute runtime deliberately mirrors the suffocating endlessness of a sentence.
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