 It was produced by Singanamala Ramesh on a 400 million budget and was distributed Geetha Arts.The film was released on 10 September.The film was originally titled "Komaram Puli" but was renamed as "Puli" on the second day of release, following objections by Komaram Sony Rao, grandson of the tribal legend Komaram Bheem, from whose name the title of the movie was taken.