{{other uses|Paayum Puli (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Paayum Puli | image = | caption = | director = Mohan Kupleri | producer = | writer = Biju Devassi | starring = Kalabhavan Mani<br>Rambha | narrator = | music = {{Unbulleted_list|Mohan Sithara|Girish Puthenchery|Rajeev Alunkal}} |cinematography = Sree Shankar | editing = Pc Mohanan | studio = Kingdom Movies | released = {{Film date|2007|04|10|df=y}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Malayalam | budget = | gross = }} '''''Paayum Puli''''' ({{translation|''Pouncing Tiger''}}) is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Mohan Kupleri, starring Kalabhavan Mani and Rambha.<ref>{{Cite web |title=പായും പുലി (2007) |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?5848 |access-date=11 March 2011 |website=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref>
== Plot == {{No plot|date=September 2022}}
== Cast == {{colbegin}} * Kalabhavan Mani as Saravanan * Rambha as Mallika * Sai Kumar as Josettan alias Jose * Jagathy Sreekumar as Thankappan * Jagadish as SI Sreenivasan * Shobha Mohan as Ravishankar's mother * Sukumari as Malli's grandmother * Ambika Mohan as Susie, Nainan Finance MD * Rajesh Hebbar as Rajan Menon * Nimisha Suresh as Maya, Malli's sister * Chandra Lakshman as Moosa Bhai's daughter * TG Ravi as Moosa Bhai * Riyaz Khan as Issac John * Bheeman Raghu as ACP Ramanathan IPS * Ponnambalam as Pandian * Sadiq as Advocate Subhash * Anand as Ravishankar * Jagannatha Varma as Warrier, Malli's grandfather * Salim Kumar as Mujeeb Rahman * Majeed as Ex MLA Mathai * Munshi Venu as Old man at Mucheetkali * Nisha Sarang as Rukmini * Gayathri as Ramanathan's wife {{colend}}
==Reception== ''Sify'' wrote, "''Payum Puli'' is racy and has enough masalas to please the common man who is looking for time pass entertainment".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Payum Puli |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/payum-puli-review-malayalam-14416078.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150101100024/http://www.sify.com/movies/payum-puli-review-malayalam-14416078.html |archive-date=1 January 2015 |access-date=11 March 2011 |website=Sify}}</ref>
==Soundtrack== The music was composed by Mohan Sithara and lyrics was written by Girish Puthenchery and Rajeev Alunkal.
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:2007 films Category:2007 Malayalam-language films Category:Indian action comedy films Category:Films shot in Kozhikode Category:Films directed by Mohan Kupleri Category:2007 action comedy films Category:Fictional portrayals of the Kerala Police