Murugan decides to kill Daddy, and ensue a battle with the assassins. He ambushes Balaraman and villager Poongayi Sasi, he take Balaraman and sent Sasi back with severe injuries. He assemble a group of henchmen and trained assassins. It is revealed that the hooded stranger is Daddy, came to seek revenge for his son’s death. Police ambush Daddy, but he manages to escape. Murugan rescues Manikuttan, but in the tussle, Shiva is accidentally killed by Murugan. Manikuttan is caught by Shiva in the middle of extracting evidences of their activities, he tortures him. He co-operates with police to rat on Daddy. In an encounter with Zachariya, Murugan learns that Daddy is illegal producing Hash oil and exporting under the cover-up of the pharmacy, where Manikuttan is working. Meanwhile, more people are killed by tiger at Puliyoor. Murugan impresses Daddy and earns his trust by helping in his business activities. He delivers the Ganja and Manikuttan get the job he was offered. Murugan with his family escapes to Mangalore in the transport, and manages to escape from police. A team lead by Zachariya arrives at Murugan’s home. And deceive him that the police are in pursuit to arrest him for the tiger killing. Shiva offer Murugan hideout in Kasaragod under Daddy’s protection. Seeing a possibility of leaking the information, they are forced to transport it overnight. Shiva and Benny gets informed that a confidant of Ramaiya is in police custody. The Ganja is loaded in Murugan’s lorry for transporting to Mangalore. Meanwhile, ACP Iyep Zachariah arrives at Puliyoor, apparently for Murugan. against Murugan, who is forced to go hideout. Taking advantage on the present scenario, he prepare to file a self-witness F. He had once tried to molest Myna, but failed, only to get threatened by Murugan. is assigned, who has a grudge against Murugan from four years back.
The forest officials have found the killed tiger’s carcass at Thookupara, a violation of Indian Wildlife Protection Act, a non-bailable offense. Meanwhile, Manikuttan returns home after his final examinations. Just after, they encounter a tiger on their way back, but is saved by Murugan, killing it with his rope dart and vel. They make a contract with Ramaiya, an illegal Ganja dealer in the forest. If the medical research succeed, Manikuttan is offered a job in the company, so Balaraman helps them. For that, they need ganja (marijuana) from the forest. Shiva’s father, Daddy Girija, has an ayurvedic company, Girija Pharmaceuticals and Medical Research, which is developing a pharmaceutical drug to treat cancer. Kadutha narrates the events that lead to the circumstance, which starts with two of Manikuttan’s friends-Benny and Shiva arriving at Puliyoor, sent by Manikuttan to see Balaraman.
But, Murugan has been away from Puliyoor for days and many have been killed by the tigers. One day, Kadutha, the village chief meets a hooded stranger in the village, who asks the whereabouts of Murugan for a hunting assignment. Manikuttan is about to finish his MBA graduation in Mangalore. He is too much obsessive with his brother, willing to do anything for him. Murugan also has a helping behavior, as he is grateful to the villagers who cared about him after his parents death. He has his own methods developed from his young age, that aid him in killing. His main weapons are a vel (a kind of spear) and a rope dart. Acknowledging his skills in hunting “Varayan Puli”, the villagers call him Pulimurugan (Leopard-Murugan). He hunts down and kills rogue tigers whenever they invade the village. Years later, Murugan is now a lorry driver, has married Myna (Kamalini Mukherjee), and has a daughter, Chakki. In vengeance, Murugan traps the predator with the help of his uncle Balaraman and kills it. Soon after, he lost his father in a tiger attack. Murugan lost his mother in childhood after his brother Manikuttan was born. The villagers call these predators Varayan Puli (Striped Leopard). The village is vulnerable to man-eating tigers and often results in human–wildlife conflict. Murugan (Mohanlal) lives in Puliyoor, a small village inside the forest. The score and soundtrack are composed by Gopi Sunder, while cinematography is handled by Shaji Kumar. The film is produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam of Mulakuppadam Films. It is the first independent screenplay by Udayakrishna of the Udayakrishna and Siby K. Pulimurugan (English: Tiger-Murugan) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action adventure film directed by Vysakh, starring Mohanlal in the titular role, and co-stars Kamalini Mukherjee, Jagapati Babu, Lal, Vinu Mohan, and Bala.