There have been reports in some sections of the internet that an 18 minute footage of Illayathalapathy Vijay s Puli` has been leaked and the story has been revealed that Vijay and Nandita Shwetha are lovers and when Nandita is killed by someone Vijay tries to commit suicide by falling off a cliff, but lands in a strange land in which Sridevi is a queen, Hansika a princess and Shruti Haasan a peasant with Sudeep playing an evil commander.

We contacted director Chimbudevan who rubbished these claims as utterly false and requested fans and viewers not to believe them. Chimbu meanwhile, has joined twitter and has got five thousand followers within a day. That is surely the 'Puli' effect.

Hello friends, i'm happy to be here on twitter :) first of all my sincere thanks to all my industry friends & all my media friends.

— Chimbu Deven (@chimbu_deven) August 17, 2015