In what ended up being a dampner for Vijay fans, the star's latest movie Puli faced a challenge on Thursday morning as the release of the move was delayed.

Just yesterday, there were IT raids conducted across several cities in south India ahead of the release of the movie. IT officials suspected that illegal transactions were being made ahead of the film's release. Houses and officers of Vijay, Nayanthara and Samantha were raided, along with those of the director and producer of Puli.

The release of Puli was delayed due to last minute payment issues. Due to IT raids bank accounts were frozen and transactions were stopped. It being said that Vijay himself had to step in to resolve the matter.  

Even though all the morning shows were cancelled, Puli has finally released in all Tamil Nadu theatres at noon.

#PuliVendhan - This character will go down as one of vijay's best! His way of portrayal was just perfection! Goosebumps all the way! #Puli

— Vikram Vj (@VikramVjFan) October 1, 2015