Puthiya Velicham
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{{Infobox film
| name = Puthiya Velicham
| image = Puthiya Velicham.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Sreekumaran Thampi
| screenplay = Sreekumaran Thampi
| producer = S. Kumar
| starring = Jayan
Jayabharathi
Srividya
Jagathy Sreekumar
| cinematography = N. A. Thara
| editing = K. Narayanan
| music = Salil Chowdhury
| studio = Sastha Productions
| released = {{Film date|1979|10|12|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}
Puthiya Velicham ({{Translation|New light}}) is a 1979 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Sreekumaran Thampi and produced by S. Kumar. The film stars Jayan, Jayabharathi, Srividya and Jagathy Sreekumar. It is a remake of the Hindi film Phool Aur Patthar.{{Cite news |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=16 March 2015 |title=Puthiya Velicham: 1979 |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/puthiya-velicham-1979/article6996857.ece |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424070642/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/puthiya-velicham-1979/article6996857.ece |archive-date=24 April 2021}}
Plot
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Cast
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- Jayan as Venu
- Jose Prakash as John
- Jayabharathi as Lilli
- Srividya as Lakshmi
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Parippi vada
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Lohithakshan Bagavathar
- Janardhanan
- Hari as Inspector Viswambaran
- Sankaradi as Panikkar
- Philomina as Althara Amma
- Lissy
- Sreelatha Namboothiri as Sindhu Bhairavi
- Meena
- Poojappura Ravi as Vaidhyar Keshavan Nair
- Master Raghu as Kochu Govindhan
- Usha Kumari as Dancer
- Jayamalini as Dancer
- Javadevi as Dancer
- Arur Sathyan
- Vijayaraj
- Jaggu
- Haripad Soman
- Aravindhakshan
- Gandhikuttan
- Sethu
- Radhakrishnan
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Soundtrack
The music was composed by Salil Chowdhury, with lyrics by Sreekumaran Thampi.{{Cite web |title=പുതിയ വെളിച്ചം (1979) |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2376 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517003009/https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2376 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |language=ml}}
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| Song || Singers | |
|---|---|
| "Aaraattukadavil" | P. Jayachandran |
| "Aararo Swapnajaalakam" | Ambili |
| "Chuvannapattum Thettippoovum" | P. Susheela, Chorus |
| "Jil Jil Jil Chilambanangi" | P. Susheela, P. Jayachandran |
| "Manasse Nin Ponnambalam" | S. Janaki |
| "Poovirinjallo" | K. J. Yesudas |
Box office
The film was commercial success.{{Cite web |date=29 May 2018 |title=Sreekumaran Thampi to get 25th J C Daniel award |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290318/sreekumaran-thampi-to-get-25th-j-c-daniel-award.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200458/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290318/sreekumaran-thampi-to-get-25th-j-c-daniel-award.html |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=19 June 2021 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}
References
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