Puthiya Velicham

1979 Indian film
  • 12 October 1979 (1979-10-12)
CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Puthiya Velicham (transl. 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.[1]

Plot

Cast

  • 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

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Salil Chowdhury, with lyrics by Sreekumaran Thampi.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Vijayakumar, B. (16 March 2015). "Puthiya Velicham: 1979". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ "പുതിയ വെളിച്ചം (1979)". malayalasangeetham.info (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Sreekumaran Thampi to get 25th J C Daniel award". Deccan Chronicle. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  • Puthiya Velicham at IMDb