{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Puthiya Velicham | image = Puthiya Velicham.jpg | caption = Poster | director = [[Sreekumaran Thampi]] | screenplay = Sreekumaran Thampi | producer = [[S. Kumar]] | starring = [[Jayan]]<br />[[Jayabharathi]]<br />[[Srividya]]<br />[[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]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Plot == {{no plot|date=September 2022}}
== Cast == {{colbegin}} * [[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 (actor)|Hari]] as Inspector Viswambaran * [[Sankaradi]] as Panikkar * [[Philomina]] as Althara Amma * Lissy * [[Sreelatha Namboothiri]] as Sindhu Bhairavi * [[Meena (Malayalam actress)|Meena]] * [[Poojappura Ravi]] as Vaidhyar Keshavan Nair * [[Karan (actor)|Master Raghu]] as Kochu Govindhan * [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala|Usha Kumari]] as Dancer * [[Jayamalini]] as Dancer * Javadevi as Dancer * Arur Sathyan * Vijayaraj * Jaggu * Haripad Soman * Aravindhakshan * Gandhikuttan * Sethu * Radhakrishnan {{colend}}
== Soundtrack == The music was composed by [[Salil Chowdhury]], with lyrics by [[Sreekumaran Thampi]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0326029}}
[[Category:1979 Malayalam-language films]] [[Category:1979 Indian films]] [[Category:1979 films]] [[Category:Films directed by Sreekumaran Thampi]] [[Category:Films scored by Salil Chowdhury]] [[Category:Malayalam remakes of Hindi films]]