Puthiya Velicham

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]

Puthiya Velicham
Poster
Directed by	Sreekumaran Thampi
Screenplay by	Sreekumaran Thampi
Produced by	S. Kumar
Starring	Jayan Jayabharathi Srividya Jagathy Sreekumar
Cinematography	N. A. Thara
Edited by	K. Narayanan
Music by	Salil Chowdhury
Production company	Sastha Productions
Release date	12 October 1979 (1979-10-12)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

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]