Puthiya Niyamam

Puthiya Niyamam
Film poster
Directed byA. K. Sajan
Written byA. K. Sajan
Produced by
  • Geo Abraham
  • P. Venugopal
Starring
CinematographyRoby Varghese Raj
Edited byVivek Harshan
Music by
Production
companies
Abaam Movies
VG Films International
Distributed byAlabama Movies
Release date
  • 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
Running time
132 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box officeest. ₹8 crore[2]

Puthiya Niyamam (transl. New Law) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film written and directed by A. K. Sajan.[3] The film stars Mammootty and Nayanthara in the lead roles along with Baby Ananya, Sheelu Abraham, Rachana Narayanankutty, S. N. Swamy, Roshan Mathew, Anil K. Reji, Sendrayan, and Aju Varghese in supporting roles. It was released on 12 February 2016.[4] Nayantara won Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam for her performance in the movie.[5]

The film explores the drug-fueled crimes and consumption of substances, like marijuana and LSD, by the youth.[6] It was dubbed into Tamil and Telugu under the title Vasuki. The film was remade in Kannada as Purushothama (2022).

  1. ^ "PUTHIYA NIYAMAM (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. ^ Anu James (6 April 2016). "Kerala box office: Here is the collection report of 'King Liar,' 'Kali,' 'Vettah,' 'Paavada,' 'Puthiya Niyamam". International Business Times. International Business Times.
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  4. ^ Anu James (6 April 2016). "Kerala box office: Here is the collection report of 'King Liar,' 'Kali,' 'Vettah,' 'Paavada,' 'Puthiya Niyamam'". International Business Times. International Business Times. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards (South)". filmfare.com.
  6. ^ Anu James (12 February 2016). "'Puthiya Niyamam' review roundup: Critics call Mammootty starrer a convincing thriller". International Business Times. International Business Times. Retrieved 19 February 2016.