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{{Short description|2016 film by A. K. Sajan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Puthiya Niyamam
| image = Puthiya Niyamam Malayalam film poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[A. K. Sajan]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* Geo Abraham
* P. Venugopal
}}
| writer = [[A. K. Sajan]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mammootty]]
* [[Nayanthara]]
* [[Sheelu Abraham]]
* [[Roshan Mathew]]
}}
| music = {{Plainlist|
* '''Score:'''
* [[Gopi Sundar]]
* '''Songs:'''
* Vinu Thomas
}}
| cinematography = [[Roby Varghese Raj]]
| editing = [[Vivek Harshan]]
| studio = Abaam Movies<br>VG Films International
| distributor = Alabama Movies
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2016|02|12}}
| runtime = 132 minutes<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/puthiya-niyamam-film | title=''PUTHIYA NIYAMAM'' (15) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=2 March 2016 | accessdate=10 March 2016}}</ref>
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| gross = {{Estimation}}{{INR}}81.20 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kerala-box-office-here-collection-report-king-liar-kali-vettah-paavada-puthiya-673652|title=Kerala box office: Here is the collection report of 'King Liar,' 'Kali,' 'Vettah,' 'Paavada,' 'Puthiya Niyamam |author=Anu James|agency=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Puthiya Niyamam''''' ({{Translation}} New Law) is a 2016 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[crime drama film]] written and directed by [[A. K. Sajan]].<ref name="OView">
* {{cite news|title=Mammootty to teach ‘new law’ |url=http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=68212 |work=[[Kerala Kaumudi]] |date=23 August 2015 |accessdate=27 October 2015}}
* {{cite news|title=Nayanthara to play Mammootty's heroine once again? |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/nayanthara-to-play-mammootty-s-heroine-once-again-news-malayalam-phuiXDbgbaefb.html |work=[[Sify]] |date=20 July 2015 |accessdate=14 November 2015}}
* {{cite news|title=Mammootty And Nayantara To Bring Inter-Caste Marriages Next Onscreen |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mammootty-nayantara-bring-inter-caste-marriages-next-onscreen-639935 |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=21 July 2015 |accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> The film stars [[Mammootty]] and [[Nayantara]] in the lead roles, along with Baby Ananya, [[Sheelu Abraham]], [[S. N. Swamy]], [[Rachana Narayanankutty]], [[Roshan Mathew]], Anil K. Reji, [[Sendrayan]], and [[Aju Varghese]] in supporting roles. The film was released on 12 February 2016.<ref name="Anu James">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kerala-box-office-here-collection-report-king-liar-kali-vettah-paavada-puthiya-673652|title=Kerala box office: Here is the collection report of 'King Liar,' 'Kali,' 'Vettah,' 'Paavada,' 'Puthiya Niyamam'|date=6 April 2016|access-date=6 April 2016|author=Anu James|agency=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref> Nayantara won [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam]] for her performance in the movie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-64th-jio-filmfare-awards-south-21594.html|title=Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards (South)|website=filmfare.com}}</ref>

The film explores the drug fueled crimes and consumption of substances like [[marijuana]] and [[LSD]] by the youth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.ibtimes.co.in/puthiya-niyamam-review-roundup-critics-call-mammootty-starrer-convincing-thriller-666743|title='Puthiya Niyamam' review roundup: Critics call Mammootty starrer a convincing thriller|date=12 February 2016|access-date=19 February 2016|author=Anu James|agency=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref> The film was dubbed into Tamil and Telugu as the title ''Vasuki''.

==Plot==

Louis Pothen ([[Mammootty]]) is a popular part-time television film critic, an artist, and a divorce lawyer who also participates in a live TV channel named "Kathrika". His wife Vasuki Iyer ([[Nayanthara]]) is a [[Kathakali]] artist, and they live together along with their school going daughter Chintha. They live away from their parents since their marriage was an inter-religious one.

One day, Vasuki is raped by her two neighbors, Aryan and Sudeep, who are engineering students (who were like her own brothers), and Pachai, a man who irons clothes at her building. Vasuki goes into shock after the rape. She does not confide in anyone and becomes withdrawn. Her demeanour changes as she becomes irritable and lax in her household work. She even contemplates suicide, but better sense prevails when she realizes that it is her rapists who should die and not her. After a Kathakali performance, she is complimented by Jeena Bhai, the new police commissioner. Vasuki finds Jeena's phone number from Louis's mobile and calls her and narrates her ordeal. Jeena Bhai's telephonic assistance helps her kills her rapists one by one. After the deed is done, Jeena tells Vasuki that their brief friendship over the phone was over and Vasuki should never contact her again.

It is later revealed that Louis was informed by Swami, a resident of a neighboring apartment building, of his wife being raped. Swami had witnessed Vasuki being raped from his house but was old and too far away to help. He informs Louis about what he saw. Louis, through a mobile software (which can transform a male voice to a female voice), mimics Jeena and guides Vasuki to murder her rapists. He realizes that this was the only way that she would get absolution. Louis never reveals the truth to Vasuki and decides to keep it as a secret so that they could lead a happy married life.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Mammootty]] as Adv. Louis Pothen
* [[Nayanthara]] as Vasuki Iyer Pothen
* Baby Ananya as Chintha
* [[Sheelu Abraham]] as DCP Jeena Bhai
* [[S. N. Swamy]] as Swami
* [[Rachana Narayanankutty]] as Kani
* [[Roshan Mathew]] as Aryan
*Anil K. Reji as Sudeep
* [[Sendrayan]] as Panchabhasmam (Pachai)
* [[Aju Varghese]] as Romanch
* [[Sreelatha Namboothiri]] as Pavel Ammachi
* [[Sadiq]] as Dayanandan Mash
* [[Ponnamma Babu]] as Anuradha
* [[Sohan Seenulal]] as Asst. Adv. Baburaj
* [[Jennifer Antony]] as Kshemettathi
* [[Pradeep Kottayam]] as Thalathil Sreenivasan
*Aniyappan as Sura
{{colend}}

==Production==

===Development===
In July 2015, it was reported that [[Mammootty]] and [[Nayanthara]] would play an inter-caste couple in [[A. K. Sajan]]'s forthcoming film. The film was reported to be initially planned with [[Suresh Gopi]] in the lead. It was also reported that Sajan initially wrote the script with [[Renji Panicker]] in mind for the lead role, with [[Muthumani]] as heroine. But after hearing the script, Renji noted that the script demands a "larger scale" production and suggested Mammootty for the lead role. As per Ranji's suggestion when Sajan approached Mammootty, the offer was immediately accepted by him.<ref name="OView"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2015/when-mammootty-replaced-renji-panicker-204822.html|title=When Mammootty Replaced Renji Panicker!|website=www.filmibeat.com|accessdate=22 December 2015|date=11 November 2015}}</ref> Regarding the characters, [[A. K. Sajan]] says, "Mammootty's character in the film, Louis Pothen, almost mirrors his real life personality. He's an easy-going lawyer, who is also a film critic and has a socialist leaning. However, [[Nayanthara]]'s character Vasuki is diametrically opposite."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Nayan-breaks-her-rule-for-Mammootty-film/articleshow/49076871.cms |title=Nayan breaks her rule for Mammootty film |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=24 September 2015 |accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref>

===Filming and post-production===
[[Principal photography]] commenced on 21 August.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/mammoottys-new-film-started-rolling/111807/story.htm |title=Mammootty's new film started rolling |work=NowRunning |date=24 August 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nayan’s Onam! Not a part of GV Prakash project! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/nayan-s-onam-not-a-part-of-gv-prakash-project-news-malayalam-pi2rT4jbcahjb.html |work=[[Sify]] |date=28 August 2015 |accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> The film was initially titled ''Solomonte Koodaram'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/mammootty-and-nayanthara-in-solomonte-koodaram-news-malayalam-pitkkKjaccbgh.html |title=Mammootty and Nayanthara in 'Solomonte Koodaram' |work=[[Sify]] |date=18 August 2015|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> but later changed to ''Puthiya Niyamam''.<ref name="FLPPN">{{cite news|title=Mammootty-Nayantara film's poster out; AK Sajan directorial titled 'Puthiya Niyamam' |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mammootty-nayantara-films-first-look-out-ak-sajan-directorial-titled-puthiya-niyamam-photo-652159 |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=27 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="NSLKPN">{{cite news |url=http://mediaonetv.in/സോളമന്റെ-കൂടാരമല്ലപുത/ |title=സോളമന്റെ കൂടാരമല്ല, പുതിയ നിയമം |work=[[Madhyamam]] |date=25 August 2015 |accessdate=14 November 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825195642/http://mediaonetv.in/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A4/ |archivedate=25 August 2015 |language=Malayalam}}</ref> The title was revealed through its first look poster on 27 October 2015.<ref name="FLPPN"/> The filming was completed by October 2015 in Ernakulam and Thrissur.<ref name="NSLKPN" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/puthiya-niyamam-shoot-wrapped-up/114157/story.htm |title='Puthiya Niyamam' shoot wrapped up |work=NowRunning|date=30 October 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2015}}</ref>

The costumes that Mammootty's character Louis Pothen has to don in film were purchased from Dubai by Mammootty himself. [[Roby Varghese Raj]] who was an assistant of cinematographers [[Rajeev Menon]] and [[Jomon T. John]] debuted as an independent cinematographer in the film.

Editing was done at the residence of [[Vivek Harshan]] in Chennai. Harshan, the [[National Film Award for Best Editing|National Award]]-winning film editor, was in commitment for six films simultaneously and edited ''Puthiya Niyamam'' at the insistence of director Sajan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/interview/a-k-sajan-abou-puthiya-niyamam.html|title=ചെറുപ്പത്തെ പേടിക്കേണ്ടതില്ല| date=6 February 2016|access-date=13 February 2016|agency=[[Malayala Manorama]]|author=റോബിൻ ടി. വർഗീസ്}}</ref> The post-production works including Mammootty's dubbing were completed in December. However, Nayanthara was unimpressed with the dubbing of her character and expressed her desire to dub for herself.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Nayanthara-to-lend-her-voice-for-her-next-Malayalam-film/articleshow/50547012.cms|author=Sanjith Sidhardhan|date=13 January 2016|access-date=18 January 2016|agency=[[The Times of India]]|title=Nayanthara to lend her voice for her next Malayalam film?}}</ref> As it would be her debut dubbing in Malayalam language, a dubbing trial was conducted in Chennai in mid-January 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2016/nayantara-to-make-dubbing-debut-with-puthiya-niyamam-211730.html|title=Nayantara To Make Dubbing Debut With Puthiya Niyamam|date=14 January 2016|access-date=19 February 2016|agency=[[Filmibeat]]|author=Akhila Menon}}</ref>

===Music===
The film consists of two songs composed by Gopi Sunder and Vinu Thomas. But shows only one song in the film.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/Mammootty-Nayantara-movie-to-have-two-songs/articleshow/49996009.cms|title= Mammootty-Nayantara movie to have two songs|date=1 December 2015|access-date=9 February 2016|agency=[[The Times of India]]|author=Anjana George}}</ref>

==Box office==
Puthiya Niyamam has reportedly collected {{INR Convert|8.12|c}} and completed more than 7,000 shows in Kerala box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kerala-box-office-here-collection-report-king-liar-kali-vettah-paavada-puthiya-673652|title=Kerala box office: Here is the collection report of 'King Liar,' 'Kali,' 'Vettah,' 'Paavada,' 'Puthiya Niyamam'|date=6 April 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|author=Anu James|agency=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mollywood-2016-3-hits-1-flop-heres-how-mammoottys-films-performed-this-year-709486|title=Mollywood 2016|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=29 December 2016}}</ref> The film grossed {{INR Convert|14.33|l}} after 2 weekends at US box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-overseas/neerja-continues-its-phenomenal-run/|title=Neerja continues its phenomenal run|date=29 February 2016|access-date=29 February 2016|agency=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref>

==Critical reception==

Sanjith Sidhardhan of [[The Times of India]] rated the film 3 out of 5 concluding, "Puthiya Niyamam is an intense tale elevated by the screen presence of its protagonists. It has a fresh take on certain aspects and is worth a one-time watch."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/Puthiya-Niyamam/movie-review/50982775.cms|title=Puthiya Niyamam|date=14 February 2015|access-date=20 February 2015|agency=[[The Times of India]]|author=Sanjith Sidhardhan}}</ref> Rating 3.5 out of 5, Akhila Menon of [[Filmibeat]] called the film "a perfect thriller" and appreciated Mammootty and Nayantara for their performance and "exceptional" screen chemistry, A. K Sajan for his direction and "brilliantly-written" script and Gopi Sundar for his "extraordinary" background score. The critic said, "The movie is engaging from the beginning till the end, even though most of the scenes are restricted to the lead characters."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/reviews/2016/puthiya-niyamam-movie-review-215450.html |title= Puthiya Niyamam Movie Review: Crime Meets Family! |date=12 February 2015|access-date=20 February 2015|agency=[[Filmibeat]]|author=Akhila Menon}}</ref> Anu James of [[International Business Times]] also gave a rating of 3.5 in a scale of 5, saying "With thrilling moments accompanied by right amount of comedy, AK Sajan's scripting in "Puthiya Niyamam" makes the movie interesting and thought provoking," and noted Nayanthara's performance as her "career-best".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.ibtimes.co.in/puthiya-niyamam-review-nayantara-mammootty-starrer-urges-women-speak-out-against-social-evils-666854|title='Puthiya Niyamam' review: Nayantara-Mammootty starrer urges women to speak out against social evils|date=13 February 2015|access-date=20 February 2015|agency=IB Times|author=Anu James}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|5323568}}
* {{facebook|PuthiyaNiyamam.Movie/}}

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[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2016 crime thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]
[[Category:Films about rape in India]]
[[Category:Films about drugs]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. K. Sajan]]

Puthiya Niyamam - Revision history

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