Puthiya Mukham
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDiphan
Written byM. Sindhuraj
Produced byAnil Mathew
S. Murugan
StarringPrithviraj
Bala
Priyamani
Meera Nandan
CinematographyBharani K. Dharan
Edited bySamjith Mhd
Music byDeepak Dev
Production
company
Bethestha Productions
Distributed byTime Ads Release
Release date
  • 24 July 2009 (2009-07-24)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Puthiya Mukham (transl. New face) is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Diphan and written by M. Sindhuraj.[1] The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Bala, Priyamani, Meera Nandan and Oviya. It was shot at locations in Kochi, Thrissur, Palakkad, and Malaysia. The film's original background score and the soundtrack were composed by Deepak Dev.

Puthiya Mukham was a major commercial success at the box office and was noted for making Prithviraj a superstar in the Malayalam film industry. It was remade in Kannada as Ziddi, while the film was dubbed in Tamil with the same name and in Telugu as Yama Mudhuru.[2]

Plot

Krishnakumar alias Kichu is a resident of an agraharam in Kalpathy, who pursues a career as a percussionist and teaches the mridangam to local students. Kicha is in love with Sreedevi, who is the daughter of Kichu's family friend and their relationship is supported by both families. Kichu moves to the city of Kochi to enroll in an engineering college. Sudhi is a senior student and the younger brother of gangster brothers Mahi and Giri. Sudhi is a bully who also looks after his brothers' crime dealings. In all his endeavours on the campus, Sudhi is supported by his brothers. Anjana, who is SI Shivaraman's daughter joins the engineering college.

Sudhi is in love with Anjana, where he tries to win her love by concealing and temporarily stopping all his illegal activities. Kichu wins the heart of everyone in the college. Sudhi suspects that Anjana is attracted to Kichu, where he sends his brothers with an official proposal to Anjana's family. They accept the proposal and force the reluctant Anjana to agree. However, Anjana stipulates a condition: there will be no marriage immediately. Sudhi has to wait for 4 years for the marriage and Anjana will have freedom for these 4 years. The freedom of Anjana and the way she exercises it makes Sudhi jealous and suspicious. Sudhi wants to scare Kichu out of the college and arranges an attack on him at the college hostel.

Kichu apparently receives a blow on his head and attacks his own friend who tried to rescue him. Kichu is admitted in a hospital and a doctor reveals that Kichu is suffering from a flashback phenomenon. When Kichu was young, he had witnessed the death of his younger brother, who was hit by a bus and traumatic incidents like this will turn him violent. Following this, Sreedevi's family disapproves of the marriage and his own family does not want him to go to college anymore, but his father urges him to go back and achieve something in life. Kichu arrives back to college where he thrashes up Sudhi and his friends. Sudhi's brothers turn in for help, but Kichu mortally wounds Mahi and sends him in a coma.

Shivaraman, who is in cahoots with Mahi and Giri, arrests Kichu and takes him to the police station. At the station, Kichu learns that he is going to be transported to the sub-jail where his execution is planned. Kichu turns violent and storms the police station, where he is hit by a policeman and apparently falls unconscious, but is only a ruse. Kichu is rushed to the hospital, where he escapes from the police. Sudhi kidnaps Anjana and a final showdown ensues at an abandoned construction site where a heated argument and close-combat ensues which leads to Sudhi's death and Kichu walks away with Anjana, who has now fallen for Kichu.

Cast

Soundtrack

Puthiya Mukham: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album to Puthiya Mukham by
Deepak Dev
Released24 July 2009
Recorded2009
VenueCochin
Studio
  • Lal Media, Cochin
  • Stickers & Crew Films
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length26:30
LanguageMalayalam
LabelSatyam Audios
ProducerComposer: Deepak Dev Lyricist: Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri
Deepak Dev chronology
Sadhu Miranda
(2008)		 Puthiya Mukham: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2009)		 Drona 2010
(2010)
External audio
audio icon Video Song on YouTube
audio icon Audio Jukebox (Satyam Audios) on YouTube
Singles from Puthiya Mukham
  1. "Picha Vacha Naal"
    Released: 24 July 2009
  2. "Kaane Kaane"
    Released: 24 July 2009
  3. "Rahasyamaay"
    Released: 24 July 2009

The score and soundtrack were composed by Deepak Dev with song lyrics by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The album features five tracks released on 24 July 2009 by Satyam Audios.

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kaane Kaane" (Title song)Prithviraj Sukumaran3:20
2."Picha Vacha Naal"Shankar Mahadevan4:31
3."Rahasyamaay"KK, Shilpa Rao5:01
4."Thattum Muttum"Jassie Gift, Sindhu Rajaram, Deepak Dev5:12
5."Yadukula Murali"Dr. Krishna Kumar5:14
6."Sweety Pie Darling"Suvi, Prithviraj3:12
Total length:26:30

Shankar Mahadevan won the Best Singer award for the song "Picha Vecha Naal" at the Annual Malayalam Movie Awards. At the 2009 Asianet Film Awards, Deepak Dev received the Best Music Director Award for his songs in the movie, while Shankar Mahadevan won the Best Male Playback Singer Award for the song "Picha Vecha Naal". The songs were chart toppers on Malayalam television/radio stations.

Reception

Puthiya Mukham received positive reviews from critics.

Critical response

Thomas. T of Nowrunning gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Though Puthiya Mukham has a number of defects, it is high voltage stuff and may appeal to the young generation."[3] Paresh C Palicha of Rediff gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Director Diphan's effort to present a new face of Prithviraj does not work because of the over dependence on violence."[4]

Indiaglitz wrote "Go and watch Puthiya Mukham with confidence, if you are the admirer of high voltage action thrillers."[5] Unni of Kerala9 gave a verdict that the film is "For Young blood!" and wrote "Puthiya Mukham’ is an out and out action flick, made to exploit and boost the star image of Prithviraj."[6]

Box office

The film became a commercial success at the box office and also heightened Prithviraj to superstardom.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Prithviraj is back with Puthiya Mugham". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Puthiya Mukham review. Puthiya Mukham Malayalam movie review, story, rating".
  3. ↑ "Puthiya Mugham Review | Puthiya Mugham Malayalam Movie Review by Thomas T". 27 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Puthiya Mukham: Violence doesn't work".
  5. ↑ "Puthiya Mukham Review". Indiaglitz.
  6. ↑ "Puthiya Mukham Review". Kerala9. 24 July 2009.
  7. ↑ Moviebuzz (2 January 2010). "2009- A Flashback!". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016.
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