Putham Pudhu Kaalai (Eng: A brand new dawn) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language anthology film, consisting of five short film segments, directed by Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Maniratnam, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj. The film features an ensemble cast of Jayaram, Urvashi, Kalidas Jayaram, Kalyani Priyadarshan, M. S. Bhaskar, Ritu Varma, Shruti Haasan, Suhasini Maniratnam, Anu Hasan, Kathadi Ramamurthy, Komalam Charuhasan, Andrea Jeremiah, Gurucharan C, Leela Samson, Bobby Simha, Sharath Ravi and K. Muthukumar among others. The film was entirely shot during the COVID-19 pandemic in India and was set against the backdrop of the country’s 21-day lockdown in March 2020. The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on 16 October 2020.
Directed by Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Rajiv Menon, Karthik Subbaraj
Written by Francis Thomas, Shruti Ramachandran, Reshma Ghatala, Mani Ratnam, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Rajiv Menon, Adhithya KR, Krishnaswamy Ramkumar, Karthik Subbaraj
Starring Jayaram, Urvashi, Kalidas Jayaram, Kalyani Priyadarshan, M. S. Bhaskar, Ritu Varma, Shruti Haasan, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Anu Hasan, Kathadi Ramamurthy, Komalam Charuhasan, Andrea Jeremiah, Gurucharan C, Leela Samson, Bobby Simha, Sharath Ravi, K. Muthukumar
Music by Score: G. V. Prakash Kumar, Govind Vasantha, Satish Raghunathan, Nivas K. Prasanna
Songs: G. V. Prakash Kumar, Govind Vasantha
Cinematography Niketh Bommi, P. C. Sreeram, Selvakumar S. K., Rajiv Menon, P.B. Shreyaas Krishna
Edited by E. Sangathamizhan, Anthony, A. Sreekar Prasad, T. S. Suresh, Vivek Harshan
Production Meenakshi Cinemas, Lion Tooth Studios, Madras Talkies, Rajiv Menon Productions, Stone Bench
Distributed by Amazon Prime Video
Release date 16 October 2020
Country India
Language Tamil