Puthiya Vaanam

Puthiya Vaanam
Directed by	R. V. Udayakumar
Produced by	G. Thyagarajan V. Thamilazhagan
Written by	R. V. Udayakumar (dialogues)
Screenplay by	R. V. Udayakumar R. M. Veerappan
Story by	Anil Sharma
Starring	Sathyaraj Sivaji Ganesan Rupini Gouthami Vijayakumar Janagaraj Rajesh Kumar Nassar Charle Jaiganesh
Music by	Hamsalekha
Cinematography	Ravi Yadav
Edited by	K. R. Krishnan
Production company	Sathya Movies
Release date	10 December 1988 (1988-12-10)
Running time	150 minutes approximately
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Puthiya Vaanam (New Sky) is a 1988 Tamil crime film directed by R. V. Udayakumar. The film features Sathyaraj, Sivaji Ganesan, Rupini and Gouthami in lead roles. The film, produced by G. Thyagarajan and V. Thamilazhagan, had musical score by Hamsalekha and was released on 10 December 1988. It was also 275th film of Sivaji Ganeshan. The film was named after a song from the film Anbe Vaa (1966). The film was a remake of Hindi film Hukumat.Sathyaraj character name in this film is MGRajarathnam by which he plays tribute to legendary MGR.

In the past, Jeevadurai (Jaiganesh), an honest police officer, was killed by Govindan (Vijayakumar). Thereafter, Rajaratnam (Sathyaraj), Jeevadurai's son, was brought by D.I.G Pandidurai (Sivaji Ganesan). Few years later, Rajaratnam is married to Devaki (Rupini) and they have a son. Like his father, Rajaratnam becomes a police officer. In Shanthi Nagar, Govindan who is now known as Kocha controls the city and the people cannot face him and his henchmen. His adopted father Pandidurai transfers Rajaratnam to Shanthi Nagar.

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Hamsalekha. The soundtrack, released in 1988, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Muthulingam, Gangai Amaran, Ilandevan and R. V. Udayakumar.