Nivin Pauly who shot to fame with the Tamil remake of the malayalam film Neram has got the best New Year Year gift ever. Nivin has been voted as the Best Debutant in Tamil by Ananda Vikatan, a popular Tamil magazine. The film was directed by Alphonse Puthren. Nazriya Nazim played the female lead in the film. Neram won applauses in both Tamil and Malyalam. Nivin has not only bagged the Best Debut award but he and Nazriya also won the Best Onscreen pair award.