Varnam (English: Colour) is a 1989 Malayalam-language psychological drama film starting Jayaram and Suresh Gopi. As the directorial debut of film director Ashokan, the film received critical acclaim and was well received.
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Plot
Haridas moves to the city after his twin sister's death. Still struggling to keep his past, he meets and falls in love with Ammu, the daughter of Major M.K. Nair. He learns that a local politician has cheated him out of a job with Manu, his classmate from college, and also suspects he killed his sister.
Cast
Jayaram as Haridas
Suresh Gopi as Manu Vishwanath
Ranjini as Ammu
Thilakan as Major M. K. Nair
Meena as Major's Wife
Jagathi Sreekumar as Venkidy
Parvathy Jayaram as Revathy
Innocent as Varadan Pillai
Mukesh as Gopan (cameo appearance)
Mamukkoya as himself (cameo appearance)
M. G. Soman as Manu's Brother
Usha as Ammu's Friend
Krishnan Kutty Nair as K. Purushothaman
N. L. Balakrishnan as Unni
Trivia
Though a tragedy at the end, this film contains many comedy sequences that the audience have taken to heart, involving Jagathi Sreekumar and N. L. Balakrishnan. Deserving special mention is the one in which Mamukkoya who plays himself is thought to be dead by Haridas and Venkidy and entrusted to be buried clandestinely by the ruffian Varadan Pillai, who gets the shock of his life when Mamukkoya comes to his senses and walks aways at the last moment.
Soundtrack
All songs are written by K. Jayakumar.
"Dala Marmaram (female)" - KS Chithra, Chorus
"Olavaalan" - MG Sreekumar
"Neru Neru" - CO Anto, Krishnachandran
"Dala Marmaram (male)" - MG Sreekumar
"Kripaya Paalaya" - MG Sreekumar