Chamaram

Chamaram
Movie poster
Directed byBharathan
Screenplay byJohn Paul
Story byBalakrishnan Mangad
StarringNedumudi Venu
Zarina Wahab
Prathap Pothan
Ratheesh
CinematographyRamachandra Babu
Edited bySuresh
Music byM. G. Radhakrishnan, Raveendran
(Background Score - Johnson)
Production
company
Jagan Pictures
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release date
  • 19 September 1980 (1980-09-19)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Chamaram is a 1980 Malayalam film written by John Paul Puthusery and directed by Bharathan, starring Nedumudi Venu, Zarina Wahab, Prathap Pothan and Ratheesh. The story is about the tumultuous affair between a student and his college lecturer, an uncommon type of love story in Indian Cinema. This film has the evergreen song "Nadha Nee Varum Kalocha Kelkkuvan", sung by S. Janaki. Chamaram considered one of the landmark movies in Malayalam film history. The film broke all conventional concepts and moral equations in love. The film become a trend in 1980s campus as well as youth. Chamaram is one of the evergreen campus movies in Malayalam cinema. C.M.S. College was the location of Chamaram.