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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.

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.

• 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

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

• Varnam at IMDb