Chamaram is a 1980 Malayalam film written by John Paul Puthusery and directed by Bharathan, starring Nedumudi Venu, Zarina Wahab, Prathap Pothan and Ratheesh.

Indu has a love affair with her childhood friend Raviyettan, but due to some problems he marries another woman.

But In the climax, Indhu faces a huge tragedy again; during a college day celebration some issues occur and Vinod dies by an accident.

A popular online portal quoted his words: "The story of my first movie was based on the life that I had experienced in my campus.

Though the script was inspired by the novel written by Balakrishnan Mangad, a large part of the movie was based on my college life.