Chidambaram is based on a short story by noted Malayalam writer C. V. Shriraman. The film is a deeply symbolic exploration of the man-woman attraction leading to betrayal and eventually to the purgatory of guilt.

Smita Patil
as Shivagami

Sreenivasan
as Muniyandi

Gopi
as Mohandas

Murali
as Cheriyan

Nedumudi Venu
as Self

Innocent
as Self

James Chacko
as Johnson

Dr. Mohandas
as Jacob

Chandran Nair
as

Aanikkadu
as