Both Venu and Nandini are the kind of parents who use their son as a trophy to show off to the neighbors in their colony. Venu himself admits through the movie that most of the success was earned through crooked ways. Venu opens his own finance firm under the name Anand Finance, which becomes one of the most successful firms of its kind within a short span. Venu (Mammootty) has just returned to Kerala after a long duration of work in the Gulf and has settled down in his hometown with his beautiful wife Nandini (Asha Sarath) and only teenage son Anand (Master Nabeesh). The theme of Varsham film revolves around a father whose attitude and way of life changes completely with one single incident.
This film has been recognized as one of the best films of Ranjith Sankar till date. The lead characters in Varsham have been portrayed by Mammootty and Asha Sarath, with Mamta Mohandas also in a very prominent role. Ranjith Sankar has also produced the film along with actor Mammootty. The film has been directed by well-known director Ranjith Sankar, who is also the script writer for the film. Varsham is one of the latest Malayalam movie which hit the theatres on 6th November 2014.