Thampu is a 1978 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Govindan Aravindan. Bharath Gopi, Nedumudi Venu, V. K. Sreeraman, Jalaja and the artistes of the Great Chitra Circus form the cast. The film deals with the roving street circus of Kerala. It is shot in black and white in a direct documentary mode.

Plot

The arrival of a travelling circus troupe causes ripples in the idyllic existence of a village on the banks of a river, which is the setting for Aravindan Govindan's poetic, allegorical film Thamp. Through these ripples, the film explores the transience of human relationships and the rootlessness of the marginalised.