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{{Infobox film
| name = Jalamarmaram
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]
| producer = Radhika Suresh Gopi<br />Latha Kurian Rajeev
| writer =
| screenplay = [[B. Unnikrishnan]]<br />T. K. Rajeev Kumar
| starring = [[P. Balachandran]]<br />Aswin Thampy
| music = [[Sharreth]]
| cinematography = [[Ravi Varman]]
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
| studio = Blue Mermaid Pictures Co.
| distributor =
| released = 1999
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget = {{INR}}8 [[lakh]]<ref name=cost/>
}}
'''''Jalamarmaram''''' ({{Literal translation|Mermaid}}) is a 1999 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language drama film directed by [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]] and co-written with [[B. Unnikrishnan]]. The cast includes [[P. Balachandran]] and Aswin Thampy in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=3219|title=Jalamarmaram|access-date=2014-11-04|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.msidb.org/m.php?5099|title=Jalamarmaram|access-date=2014-11-04|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref>

==Cast==
* Aswin Thampy<ref>{{cite web|last=Unni|first=Deepa|title=Aswin Thampi|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/profile.php?id=16005447&cid=2407|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806120657/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/profile.php?id=16005447&cid=2407|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2018|publisher=[[Sify]]|access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref>
* [[P. Balachandran]]
* Gayathri Ashokan
* Anila Sreekumar
* V. C. Haris

==Production==
The film's theme deals with the pollution of Mavoor river due to the waste disposed from Mavoor Rayons Factory and the repercussions in surrounding lives. The story is told from the perception of a boy, who is obsessed with mermaids. The film's production was completed with a cost of {{INR}}8 [[lakh]].<ref name=cost>{{cite web|last=Warrier|first=Shobha|title='I had no plans to direct a Hindi film'|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/may/12raj.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=6 November 2014|date=12 May 2000}}</ref>

==Accolades==
The film won two [[National Film Awards]] and three [[Kerala State Film Awards]]. After winning the national award, Kumar commented: "the awards are an incentive for my effort to set up a welfare fund for the people of Mavoor, whose plight my film depicts".<ref>{{cite news|last=Santhosh|first=K.|title=On a winning spree|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2000/07/14/stories/09140221.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127050408/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/07/14/stories/09140221.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2014|access-date=6 August 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 July 2000}}</ref>

;[[47th National Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Narasimham|first=M. L.|title=Accolades are a norm|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2000/07/28/stories/09280226.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204175519/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/07/28/stories/09280226.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 December 2016|access-date=6 August 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 July 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nagpal|first=B. B.|title=National Awards announced!|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/jul/06nat.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=6 August 2018|date=6 July 2000}}</ref>
*[[National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation|Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation]] – Radhika Suresh Gopi, Latha Kurian Rajeev, T. K. Rajeev Kumar
*[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]] – Aswin Thampy

;[[Kerala State Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|title=State Film Awards - 1999|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm|publisher=[[Department of Information and Public Relations (Kerala)|Department of Information and Public Relations]]|access-date=24 October 2017|page=3|date=1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234157/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film|Second Best Film]] – Radhika Suresh Gopi, Latha Kurian Rajeev, T. K. Rajeev Kumar
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] – B. Unnikrishnan, T. K. Rajeev Kumar
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor|Best Editor]] – A. Sreekar Prasad

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0254930}}

[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films about social issues in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]

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