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{{Infobox film
| name = Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid
| image = Jalpari_film_poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Nila Madhab Panda]]
| producer = Sushilkumar Agrawal
| based_on =
| screenplay = Deepak Venkateshan, Kaustubh Tripathi
| writer =
| starring = [[Lehar Khan]] [[Parvin Dabas]] [[Harsh Mayar]] Kaustubh Tripathi Rahul Singh Krishang Trivedi
| music = Kaustubh Tripathi - Deepak Pandit
| cinematography =
| editing = [[Apurva Asrani]]
| studio = [[Ultra Media & Entertainment|Ultra Films]]
| distributor = [[Ultra Distributors]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|7||[[2012 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2012|08|31|India}}
| runtime = 100 Minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}
'''''Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid''''' is a 2012 [[India]]n film directed by [[Nila Madhab Panda]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Chit-chat-with-director-Nila-Madhab-Panda/Article1-777750.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115172743/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Chit-chat-with-director-Nila-Madhab-Panda/Article1-777750.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2013 |title=Chit-chat with director Nila Madhab Panda |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=4 December 2011 |accessdate=22 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="NewsTrackIndia1">{{cite news|url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/05/22/226--Nila-Madhab-s-Jalpari-screened-at-Marche-du-Cannes-.html |title=Nila Madhab's 'Jalpari' screened at Marche du Cannes |publisher=NewsTrackIndia|date=22 May 2012|accessdate=22 May 2012}}</ref> Like ''[[I Am Kalam]]'' it is also a children's film where Lehar Khan, Krishang Trivedi and Harsh Mayar (who won the [[National Film Awards]] for the [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|best child artist]] in 2010) are on lead as child artists and [[Parvin Dabas]], [[Tannishtha Chatterjee]], [[Rahul Singh (actor)|Rahul Singh]], [[Suhasini Mulay]] and V.M. Badola are in supporting roles.<ref name="NewsTrackIndia1" />

The movie centers on the issue of [[Sex-selective abortion|female foeticide]] and is an adventure film. It was screened at Marche du Cannes film festival.<ref name="NewsTrackIndia1" />

The movie has been nominated at the prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA). The sixth APSA ceremony was organised at Queensland, Australia on 23 November 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/jalpari-gets-nominated-at-asia-pacific-screen-awards/19522/| title='Jalpari' gets nominated at Asia Pacific Screen Awards | date=11 June 2012}}</ref>
The movie has been sent to the Academy of Motion Pictures as a direct entry for the Oscar Awards in the foreign film category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Jalpari-goes-to-the-Oscars/articleshow/17305297.cms|title=Jalpari goes to the Oscars |accessdate=2012-11-21}}</ref>
Recently the film received the prestigious Audience Choice Award in Minsk International Film Festival in Belarus & selected as an official entry for International Film Festival in Montreal which will take place in March 2013. The film also won MIP Junior Kids Jury Award at Cannes in October 2012.<ref name="canneswin">{{cite news |last1=Desk |first1=India TV News |title='Jalpari' wins award at Cannes |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/jalpari-wins-award-atcannes-5295.html |access-date=17 May 2021 |work=www.indiatvnews.com |date=10 October 2012 |language=en}}</ref>

==Plot==
A well-heeled family from tiny neighborhood of New Delhi travels from the city through dusty roads that lead into the Madhogarh village, district Mahendragarh in Haryana, far out and buried in the debris of the past. Shreya, the tomboy of the family, finally arrives at her father’s village for the first time during her vacations, that too after coaxing her father, Dev, to the best of her abilities. She and her brother, Sam, had, in their imagination, spun the village right out of a fairytale, replete with streams, lakes and grasslands that will allow them to run free. But all they find are dusty alleys, dried up ponds and hostile playmates until they spin their magic and befriend this unknown place, especially some of its people, like the Pehelwan and the gang of kids led by Ajithe. The story revolves around Shreya and Sam’s adventures and misadventures which turn this dull place bereft of water into a land of enchantment, mischief and a million exciting exploits. But unknown places have many secrets, and here too, secret lurk at every corner. Strangely behaving villagers, a witch whom everyone seems to be terrified of, and a no-access zone beyond the hills intrigue Shreya, more so after housemaid Shabri tells her various mysterious stories about the village. Then, one night, Shreya sees Shabri and her husband Trilochan slink away, and starts following them, only to find out a horrifying secret the village harbors. At the end, they are shocked to know that the village kills girl children before they are born and blame the witch.

==Cast==
* [[Lehar Khan]] as Shreya
* [[Parvin Dabas]] as Dev
* [[Harsh Mayar]]
* [[Krishang Trivedi]] as Sam
* [[Tannishtha Chatterjee]] as Shabri (Maid)
* [[Rahul Singh (actor)|Rahul Singh]] as Veera
* [[Suhasini Mulay]] as Dadi
* [[V.M. Badola]]
* Ms. [[Madhulika Sen]] - Cameo as School Principal

===Release===
This film was released on 31 August 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-jalpari-shines-at-marche-du-cannes-3304599.html |title=Jalpari shines at Marche Du Cannes |publisher=[[Daily Bhaskar]]|date=22 May 2012|accessdate=22 May 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2387495|Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid}}

[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in India]]

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