Jalamarmaram

• Aswin Thampy{{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|website=Sify|access-date=6 August 2018}}
• P. Balachandran
• Gayathri Ashokan
• Anila Sreekumar
• V. C. Haris

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.{{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}}

Jalamarmaram is the story of Nirmal, a young boy whose father – a long time campaigner against a large chemical factory near their village - dies of cancer. Nirmal investigates the cause of the cancer and tracks it back to the toxic waste being expelled by the factory. Nirmal turns to the fables that his father told him for comfort and guidance and soon the world of childhood fantasy bleeds into reality when he meets a mermaid at a traveling carnival who helps him on his quest.{{Cite web |title=JALAMARMARAM (1999) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8b47b8aa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115074529/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8b47b8aa |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 November 2016 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=BFI }}

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".{{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}}

;47th National Film Awards{{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}}{{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}}

• Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation – Radhika Suresh Gopi, Latha Kurian Rajeev, T. K. Rajeev Kumar
• Best Child Artist – Aswin Thampy

;Kerala State Film Awards{{cite web|title=State Film Awards - 1999|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm|publisher=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}}

• Second Best Film – Radhika Suresh Gopi, Latha Kurian Rajeev, T. K. Rajeev Kumar
• Best Screenplay – B. Unnikrishnan, T. K. Rajeev Kumar
• Best Editor – A. Sreekar Prasad

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Category:1999 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

Category:Films featuring a Best Child Artist National Award–winning performance