Latha Kurien Rajeev is an

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, and wife of

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maker T.K. Rajeev Kumar. She has produced three

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movies under their banner 'A Blue Mermaid Picture Company'. Latha also is an art curator, lecturer and owner of La Gallery 360, an

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Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

. She has a Masters in Art History from Stella Maris College,

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. She is currently based in

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. Her maiden production, ''

Jalamarmaram ''Jalamarmaram'' () is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar Thazhathupurakkal Karunakara Panicker Rajeev Kumar (born 20 September 1961) is a National Award-winning Indian director of Malayalam films, fro ...

'', directed by T.K. Rajeev Kumar is a compassionate tale told from a child's point of view, about disregarding the pollution of Kerala's pristine water lifelines. It won the National Award for Best Feature Film on Environment, and Best Child Actor, in 2000. In 1999, this film took home the

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for Second Best Feature Film, Best Editor for

Sreekar Prasad Akkineni Sreekar Prasad is an Indian film editor. He works predominantly in Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi language films. In a career spanning more than 35 years, he has edited over 600 films. He is a recipient of nine National Film Awards ...

and Best Screenplay. Her second production, ''

Sesham ''Sesham'' is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar, starring Jayaram, Geethu Mohandas, Biju Menon and P. Balachandran. The film zooms into a lunatic asylum and probes the tenuous realms that sepa ...

'', also directed by Kumar is an offbeat story about mental health and social insensitivity starring

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasiona ...

. It won a number of awards including the Kerala State Award for Best Feature Film, Editing for Sreekar Prasad, Best Sound Recording, Best Story and a Special Jury Award for

, the lead actor. Her third production, a thriller set almost entirely in an apartment elevator, '' Up & Down - Mukalil Oralundu'', directed by Kumar starring

Indrajith Sukumaran Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of Prithviraj Sukumaran. Indrajit ...

and an ensemble cast, was released in 2013. Her directorial debut was the Malayalam short film ''Cologne'', scripted by Deepti Nair, in 2013. This was 'A Blue Mermaid Pictures Company's' first short. The film revolves around one woman's life changing experience that occur within the span of a single day. She directed an experimental film titled ''Who Am I'' ( 2012) in

, scripted and performed by Praveen P Gopinath. It sets out to ask viewers poignant questions about spirituality in everyday life.

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