Lilkee is a 2006 children's film in

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

produced by

Children's Film Society, India Children's Film Society India (CFSI) was a nodal organisation of Government of India that produced children's films and various TV programs in various Indian languages. Established in 1955, CFSI functioned under the Ministry of Information and ...

, and directed by Batul Mukhtiyar.Lilkee

. The film is about a 10-year-old domestic help in Mumbai. and was released on 5 October 2006.

Plot

It is a story of a girl named Lilkee girl from the mountains of

Nainital Nainital (Kumaoni language, Kumaoni: ''Naintāl''; ) is a town and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the Uttarakhand High Court, High Court of the state being ...

. Like all other girls from the poor families, Lilkee is expected to work and earn. Lilkee is brought to

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

by Bela for housework. Lilkee gets involved in household chores and takes care of Bela's child. Even though she falls under the weight of a routine, she misses Nainital. In Mumbai, Lilkee finds a few friends to play with. However, they soon realize she is a housemaid. And how her sense of responsibility makes her employer to admit her in school is the remaining story.

Cast

* Aiman Mukhtiyar * Anushka Panwala *Saloni Joshi *Anushka Joshi * Md. Mukhtiyar *Suresh Bhatia *Nazneen Madan

Festivals

In 2009, it was shown as a part of the 'Sadak Chhap Film Fest', a street film festival for children in

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

. It also screened at the 'Filmi Chashma Film Festival', at National Film Archive of India, Pune in 2011.

References

External links

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Lilkee, website
Indian children's films 2006 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films set in Mumbai {{child-film-stub