Lilkee is a 2006 children's film in

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produced by

Children's Film Society, India Children's Film Society India (CFSI) was a nodal organization 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: ''Naintāl''; ) is a city and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters o ...

. 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 — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

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

* Airman 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 Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. 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