''Little Zizou'' is a 2008

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written and directed by

Sooni Taraporevala Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) is an Indian screenwriter, photographer and filmmaker who is the screenwriter of '' Mississippi Masala'', '' The Namesake'' and Oscar-nominated ''Salaam Bombay!'' (1988), all directed by Mira Nair. She also adapte ...

. ''Little Zizou'' is a comedy about how two battling Mumbai families finally come to terms. ''Little Zizou'' won the "Rajat Kamal" of '

National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare The National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

' category at the 56th National Film Awards.

Plot

Xerxes, 'Little Zizou' as he is known, is an eleven-year-old football-crazy

Parsi Parsis () or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended from Persians who migrated to Medieval India during and after the Arab conquest of Iran (part of the early Muslim conq ...

boy whose fervent wish is that his idol,

Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the most ...

, visit

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- ...

. His older brother Artaxerxes, or Art, is a talented artist whose wild fantasies come to life in surprising ways. Their father Khodaiji is a self-proclaimed protector-of-the-faith who thrives on the attentions (and donations) of hopeful believers. Art burns with unrequited love for the daughter of Khodaiji's arch rival, Pressvala, a free thinking newspaper publisher. And to the extreme displeasure of their other daughter, Xerxes adores the maternal Mrs Pressvala. But the real fireworks begin when Pressvala writes a scathing critique of Khodaiji and public reaction is widespread. As the two households fight, life becomes complicated. Liana ( the younger daughter), finally lets Xerxes be her friend. Khodaiji shuts down Presswala's office. Presswala gets a heart attack. Will Khodaiji reform his ways? Will Pressvala let Art be Zenobe's ( the older daughter)? This is what forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Crew

* Banner: Jigri Dost Productions and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures * Presented by:

Mira Nair Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for international audiences on Indian society, whether in the economic, social or cultural spher ...

and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures * Distributor: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures * Produced by: Dinaz Stafford,

and Vandana Malik * Written And directed by:

* Original music:

Bickram Ghosh Bickram Ghosh is an Indian classical tabla player. Early life He started learning tabla from his father, Pandit Shankar Ghosh, who had played with Ali Akbar Khan. Career Ghosh has performed with Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar. Gho ...

, Giuliano Modarelli * Executive producer: Brad Gross * Director of photography: Himman Dhamija * Production designer:

Nitin Chandrakant Desai Nitin Chandrakant Desai is a noted Indian art director and production designer of Indian cinema turned film and television producer, most known for his work in Marathi and Hindi Films, World Cultural Festival 2016 at Delhi and films like, ''Hum ...

* Art director: Amrita Singh * Editors: T.Woody Richman and Kristina Boden * Associate editor: Rachel Reuben * Costumes designers: Arjun Bhasin and Shahnaz Vahanvaty * Director of choreography:

Shiamak Davar Shiamak Davar is an Indian choreographer, noted as one of the first to bring contemporary jazz and western forms of dance to India.Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

'' praised the performances of cast and called it "a film to be savoured".

References

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* * {{IMDb title, 1119188, Little Zizou 2000s Hindi-language films 2008 films 2000s Gujarati-language films Films set in Mumbai Best Film on Family Welfare National Film Award winners Viacom18 Studios films 2008 directorial debut films Films scored by Bickram Ghosh Films scored by Giuliano Modarelli Films about Zoroastrianism