Zero - Made In India

This movie explores the story of a father and a son. An Engineering graduate but still unemployed, Shankar dreams of a colorful future for his son and enrols him in an international school. Helpless to even pay basic fees for the school, he works part time anywhere and everywhere keeping up all the pain to himself just to make sure his son is not aware of any difficulties. Little Appu who studied in Kannada medium school throughout his life has to face a lot of hurdles in this new place and is belittled and berated by his teachers and classmates. Everyone treats him to be nothing of no value or as a big 'zero'. Shankar who has sacrificed his entire life for his son meets with an accident and this unprecedented turn of events makes Appu feel all the pain Shankar had gone through. Appu decides to save him and his life. The film is best expressed by the phrase; a zero becomes a hero.