Vidya Balan starrer Natkhat has grabbed ample attention from the audience, the Shaan Vyas directed short film has garnered a lot of buzz and received favorable reviews from the critics. Last year, it grabbed headlines for being one of the contenders for Oscars alongside Sayani Gupta's Shameless. And guess what? The movie is making claim for Oscars. Also Read - ‘Ultimately, we all are a part of the same circle,’ says Sayani Gupta on Shameless and Natkhat being possible contenders for the Oscars 2021 [Exclusive]
Now that Natkhat, the short film us running for Oscars, a short clip of the movie scene is making rounds on social media. Vidya Balan took to her social media handle to share the same. In the clip, we see Vidya Balan is massaging her child's head and having a conversation with him. What seems to be an innocent conversation between a mother and a child soon becomes a gut-wrenching and worrying one. The scene creates fear and intrigue in minds of viewers and rightly the movie is making an Oscar claim with the scene running around a gruesome thought. Making it to the nominations is a huge achievement in itself and Natkhat is looking to go 1 better. Eyeing on a big feat with an Oscar, the short-movie takes on the delicate subject of gender-equality and handles it with care so as to not go on the wrong path when dealing with such sensitive issues. Check out Vidya Balan's tweet and the snippet of Natkhat here: Also Read - Best Hindi short films 2020: Natkhat, Devi, Mishti Doi — 7 pint-sized movies you need to watch ASAP
Directed by Shaan Vyas and written by Vyas and Annukampa Harsh the movie is taking on relevant issues in today's world. It premiered on YouTube as part of the We Are One: A Global Film Festival. The Ronnie Screwvala produced film came out on June 2, 2020. Also Read - Natkhat short film review: Vidya Balan 'nips it in the bud' for a powerful message on gender equality
Our in-house critic, Russel D'Silva gave the short film a four and a half stars and wrote, "From the first frame to last, Natkhat plays out like a children's nursery rhyme in motion interspersed with the harsh realities of adult life, which rob you of everything good that you're born with. Vidya Balan once again deserves the highest praise for not only being pitch-perfect be it in the way she uses dialogue or silence to express her pain and anxiety, but also for a star of her pedigree to agree to be feature in and produce a short film of such magnitude. Raj Arjun, Atul Tiwari, Sparh Shrivastava, Nivedita Baunthiyal, and everyone else from the supporting cast lend fantastic support by making your skin crawl with the patriarchy they display. Most of all though, it's writer-Director Shaan Vyas (who earlier had produced prestigious films like Haraamkhor and The Lunchbox), along with co-writer Annukampa Harsh, whom I doff my hat off to for constructing a movie packed with so many touching moments and so much dramatic heft that it feels like you're staring at a powerful portrait on gender equality for 30 minutes, yet never being distracted once. The way they juxtapose a bedtime story by a mother with a montage of blood-curdling patriarchy needs to be seen to be truly comprehended."
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