{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Natkhat | image = Natkhat Poster.jpg | caption = Natkhat | director = Shaan Vyas | producer = Ronnie Screwvala<br/>Vidya Balan | writer = Annukampa Harsh<br/>Shaan Vyas | starring = Vidya Balan<br/>Sanika Patel | music = Karan Gour | cinematography = Sachin Pillai | editing = Shweta Venkat Mathew | studio = RSVP Movies | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2020|6|2|We Are One}} | runtime = 33 minutes | country = India | language = Hindi }} '''''Natkhat''''' ({{Translation|The Brat}}) is a 2020 Indian short film directed by Shaan Vyas and written by Vyas and Annukampa Harsh. It stars Vidya Balan as a mother educating her young son about gender equality. It premiered on YouTube as part of the We Are One: A Global Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news |last=Joshi |first=Namrata |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/i-am-a-work-in-progress-feminist/article31726214.ece |title=Vidya Balan: I am a work-in-progress feminist |date=1 June 2020 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/going-digital-vidya-balans-debut-production-natkhat-set-to-premiere-in-online-film-fest/articleshow/76060466.cms |title=Going digital: Vidya Balan's debut production 'Natkhat' set to premiere in online film fest |date=28 May 2020 |work=The Economic Times |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>
The film will be opening film of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on 23 October. The 2020 festival is being hosted virtually between 23 and 30 October, due to the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/vidya-balan-s-natkhat-marathi-film-habaddi-to-open-melbourne-fest-657069 |title=Vidya Balan's Natkhat, Marathi film Habaddi to open Melbourne fest |date=15 October 2020 |work=India TV News |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
==Cast== *Vidya Balan as Surekha, Sonu's mother *Sanika Patel as Sonu *Raj Arjun as Sonu's father *Atul Tiwari as Sonu's grandfather *Nivedita Baunthiyal *Sparsh Shrivastav as Sonu's uncle *Samarth Mahor as Bantu *Aruraj patel as Bhusa *Abhi Dubey as Suresh *Vedant Tanwar as Dora
==Production== ''Natkhat'' was filmed in Harda, Madhya Pradesh, and the interior scenes were filmed in Mumbai.<ref name="hindu2">{{cite news |last=Joshi |first=Namrata |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/films-are-about-visualising-the-script-seeing-magic-in-scenes-shaan-vyas/article31733706.ece |title='Films are about visualising the script, seeing magic in scenes': Shaan Vyas |date=2 June 2020 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> A majority of the cast members had no prior acting experience. Sanika Patel, a girl, was cast in the leading role of Sonu.<ref name="hindu2"/>
==Reception== Shubhra Gupta of ''The Indian Express'' labelled ''Natkhat'' a "valuable addition to the films which call out patriarchy, and how utterly damaging it can be."<ref>{{cite web |title=Natkhat: The Vidya Balan short film is compelling |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/natkhat-viday-balan-short-film-6438505/ |work=The Indian Express |date=2 June 2020 |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> Jyoti Sharma Bawa of ''Hindustan Times'' credited Vyas for effectively portraying a world in which "women are shorn of agency and men get their power from displaying naked machismo"; she praised Vidya for bringing "simplicity and nuance" to her role and Patel for matching her vulnerability.<ref>{{cite web |title=Natkhat movie review: Vidya Balan's short film will leave you shaken but hopeful |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/natkhat-movie-review-vidya-balan-s-short-film-will-leave-you-shaken-but-hopeful/story-2fvT4U1vZD41Wqk8tljTFI.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=4 June 2020 |access-date=4 June 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|11058440}} * [http://www.weareoneglobalfestival.com/events/the-brat-2020 The Brat]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at We Are One: A Global Film Festival
Category:2020 films Category:2020 drama films Category:2020 short films Category:Indian drama short films Category:2020 Hindi-language films Category:2020 Indian films Category:Hindi-language drama films