It stars Vidya Balan as a mother educating her young son about gender equality.

The 2020 festival is being hosted virtually between 23 and 30 October, due to the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sanika Patel, a girl, was cast in the leading role of Sonu.

[4] 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.

"[5] 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.