Vidya Balan's Natkhat qualifies for Oscar nominations; says 'I'm over the moon'

Vidya Balan's short film Natkhat was opening film at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne in October. Recently, she revealed that her film has won at a major film festival. Winning this has me film eligible to be minated at Oscars. Here's everything you need to kw about about Kahaani star's award-winning short film. 

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Vidya Balan's short film eligible for Oscar mination

Natkhat short film, starring Vidya Balan and also co-produced by her, has won a top prize at India's short film festival 2020 making it eligible to get minated at Oscars. She anunced same on her Instagram where she said that she is over moon. film is amongst 5 finalists at ShortsTV’s Best of India Short Film Festival 2020 along with or films like Trapped, Soundproof, Safar, and Shameless. Natkhat also won a huge cash price of $2,500, which is approximately Rs 1,85,497.

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More about Natkhat 

Natkhat cast includes Vidya playing Sonu's mom, Sanika Patel playing le role of Sonu, Raj Arjun as Sonu's far, Atul Tiwari and Nivedita Baunthiyal. It is directed by Shaan Vyas and written by Shaan and Annukampa Harsh. Along with Vidya, film is also co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala.  plot revolves around Sonu and his mor, wherein she educates her son about equality and calls out toxic misogyny. film received critical acclaim and Vidya was praised for bringing simplicity and nuance to her role of Sonu's mom. majority of Natkhat cast did t have much prior experience in acting. It was shot in Harda, Mhya Presh, and indoor scenes in Mumbai. 

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Vidya Balan on work front 

Vidya Balan was last seen in Shakuntala Devi where she portrayed le role of Mamatician Shakuntala Devi. film also featured Sanya Malhotra, Jisshu Sengupta, Spandan Chaturvedi, Amit Sh, and Prakash Belawi in pivotal roles. film streamed on Amazon Prime video during COVID-19 pandemic and it was critically acclaimed.

She will next be seen in Sherni directed by Amit Masurkar which is currently being filmed. film will revolve around conflict between man and animal and Vidya will portray role of a forest officer. It will be extensively shot in forests of Mhya Presh. 

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