ससुरा मेरा नटखट

A rollicking folk-comedy number from Chidiya (2025), 'Sasura Mera Natka' (My Father-in-Law is a Rascal) brings the chawl's communal humour to Shailendra Barve's soundtrack. Written by Jitendra Joshi — a noted Marathi actor-writer who also appears in the film — the song uses the comic folk tradition of teasing in-laws to punctuate the film's otherwise tender register with earthy laughter. The choral, ensemble performance mirrors the film's communal setting: nobody sings alone in a chawl.

Shailendra Barve opts for a stripped-down folk arrangement — dholak, harmonium, handclaps — that could have been made at any point in the past century. The simplicity is deliberate: this is not a production showpiece but a communal song that sounds like it belongs to the neighbourhood rather than a recording studio.

The 'ससुरा नटखट' (rascal father-in-law) topos is one of the most durable in North Indian folk singing — a safe outlet for affectionate irreverence within the joint family. Jitendra Joshi adapts it with directness and wit.

Jitendra Joshi's dual role — actor in the film and lyricist of this song — is characteristic of Chidiya's collaborative, insider creative spirit. The song's placement in the film provides comic relief within an otherwise earnest narrative about childhood poverty.

A film song like 'Sasura Mera Natka' is less likely to acquire individual streaming presence than to be remembered as part of Chidiya's overall texture — the sound of a chawl life that reviewers unanimously praised.