How does a simple family in a traditional village grapple with a transgender child and the concomitant sexuality and identity crises? Suhaas Bhosale’s Koti casts a sensitive, perceptive and insightful eye at the unusual problem. The fuss-free, straightforward film (which is often reminiscent of Zoya Akhtar’s Sheila Ki Jawaani in the Bombay Talkies (2013) anthology and Nishant Roy Bombarde’s short Daavratha ) handles its child protagonist with compassion and concern and is non-judgmental about the family, be it the helpless father who seeks respect from the community but can’t quite earn it or the rebellious kid who won’t let his “different” brother go away or the helpless mom who understands her children but can’t lend a hand to them.

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