India's official entry to Oscars 2018 :'Newton' movie

 India's official entry to Oscars 2018 :'Newton' movie

Director Amit Masurkar's political satire "Newton", starring Rajkummar Rao in the lead role, will be India's official entry at Oscars 2018, the Film Federation of India announced today.

Newton Kumar, a rookie government clerk is sent on election duty to a naxal-controlled town in the conflict-ridden jungles of Chhattisgarh, India.

The film is a political satire revolving around an honest election officer's attempt to conduct a free and fair poll in a conflict-hit area of Chhatisgarh. It also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Raghubir Yadav and Anjali Patil.

The decision to choose the film, which was released commercially today, for the Oscars was the proverbial "cherry on the cake", said actor Rajkummar Rao. "It is a really honest film and we are already getting an overwhelming response. We will put all our energies to take the film forward," the actor told.

Director Masurkar added that it was a double celebration for the team."We are really happy. The fact that the film is releasing today doubles the happiness. We hope that people will now really head to the cinema halls to watch the film," the director told.

Story about Faced with the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels, he tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the odds stacked against him.

See the interesting thriller film on an election duty officer.






image and video courtesy : EROS movies, Ramesh Bala (twitter.com)
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