Actor Rajkumar Rao who plays the lead role confirmed the news on twitter. He wrote, “Very happy to share this news that #NEWTON is India’s official entry to the #OSCARS this year. Congratulations team.”
The movie, featuring actor Pankaj Tripathi, Raghubir Yadav and Anjali Patil in key roles, was premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February. It is a satire and dark comedy. It shows an honest government clerk’s struggle to conduct a free-and-fair election at a polling booth in Chhattisgarh.
Several prominent personalities from the film industry lauded the selection of Newton as India’s entry.
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