Amitabh Bachchan praises for Rajkummar Rao starrer ‘Newton’, says an eye opener film!

National-Award winning Rajkummar Rao’s latest release Newton is India’s official entry for Academy Awards in 2018.

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Newton is a plain film, yet crisp and entertaining to the extent it raises important questions without sounding preachy or being too melodramatic. The backdrop might be election voting, but the film doesn’t confine itself to it and pans through various other elements of the current political and social scenario of the country – dowry, child marriage, and corruption among other things.

An excited Rajkummar on Friday took to Twitter to share the news with his fans. “Very happy to share this news that #NEWTON is India’s official entry to the #OSCARS this year. Congratulations team,” his tweet read.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said the latest release ‘Newton’ was an eye opener and a treat to watch. Amitabh on Friday lauded the film on Twitter and expressed that ‘Newton’ shows reality.

“Saw the film ‘Newton’… its stark reality was a treat to watch ! An eye opener on many aspects!” he tweeted.

Rajkummar Rao, “Newton” revolves around a young government clerk who is sent on election duty to a Maoist-controlled town and how the ideological struggle puts him in an awkward situation.

Rajukummar replied to Amitabh by saying: “Thank you so much sir. We all are so grateful for your love & support. Keep inspiring us with ur amazing performances. Charan Sparsh.

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Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, who is a good friend of Rajkummar and has collaborated with him for films like Shahid and Aligarh, took to Twitter to express his happiness and said that Newton” is the best choice.

Filmmaker Aanand L Rai couldn’t contain his emotions while congratulating director Amit Masurkar and Rajkummra on their big win.

“While typing this tweet I feel so emotional YES #NEWTON is India’s official entry to OSCARS this year.So proud @Amit_Masurkar @RajkummarRao,” his tweet read.

Akshay Kumar also praises the film and congratulate the team for Oscar entry.

Produced by Drishyam Films and distributed by Eros Entertainment, the film also features Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Raghubir Yadav. Newton had bagged several international awards, including the Art Cinema Award for the Forum section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.

Rajkummar will soon be seen in other projects like “Love Sonia”, “5Weddings”, “Ittefaq: It Happened One Night” and “Fanney Khan”.

 

 

 

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