‘Newton’ will be India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Film catgory at the Oscars next year, says a Film Federation of India official. The Amit Masurkar movie, starring Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Raghubir Yadav and Anjali Patil, tells the story of a polling officer Newton Kumar who is bent on conducting free and fair elections in the conflict ridden jungles of Chhattisgarh.
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Rajkummar Rao took to Twitter to share his happiness. “Very happy to share this news that #NEWTON is India's official entry to the #OSCARS this year. Congratulations team,” he tweeted.
“There is a feeling of boundless happiness,” said Pankaj Tripathi. “I was cooking when I got the news. We are all still absorbing the overwhelming high commend from the critics and now this. It is a victory for talent and for independent cinema.”
“It gives us immense contentment to announce that our film #Newton is selected as India's official entry to Oscars 2018! We at Eros are extremely proud, Newton is totally deserving of this huge honour. We will continue to back good cinema as always,” tweeted Sunil Lulla the Managing Director of Eros International Media Ltd.
Director Masurkar added that it was a double carnival for the team.
“We are actually 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 PTI.
This year’s Oscars will be held on March 4, 2018, in Los Angeles.
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