It almost seems as if the Film Federation of India (FFI) was just waiting for the release of Amit Masurkar’s Newton to announce it as India’s official entry for the Academy Awards this year.
The selection committee of FFI have chosen the Rajkummar Rao-starrer which released today to compete for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film language category. FFI’s selection committee was headed by Telugu producer, CV Reddy who said that Newton was a unanimous choice.
The political satire, which won at Berlin earlier this year, stars Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Raghubir Yadav in important roles. Newton revolves around an officer who is on a mission to hold free and fair elections in a village in Chhattisgarh.
Newton has been garnering all-round praise from both the critics and celebs who’ve seen the film.
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