Rajkumar
Rao's
Newton
gets
OSCAR
NOMINATION
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FilmiBeat
National-Award
winning
Rajkummar
Rao's
latest
release
Newton
is
India's
official
entry
for
Academy
Awards
in
2018.
An
excited
Rajkummar
on
Friday
took
to
Twitter
to
announce
the
news.
"Very
happy
to
share
this
news
that
'Newton'
is
India's
official
entry
to
the
Oscars
this
year.
Congratulations
team," he
tweeted.
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.
"'Newton'
is
India's
entry
to
the
Oscars.
The
best
choice
in
years
by
the
federation," Mehta
tweeted.
He
added:
"If
films
like
'A
Separation'
and
'Children
of
Heaven'
made
it
to
the
Oscar
nominations
so
can
'Newton'.
It
is
our
best
shot.
Manish
Mundra
go
for
it!"
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.
Directed
by
Amit
Masurkar,
Newton
released
on
Friday.
The
film
is
produced
by
Manish
Mundra
of
Drishyam
Films,
the
company
best
known
for
backing
critically-acclaimed
projects
such
as
Masaan
and
Umrika.
Rajkummar
will
soon
be
seen
in
other
projects
like
Love
Sonia,
5Weddings,
Ittefaq:
It
Happened
One
Night
and
Fanney
Khan.
Popular
TV
host
Jimmy
Kimmel
will
return
to
host
the
Academy
Awards
in
2018.
He
will
host
the
90th
edition
of
the
awards
on
March
4.