Rajkummar Rao: Want Newton To Break India’s Dry Spell At The Oscars!
Rajkummar Rao starrer Newton won accolades from all corners and now the actor wishes that the film will win the Best Foreign Language category at the Oscar Awards 2018.
With
Newton
being
unanimously
chosen
as
India's
official
entry
to
the
Academy
Awards
next
year,
actor
Rajkummar
Rao
hopes
that
his
dark
comedy
on
Indian
democracy
manages
to
win
the
golden
statuette.
Directed
by
Amit
Masurkar,
the
movie
featuring
Rajkummar
in
the
title
role,
has
been
chosen
to
represent
the
country
in
the
Best
Foreign
Language
category
at
the
awards.
As
it
is
barely
months
to
the
ceremony,
the
actor
says
the
team
is
working
round-the-clock,
which
includes
showing
the
film
around
and
acquiring
the
services
of
a
publicist.
"The
campaign
is
on.
We
are
trying
our
level
best
and
hoping
for
the
best.
The
team
is
already
there.
A
lot
of
screenings
are
going
on
in
Los
Angeles
as
we
speak.
There
are
a
huge
number
of
films,
that
are
in
the
running
for
the
Oscars."
In
an
interview
with
PTI
he
continued,
"I
really
want
Newton
to
break
India's
dry
spell
at
the
Oscars.
I
can't
say,
obviously,
if
it
will
happen
or
not.
But
I
wish
it
does,"
There
were
reports
that
suggested
Newton
was
a
rip-off
of
the
2001
Iranian
film
Secret
Ballot.
But
they
were
quashed
with
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap's
timely
intervention.
He
reached
out
to
the
director
and
the
producer
of
the
Iranian
film
to
clarify
that
Newton
bore
no
similarity
with
their
project.
Rajkummar
quipped,
"(He)
butchered
those
people
who
were
saying
'it's
a
copy,
it's
a
copy'.
I
don't
understand
people
have
so
much
time
in
this
world.
I
don't
know
why
they
don't
focus
on
making
their
life
better."