Newton

Directed by Amit Masurkar, ‘Newton’ is a political satire with a caption reading ‘Seedha Aadmi Ulti Duniya’ starring Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathy, Anjali Patil, Raghuvir Yadav and Sanjay Mishra in supporting roles. The film’s story revolves around Rajkummar Rao who plays a clerk and is deported to a conflict region of Chhattisgarh for an election duty where things go unexpectedly wrong as he looses control over the proceedings. The film which is produced by Manish Mundra under Drishyam Films banner had earlier produced films like ‘Ankhon Dekhi’, ‘Masaan’ and ‘Dhanak’. The film has been well received at various film festivals and bagged a few awards.