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Bollywood is in awe of Rajkummar Rao’s performance as and in Newton and many actors from the tinsel town including names like Paresh Rawal, Anil Kapoor and Karan Johar have congratulated the National Award-winning actor, whose film has been selected as India’s official entry at the Academy Awards 2018.
Newton, a Hindi film set against the backdrop of elections in the world’s largest democracy, was on Friday announced as India’s official entry for the the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.
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The lead actor of the film, Rajkummar Rao aka Newton took to his Twitter account to announce the news about the official selection of the film.
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Check out what the tinsel town had to say about the proud news:
#Newton is India's entry to the Oscars. The best choice in years by the federation.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) September 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/akshaykumar/status/911177216871956480
All the best team #Newton.. may the apple fall in India's basket this time. https://t.co/J0T7pf31YO
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) September 22, 2017
Congratulations team #Newton for the film being selected as India's official entry for #Oscars. Jai Ho.:) @RajkummarRao @aanandlrai
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) September 22, 2017
Huge congrats to my favourite actor @RajkummarRao for Newton n hope you win the Oscar ! Good luck .
— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) September 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/karanjohar/status/911140446780448768
Congratulations @RajkummarRao & the whole team of #Newton !! This is such great news! All the best! https://t.co/dxAJKyvAg1
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) September 22, 2017
Directed by Amit Masurkar, Newton was released worldwide on September 22.
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