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DFW: NEWTON - India's Official Selection for the Academy Awards

INDIE MEME presents NEWTON
India's Official Selection for the Academy Awards

2017/ 104 minutes / India
Hindi & Gondi with English subtitles
Directed by : Amit Masurkar
Cast:Rajkummar Rao, Anjali Patil, Pankaj Tripathi, Raghubir Yadav

As India, the worlds largest democracy, braces itself for another general election- with 9 million polling booths, more than 800 million voters, and costing nearly $5 billion- Newton Kumar, a rookie government clerk finds himself entrusted with a task that appears deceptively simple: conducting elections in a remote village in the jungles of central India.
The bushes teem with Communist guerrillas, who have been waging a decades old war against the state, even as the indigenous tribals live without any access to mainland amenities. Conducting 'free and fair' elections in a minefield like this is no childs play, as Newton learns over the course of this eventful day. Unfazed with the cynicism and danger all around him, Newton is determined to do his duty. But, as they say in the jungle, The more things change, the worse they will get'.

AWARDS
Cicae Art Cinema Award, Berlin International Film Festival 2017