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Newton

Newton

20177.11h 46m

Overview

A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.

Directed by Amit Masurkar
Written by Amit Masurkar, Mayank Tewari, Varun Grover
Produced by Manish Mundra
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Top Cast

Rajkummar Rao

Rajkummar Rao

Newton Kumar

Pankaj Tripathi

Pankaj Tripathi

Aatma Singh

Anjali Patil

Anjali Patil

Malka

Raghubir Yadav

Raghubir Yadav

Loknath

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Mukesh Prajapati

Shambhoo

Sanjay Mishra

Sanjay Mishra

Election Instructor

Krishna Singh Bisht

Krishna Singh Bisht

Krishna

Omkar Das Manikpuri

Omkar Das Manikpuri

Lakhma

Danish Husain

Danish Husain

Police DIG

P

Pistak Gond

The Village Patel

Themes & Keywords

rebelelectiongovernment employee

About Newton

Newton is a comedy, drama film released in 2017 exploring themes of rebel, election, government employee. Directed by Amit Masurkar, it stars Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil. A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.

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