B-Town celebs congratulate Rajkummar for Newton Oscar nomination

Mumbai Sep 22 (IANS) A string of Bollywood personalities including names like Paresh Rawal Anil Kapoor and Karan Johar have congratulated National Award-winning actor Rajkummar Rao whose latest release "Newton" has been selected as India s official entry at the Oscars 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.

Directed by Amit V. Masurkar the film was chosen from among 26 titles from different languages by a 14-member jury appointed by the Film Federation of India.

The film revolves around a young government clerk who is sent on election duty to a Maoist-controlled town and how the ideological struggle puts him in an awkward situation. It was shot in the interiors of Chhattisgarh.

Here is what they have tweeted:

Paresh Rawal: Huge congrats to my favourite actor Rajkummar Rao for Newton and hope you win the Oscar! Good luck.

Anil Kapoor: Congratulations Rajkummar Rao and the whole team of Newton ! This is such great news! All the best!

Karan Johar: Huge Congratulations Raj!

Manoj Bajpayee: Congratulations Rajkummar Rao Pankaj Tripathi Amit Masurkar and the captain Manish Mundra.

Aanand L Rai: While typing this tweet I feel so emotional. Yes Newton is India s official entry to Oscars this year. So proud Amit Masurkar Rajkummar Rao.

Bhumi Pednekar: Well deserved and congratulations team Newton .

Ayushmann Khurrana: Newton is India s official entry to the Oscars. Very deserving! Hail Aanand L Rai sir fab Rajkummar Rao genius Amit Masurkar.

Dia Mirza: So proud and happy for you all! More power to good stories. Aanand L Rai Amit Masurkar Rajkummar Rao. Newton

Bejoy Nambiar: Wow! Way to go Rajkummar Rao.

--IANS
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