Aatma Singh is shown shopping in civilian dress with his wife and daughter during holidays, suggesting he is humane and conditions in Naxal-affected areas made him a dispassionate and cynical person.
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The movie concludes with a shot of the area six months later, showing mining activity going on. The CRPF troops then beat him up out of frustration. Newton keeps him at gunpoint even after the voting for the remaining two minutes of his official duty (till 3 pm). He tells Newton that he doesn't want to lose any more troops, especially when the government cannot even supply them with night vision goggles that they have been requesting for 2 years. Singh comments out of frustration that he did not want polling to be conducted in an area that was only secured by government forces 6 months ago, mentioning that there are still more landmines than men.
Taking his duty very seriously, Newton steals Aatma Singh's rifle and holds the officer at gunpoint till the villagers cast their votes. It is here where the film gives the viewer the conundrum of the situation in war-torn areas, through two men without any rivalry, bent on their duty, yet a stark difference, exposing the conundrum of truth. Aatma Singh is reluctant to let them do so. On the way back Newton decides to collect the votes of four villagers who suddenly turn up from deep inside the forest. On gaining such knowledge, he tries to outrun his escort team back to the polling booth, but gets caught on both sides, and is forcefully taken back to safety. Newton wants to sit at the polling booth for the stipulated time but is forced to flee due to a Naxal ambush which he realizes later was staged by the CRPF.
So while they vote for their favorite symbol, instead of politicians they have never heard about, the foreign reporter gets a good news report about India's democracy. and they could press any symbol they like (leaving them uneducated about the fact that those symbols represent respective political parties). He tells them that the voting machine is a toy there are symbols of elephants, cycles, etc. Taking the lead, a frustrated Aatma Singh pushes Newton aside and shames the villagers by telling them that these officers have risked their lives for their vote, and they should not turn them away. He desperately tries to educate them but to no avail. Some thought they would earn money from this, while others asked hopelessly about getting paid sufficiently for their work. When one of them enters the polling booth, he becomes bewildered by the voting machine and its operation.Īfter talking to the lot, soon Newton realizes that they have no idea what the election is about. Later when a foreign reporter turns up at the polling station the CRPF force the villagers from the constituency to turn up to cast their votes. He is disappointed when the voters do not turn up for the election.
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Faced with the apathy of the war-weary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security forces, led by Assistant Commandant Aatma Singh ( Pankaj Tripathi), and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist insurgents, he tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the odds stacked against him. Nutan "Newton" Kumar ( Rajkummar Rao), a rookie government clerk on reserve is sent on election duty to a Naxal-controlled town in the insurgency-ridden jungles of Chhattisgarh, India, when one of the main duty officers there is found to be facing heart problems. The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. Pankaj Tripathi won a special mention at 65th National Film Awards.
Newton was also awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Rao won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actor and the writers won the award for Best Screenplay. The film received universal acclaim, securing eight nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film (Critics), Best Actor (Critics) for Rao and Best Supporting Actor for Tripathi, while winning Best Film and Filmfare Award for Best Story. Newton had its world premiere in the Forum section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was produced by Manish Mundra under Drishyam Films, known for the 2015 film Masaan, and the film is Amit Masurkar’s second feature after his debut film, Sulemani Keeda in 2013. The film stars Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Raghubir Yadav. Newton is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language black comedy drama film co-written and directed by Amit V.
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