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Bollywood wishes Rajkummar Rao as his Newton becomes India's official entry for Oscar

| @indiablooms | Sep 22, 2017, at 10:32 pm
Mumbai, Sept 22 (IBNS): Bollywood celebrities joined to congratulate actor Rajkummar Rao as his Newton was selected as India’s official entry at the Oscars 2018.

Newton, which has been directed by Amit V Masurkar, released across India on Friday.

The movie is India’s official entry for the the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.

Actor Paresh Rawal tweeted: "Huge congrats to my favourite actor @RajkummarRao for Newton n hope you win the Oscar ! Good luck ."

Actor Anil Kapoor greeted the actor by saying: "Congratulations @RajkummarRao & the whole team of #Newton !! This is such great news! All the best!"

Actor Manoj Bajpayee said :"Congratulations @RajkummarRao @TripathiiPankaj @Amitmasurkar and the captain @ManMundra."

Filmmaker Aanand L Rai posted: "@RajkummarRao,you r d most precious actor we have in our industry.Thank u for being there unconditionally for stories to b told.#Newton22sep."

Actress Bhumi Pednekar tweeted: "Well deserved and congratulations team #Newton @RajkummarRao @Amit_Masurkar @ManMundra @cypplOfficial #PankajTripathi ."

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana‏ remarked: "#Newton is India's official entry to the #Oscars. Very deserving! Hail @aanandlrai sir, fab @RajkummarRao, genius @Amit_Masurkar @ManMundra."

Actress Dia Mirza congratulated Rao and posted: "So proud and happy for you all! More power to good stories. @aanandlrai @Amit_Masurkar @RajkummarRao #NEWTON."

Produced by Drishyam Films and distributed by Eros Entertainment, the film also features Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Raghubir Yadav.

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