After receiving a warm response at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, the trailer of Amit V Masurkar’s highly anticipated film Newton is garnering an overwhelming response from the viewers from the day it released. The Rajkummar Rao-starrer is about a determined government clerk, who desires to conduct fair elections in the conflict-ridden jungles of Chhattisgarh.
The dark comedy was shot extensively in forest areas, frequented by Maoists and to showcase the untamed flavor of jungles, a lot of tribal people of the jungles were auditioned and cast in the film. Amit informs:
“We shot in Dalli Rajhara. My casting director and I cast locals from villages near the Naxalite-controlled jungles. We cast 100-plus people from over ten villages.”
The director further added:
“Initially, the idea was scary. But once we went for a recce, we realized people don’t care for Bollywood much. We told everyone how we are making a movie about elections, and it has nothing to do with Maoism. As long as you aren’t making anyone suspicious, you are safe.”
