RajKumar Rao Won Art Cinema honour: Rajkumar Rao has won the International Federation of Art Cinemas award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. Yesterday he shared his happiness with his fans, he tweeted,”So happy to share ‘Newton’ has won the Art Cinema award for the Forum section at Berlinale. Congratulations team.”
RajKumar Rao Won Art Cinema honour, “Only Rao could have done justice to this character”!!
So happy to share #Newton has won the Art Cinema award for the Forum section at #Berlinale. Congratulations team @ManMundra @Amit_Masurkar
— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) February 18, 2017
Amit Masurkar, director of Newton, starring Rajkumar Rao, said in an interview,” I thought of Raj Kummar because the character was somebody, for which I needed a person, who could pull of a huge range. Plus I needed an actor of his age. The amount of energy he could send to the role I couldn’t think of anybody else. Raj is extremely dedicated guy. He is with you one hundred per cent. And, I would love to work with him in more films.”
Amit Masurkar rose to fame after his directed hit film Sulemani Keeda, believed that only Rajkumar Rao could have done justice to this character.
‘Newton’ movie revolves around a clerk placed on election duty in Chhattisgarh, in a conflict-ridden area. Near about 43 films were screened in the Forum segment at the festival, out of which 29 films are selected to be premiered worldwide.