Anurag Kashyap comes out in support of 'Newton'

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has voiced his support to the team of "Newton", amid reports that the film has striking similarities with an Iranian movie "Secret Ballot".

The 45-year-old director took to Twitter to praise the Amit Masurkar-directed movie, which was announced as India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category in the Oscars.

Kashyap also took a dig at those claiming the movie was inspired by Babak Payami's 2001 directorial venture.

"'Newton' is as much a copy of 'Secret Ballot' as 'The Avengers' is of 'Watan Ke Rakhwale'.

"'Newton' is an award winner from Berlin Fest and I can promise you those curators watch more films in a year than rest of us do in a lifetime," Kashyap wrote.

"Newton", which features Rajkummar Rao as the lead, revolves around a government employee struggling to supervise voting in a conflict-area of Chhattisgarh, while "Secret Ballot" focuses on a day in the life of a woman ballot officer who visits a desolate place in Iran to convince people to cast their vote. PTI SHD BDS SHD