Newton, which is India’s Oscar entry, is allegedly inspired from the Iranian film Secret Ballot. Global recognitionHowever, director Amit Masurkar defends his film, which has garnered massive critical acclaim. He says, “The film has travelled to all international film festivals and has been awarded, if it were a copy do you think this would have happened? The requirement as per FFI rules is that the film has to be released before September 30, 2017. Also, a draft of `50,000 has to be submitted and the film needs to have English subtitles.

Source: dna September 24, 2017 00:45 UTC