Newton director Amit V Masurkar today said Rajkummar Rao deserved to win a National Award for best actor. Newton was named the best Hindi film and a special mention was given to its actor Pankaj Tripathi. The filmmaker said Rajkummar, who already has a best actor National Award to his credit for Shahid, should have been recognised for the work he has done in the year gone by. Actor Riddhi Sen was named the best actor for his performance in Bengali film Nagarkirtan at the 65th National Film Awards, that were announced today. He has won National award before.

Source: Hindustan Times April 13, 2018 15:33 UTC