Drishyam FilmsThe announcement of India’s Oscars submission never comes without cries of disbelief. In 2007, it chose Eklavya over critically admired Dharm as India’s Oscars submission; in 2013, it chose Barfi!, a film that plagiarized scenes from Hollywood classics; in 2014, Good Road was chosen over all-round favorite The Lunchbox. In February, Newton was premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and won the CICAE award for best film in the Forum segment. In April, at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, it won the Jury Prize for Young Cinema. It was also nominated for a jury award at the Tribeca Film Festival for Best International Narrative Feature.

Source: Forbes September 23, 2017 13:41 UTC