Newton

Sep 22, 2017

1h 46m

★ 7.1

Overview

A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Colour Yellow Productions

Drishyam Films

Newton Trailers

Cast

Newton Kumar

Rajkummar Rao

Aatma Singh

Pankaj Tripathi

Malka

Anjali Patil

Loknath

Raghubir Yadav

Shambhoo

Mukesh Prajapati

Election Instructor

Sanjay Mishra

Krishna

Krishna Singh Bisht

Lakhma

Omkar Das Manikpuri

Police DIG

Danish Husain

The Village Patel

Pistak Gond

Aatma Singh's Translator

Rajman Netam

Shubham

Shubham Netam

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