Rajkumar Rao starrer Newton's story and poster copied?
Rajkumar Rao starrer Newton's story and poster copied?
From the moment Newton has been nominated as India's official entry to Oscar, the film has created a buzz in the film industry with the controversies. Earlier there was news that Rajkumar Rao's film story is copied from a popular Iranian film Secret Ballet.
Now a new report has surfaced and it is being said that film's poster has also been copied from Satyajit Ray's film Ganatshrutu film.
You may be surprised to know that Satyajit Ray's film Ganatatru has been an Oscar winner in 1990. The story of this movie is inspired by Ray's drama Henrik Ibson's playwriter. The story is of a doctor who fights against superstitious people.
Earlier there was a buzz in media that the film Newton's story was stolen from an Iranian film named Secret Belt. The film was released in 2001. But when Newton's director Amit Masurkar was asked about it, he refused to accept it.
Now the question is when Newton's world premiere was made at the 67th Berlin Film Festival and the film was given the International Federation of Art Cinema Award. Then there was no such thing was talked that the whether the film or its poster is copied. But ever since the film has been nominated for Oscars, new controversies are coming out every day.