Newton's Oscar Nomination: Twitter flooded with B-Town reactions for Rajkummar Rao
A string of Bollywood celebrities took on Twitter to congratulate National Award-winning actor Rajkummar Rao whose newly released dark comedy film Newton has created a buzz in media with its official entry in Oscar.
Actors including names like Paresh Rawal, Anil Kapoor and Karan Johar has extended their wishes for the actor.
The film is nominated under Best Foreign Film language category at the Oscars. The decision to send Newton's name was taken by 14-member jury committee of film federation of India. The committee was headed by Telugu film producer-director C V Reddy.
The film Newton is directed by Amit Masurkar and starring Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi and Anjali Patil. The film released across India on 21st September.
Here is what they said:
Huge congrats to my favourite actor @RajkummarRao for Newton n hope you win the Oscar ! Good luck .
— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) September 22, 2017
Congratulations @RajkummarRao & the whole team of #Newton !! This is such great news! All the best! https://t.co/dxAJKyvAg1
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) September 22, 2017
Huge Congratulations Raj!!! https://t.co/3QLMVlF8fn
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) September 22, 2017
Congratulations @RajkummarRao @TripathiiPankaj @Amitmasurkar and the captain @ManMundra https://t.co/FeppBRgkFO
— Manoj Bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) September 22, 2017
While typing this tweet I feel so emotional 🙏YES #NEWTON is India's official entry to OSCARS this year.So proud @Amit_Masurkar @RajkummarRao pic.twitter.com/s16Qk9ismg
— AANAND L RAI (@aanandlrai) September 22, 2017
Well deserved and congratulations team #Newton @RajkummarRao @Amit_Masurkar @ManMundra @cypplOfficial #PankajTripathi 👏🏻 https://t.co/ihoE4eHaPi
— bhumi pednekar (@psbhumi) September 22, 2017
#Newton is India's official entry to the #Oscars. Very deserving! Hail @aanandlrai sir, fab @RajkummarRao, genius @Amit_Masurkar @ManMundra👏
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) September 22, 2017
First published: 23 September 2017, 13:52 ISTSo proud and happy for you all! More power to good stories. @aanandlrai @Amit_Masurkar @RajkummarRao #NEWTON https://t.co/s3kRTVvgcb
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) September 22, 2017
