Rajkummar Rao starrer Newton to hit the screens in 2017

The National Award winning actor Rajkummar Rao will next feature in Amit Masurkar's upcoming flick Newton. Sulemani Kida earned a lot of success to the director Masurkar. He revealed the release time of the film Newton at a recent event by saying, "The film's final edits have been done and we're currently working on sound design and music and it would probably be done by January. We're planning to release the film mid next- year."

Amit Masurkar said that only Rajkummar fits the bill and he can do justice to the role. Praising Rajkummar, the filmmaker said, "I thought of Rajkummar because the character was somebody, for which I needed a person, who could pull of a huge range. Plus I needed an actor of his age. The amount of energy he could send to the role I couldn't think of anybody else."

"Raj is extremely dedicated guy. He is with you one hundred per cent. And, I would love to work with him in more films."

This is a tale about a rookie clerk who leaves no stone unturned to conduct free and fair voting in conflict-ridden jungle of Central India. The movie has been filmed in naxalites area and also stars some local actors as well as non-actors from Chattisgarh.

The movie Newton also features Anjali Patil and Pankaj Tripathi in lead role.