Newton is a 2017 Bollywood drama movie directed by Amit V. Masurkar who has earlier directed and produced low budget movie Sulemani Keeda ( 2013 ) . Newton is produced by Manish Mundra under Drishyam Films Banner, famous for the 2015 film Masaan and co-produced by Aanand L. Rai of Colour Yellow Productions . The movie was premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival held from 9–19 February 2017 in Berlin, Germany and released in India on 22 September 2017 . Newton was India's official entry to the Oscars in 2017 chosen from 26 movies namely Bahubali 2, Ventilator and more . The films released between 1st October 2016 to 30 September 2017 were considered for the Indian entry for the