'' Newton '' had its world premiere in the Forum section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival . The film received universal acclaim , securing eight nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards , including Best Film ( Critics ) , Best Actor ( Critics ) for Rao and Best Supporting Actor for Tripathi , while winning Best Film and Filmfare Award for Best Story . Rao won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actor and the writers won the award for Best Screenplay . '' Newton '' was also awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi . Pankaj Tripathi won a special mention at 65th National Film Awards . The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards
67th Berlin International Film Festival
67th Berlin International Film Festival
Newton (film)