Newton is a Indian Hindi -language black comedy - drama film directed and co-written by Amit V. Pankaj Tripathi won a special mention at 65th National Film Awards. Nutan "Newton" Kumar Rajkummar Rao , a rookie government clerk on reserve is sent on election duty to a Naxal -controlled town in the insurgency -ridden jungles of Chhattisgarh , India , when one of the main duty officers there is found to be facing heart problems.
Faced with the apathy of the war-weary Central Reserve Police Force CRPF security forces, led by Assistant Commandant Aatma Singh Pankaj Tripathi , and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist insurgents, he tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the odds stacked against him.
He is disappointed when the voters do not turn up for the election. Later when a foreign reporter turns up at the polling station, the CRPF force the villagers from the constituency to turn up to cast their votes.
When one of the villagers enters the polling booth, he is bewildered by the voting machine and does not understand how to operate it. After talking to the villagers, Newton soon realizes that they have no idea what the election is about. Some thought they would earn money from this, while others asked hopelessly about getting paid sufficiently for their work.
He desperately tries to educate them but to no avail. Taking the lead, a frustrated Aatma Singh cuts off Newton aside and shames the villagers by telling them that these officers have risked their lives for their vote, and they should not turn them away.
