Film Recommendation: Newton Newton is a devastatingly intelligent film about a not so intelligent man. A man whose calling card is his scrupulous, improbable, almost preposterous work ethic. A man who is in over his head, but decidedly, average. And a man, who - if he were a cricketer - would be the darling of his coach and commentators, because he plays shots only with a straight bat and within the ‘V’. No cross batted shots for this gent. None. It is a film that doesn’t falter - albeit the pacing can be an acquired taste - and it is rare for a movie and its protagonist to share as many traits, characteristics and occasionally, even flaws, as this one does. It is also rare for a hindi film to be so full of people telling its leading man how his views and opinions are flawed and off centre all the time. The writing is politically on point and lifts the film at a cellular level. Everyone - the polling officer, the leader of the forces, the local assistant - has a world view which is leg...
