NEWTON

Dragged hubby dear to watch 'Newton' the day before. I usually don't go to movies without knowing the premise of the movie, but in this case I decided to surprise myself!

And did the gamble pay off! I was wondering how they are going to put a spin on the name 'Newton', and it's delightful! Perfect cast. Rajkumar Rao can easily be crowned the king of mininalist expression. Almost deadpan, but in a good way. The other actors Pankaj Tripathi and Anjali Patil are to look out for.

Amit Masurkar must be lauded for getting such controlled performances from the entire cast, especially from Raghubir Yadav whose character had ample scope to go overboard.

It's a very simple story with no frills, a very serious issue manifested in a very light hearted manner. Charming background music!

Of course, like every interesting thing, it has it's little flaws. The story pace lags a little in the middle. And I wish they had handled the valid dilemma of the army a bit more cleverly. And yes, the Achilles heel ... an open-ended end. Doesn't work for me. After giving a movie these many minutes of my life, I like me a good closure! :-) :-)

But then like I said, something that's perfect is boring! And this movie...definitely not boring! Go watch it to promote low-on-budget and high-on-intelligence movies! Newton, I'm rooting for you in the Oscars buddy!