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Anurag Kashyap Stands For ‘Newton’, Gets ‘Secret Ballot’ Producer To Confirm It’s Not Copied

bySusri Sahu
26th September 2017
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Rajkummar Rao‘s ‘Newton’ was declared India’s official entry to Oscars 2018 and our excitement knew no bounds. Even the masses, both on and off social media were ecstatic and proud to see Rajkummar reach heights, he so rightly deserves. Not to mention the piece of cinematic brilliance that is Amit V Masurkar directed, ‘Newton.’

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However, shortly after it was lauded in waves of adulation, the tides turned into a sea of allegations and contemplations.

I am talking about the claims that ‘Newton’ is ‘inspired’ or ‘copied’ from the Iranian film, ‘Secret Ballot.’ It was alleged that the film has uncanny resemblances in the plot, which revolves around an honest polling officer and the voting day in a remote place.

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But that the claims didn’t stop supporters at anything. And amongst many (including yours truly), Anurag Kashyap stood his ground to defend the film and the creative field of arts. He took to Twitter and wrote, 

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1. Initially, it was happiness.

2. But it soon turned into THIS!

3. WORD

Not just that, Anurag being the man he is, went on to prove the above. How?

Well, he reached out to Marco Muller, producer of ‘Secret Ballot’ and got his quote on it. He even shared the screenshot of a conversation with Muller on FB which stated that ‘Newton’ is not plagiarised. 

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“With over-enthusiastic media and our cinephiles with overactive imagination .. who called ‘Newton’ a copy of ‘Secret Ballot’ ..here is what the producer of ‘Secret Ballot’ said to me after watching Newton. I requested the link of ‘Newton’ from its director and send it to Marco Muller, the producer. And he wrote back “A pretty decent film, definitely no rip off from our Secret Ballot (even if the general concept is the same)” and then I asked him if I can share his response on Social Media? He replied,”please feel free as you see fit, there is not even a hint of plagiarisation.”

 

While folks who have watched both the movies can tell them apart, Anurag’s kind gesture puts all the rumours and claims to rest and how! Thank you, Anurag Kashyap. We, the cinephiles, owe you one!

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