Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has voiced his support to the team of "Newton", amid reports that the film has striking similarities with an Iranian movie "Secret Ballot".
The 45-year-old director took to Twitter to praise the Amit Masurkar-directed movie, which was announced as India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category in the Oscars.
Kashyap also took a dig at those claiming the movie was inspired by Babak Payami's 2001 directorial venture.
"'Newton' is as much a copy of 'Secret Ballot' as 'The Avengers' is of 'Watan Ke Rakhwale'.
"'Newton' is an award winner from Berlin Fest and I can promise you those curators watch more films in a year than rest of us do in a lifetime," Kashyap wrote.
"Newton", which features Rajkummar Rao as the lead, revolves around a government employee struggling to supervise voting in a conflict-area of Chhattisgarh, while "Secret Ballot" focuses on a day in the life of a woman ballot officer who visits a desolate place in Iran to convince people to cast their vote. PTI SHD BDS SHD
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