Rajkummar Rao with villagers in Chhattisgarh

Shooting on a shoe-string budget wasn't the biggest challenge for Amit Masurkar, who shot Rajkummar Rao-starrer Newton in the interiors of Chhattisgarh. The director was keen on maintaining the authenticity of the film, which deals with a rookie government clerk being sent on election duty to a Naxal-controlled town in the state.