'Newton' wins best film at Hong Kong Film Festival

Actor Rajkummar Rao-starrer "Newton" has won the best film honour at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Rajkummar took to Twitter to announce the news.

"After #Berlinale win, another feather in #Newton's cap.

Won the Jury prize for best film at the Hong Kong intern'l film festival. @ManMundra (sic)," he posted.

Amit Masurkar-directed "Newton", which also stars Anjali Patil, is a political satire. It had its world premiere at the 67th Berlin Film Festival where it won the International Federation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) award in its Forum segment.

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