Superheroes of Newton and Spyder

In its 100-minute duration, Masurkar has woven a yarn-and-a-half, told with the perfect lightness of touch

Not all heroes wear capes. This epiphany hit me when I watched Spyder and Newton recently. Both have protagonists thrown in the midst of situations that came out of left field. Rajkummar Rao’s winsome Nutan Kumar (aka Newton) is accused by his senior (Sanjay Mishra in a lovely cameo) of wearing his righteousness on his sleeve. An unfazed Newton takes the same attitude to the seemingly dangerous Dandakaranya forest as a presiding poll officer to hold Lok Sabha elections for mere 76 people.

Amit Masurkar’s sophomore movie deserved to be sent as India’s entry to the Oscars for achieving that