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Newton
न्यूटन
2017 · Film · 106 min
Directed by Amit Masurkar
A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
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A Bollywood movie, Newton (available for free to view on Amazon Prime Video), depicts plight of one such fictional instance of vote manipulation in India: https://www.amazon.com/Newton-Rajkummar-Rao/dp/B077MHZYDL
tldr A honest govt officer running a polling booth in an area under Naxal (communist separatists) influence grapples with corruption, deciet, hopelessness, manipulation, and hypocrisy.
I recently watched an independent film called “Newton” [1] about Indian democracy and voting process. It was amazing and I highly recommend it.
[1] https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6484982/