The Rajkummar Rao starrer 'Newton' has become Indian actor Raghubir Yadav's eighth film to be sent for the Oscars. 'Salaam Bombay!', 'Bandit Queen', 'Rudaali', '1947: Earth', 'Lagaan' and 'Peepli [Live]' were six of the other films, which were India's official entries. However, Yadav's Indo-Canadian film 'Water' was nominated by Canada in the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category at Oscars 2006.