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The White Tiger

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Low-caste villager Balram Halwai (Adarsh Gourav) is hired as a driver for a successful entrepreneur (Rajkummar Rao) and his American wife (Priyanka Chopra), slowly realizing how thereā€™s only one way for him to break free. The lauded novel becomes a good reason for the director to return to a familiar theme, the struggle between classes. This portrait of the despicable Indian caste system is detailed, insightful and very engaging, consisting largely of a well-told flashback story explaining how the lead character rose from poverty by committing a bloody crime. Loses some of its grip near the end; still, dark with a sense of humor. Gourav is very good.

2021-U.S.-India. 125 min. Color. Widescreen. Produced byĀ Ramin Bahrani, Mukul Deora. Written andĀ directed byĀ Ramin Bahrani. Novel: Aravind Adiga. Cast: Adarsh Gourav (Balram Halwai), Priyanka Chopra (Pinky Madam), Rajkummar Rao (Ashok), Vijay Maurya, Mahesh Manjrekar.Ā 

Trivia: Co-executive produced by Ava DuVernay and Chopra.

Last word: ā€œI remember reading early versions of ā€˜The White Tigerā€™ years before he finished it.Ā I thought it was amazing. I always wanted to make a film of it. Iā€™m grateful he trusted me to do it.ā€ (Bahrani on his decades-long friendship with Adiga, Entertainment Weekly)

 

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