Director: Ramin Bahrani

Writer: Aravind Adiga(novel) & Ramim Bahrani(screen play)

Streaming on: Netflix

The White Tiger is a 2021 American drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani, it is an adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s 2008 novel of the same name. The film stars Adarsh Gourav in his first leading role, along with Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra, who also executive produced the film.

The film was released in theatres on 13 January 2021 and on Netflix on 22 January 2021. The White Tiger received positive reviews from critics who praised its direction, screenplay and performances by the cast.

Plot: The White Tiger Netflix

Balram Halwai (Adarsh Gourav) narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India. Cunning and ambitious, our young hero jockeys his way into becoming a driver for Ashok (Rajkumar Rao) and Pinky (Priyanka Chopra-Jonas), who has just returned from America. Society has trained Balram to be one thing – a servant – so he makes himself indispensable to his rich masters. But after a night of betrayal, he realizes the corrupt lengths they will go to trap him and save themselves. On the verge of losing everything, Balram rebels against a rigged and unequal system to rise up and become a new kind of master.

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“You ask ‘Are you a man or a demon?’ Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and that is the only difference between us.”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger