The White Tiger

Name: The White Tiger
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: January 13, 2021
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Aaron Wan, Abhishek Khandekar, Adarsh Gourav, Ansuman Bhagat, Arun Khator

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 13, 2021 | R

Starring: Aaron Wan, Abhishek Khandekar, Adarsh Gourav, Ansuman Bhagat, Arun Khator, Harshit Mahawar, Kamlesh Gill, Lokesh Mittal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Mahesh Pillai, Nalneesh Neel, Paras Gola, Perrie Kapernaros, Priyanka Chopra, Raj Kumar Yadav, Ram Naresh Diwakar, Sandeep Singh, Satish Kumar, Solanki Diwakar, Swaroop Sampat, Tilak Raj, Vedant Sinha, Vijay Maurya

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Arrives on Netflix January 22.

Summary: 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 (Rajkummar Rao) and Pinky (Priyanka Chopra Jonas), who have just returned from America. Society has trained Balram toBalram 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 (Rajkummar Rao) and Pinky (Priyanka Chopra Jonas), who have 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. Based on the New York Times bestseller and 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel.… Expand

Director: Ramin Bahrani

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 125 min

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Vince Mancini

Feb 4, 2021

White Tiger subverts expectations right up until the very end, self-consciously commenting on what it doesn’t do as much as what it does. In that way White Tiger allows other stories to define it maybe more than it should. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Jan 20, 2021

While Mr. Bahrani’s film shares certain themes with Danny Boyle’s international hit, it’s a great entertainment in its own right, a zestful epic blessed with rapier wit, casually dazzling dialogue, gorgeous cinematography (by Paolo Carnera ) and, at the center of it all, a sensational star turn by an actor, singer and songwriter named Adarsh Gourav. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Jan 5, 2021

The White Tiger illustrates the extremes to which the poor are driven to violate the rigid class structure of India, with the implication that our hero and his methodology is perhaps the face of post-superpower capitalism itself. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jan 5, 2021

An absorbing tale of feline ambition. Read full review

Lauren J. Coates

Jan 22, 2021

Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger thrives with terrific performances, compelling characters, and a biting sense of identity that hits the thematic nail on the head. Though the poor pacing strains its true potency, the film’s striking visuals and sharp direction bolster the impact significantly, resulting in an artfully-crafted tale of ambition and greed. Read full review

Chris Barsanti

Jan 6, 2021

Ramin Bahrani’s film is a turbulent and snarkily self-aware melodrama about breathless social climbing. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Jan 21, 2021

The characters don’t quite come to life. They aren’t trapped by prescribed social roles so much as by the programmatic design of the narrative, which insists it is showing things as they really are. If it wasn’t so insistent, it might be more convincing. Read full review

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maxwellbeaumont

Jan 22, 2021

What a brilliant film! The White Tiger is gripping, enthralling, satirical take on class disparity in India backed up by magnificent performances from the lead cast especially Adarsh Gourav who is nothing short of a revelation! There's bound to be comparisons to Parasite & Slumdog, but theWhat a brilliant film! The White Tiger is gripping, enthralling, satirical take on class disparity in India backed up by magnificent performances from the lead cast especially Adarsh Gourav who is nothing short of a revelation! There's bound to be comparisons to Parasite & Slumdog, but the story holds its own. A must watch!… Expand

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Eldoreth

Jan 27, 2021

I still remember my first and only trip to India, finding The White Tiger and purchasing it from a book stall in a train station in Calcutta. I devoured the book over my next week and a half in the country. That was a long time ago. I was surprised to find this movie on netflix. I didn'tI still remember my first and only trip to India, finding The White Tiger and purchasing it from a book stall in a train station in Calcutta. I devoured the book over my next week and a half in the country. That was a long time ago. I was surprised to find this movie on netflix. I didn't expect it to be made into one. And as I watched I not only was transported back to the story I fell in love with, but also a country I spent time in and learned about. I can't tell you whether this movie is a very faithful retelling or not because to be honest, I can't remember the book all too well. But it did feel faintly familiar as I watched. It is thought and emotion provoking. I enjoyed it very much. I hope you do too.… Expand