The ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. The White Tiger is based on the bestselling novel by Aravind Adiga, directed and written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and producer Mukul Deora.
Getting ahead in life is pretty tough no matter where you're from. But if you're unlucky enough to be born in poverty, it can be downright impossible. At least, not without going to some pretty extreme measures.
That's the basic problem faced by Balram, the protagonist of The White Tiger, the new film based on the 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. Dark, funny, and more than a little prescient, The White Tiger reveals just what it takes to find success when the system's been rigged against you before you were even born.
Here's what you need to know before you watch The White Tiger.
In 2008, the Indo-Australian author Aravind Adiga saw the publication of his first novel, The White Tiger. That same year, it won the Booker Prize for fiction, one of the most significant prizes awarded for fiction published in the English language. That's a remarkable achievement for any book, but it's an especially auspicious start for a writer's debut novel.
The White Tiger tells the story of Balram Halwai, who was born into a lower social class. He has big dreams about rising up out of the darkness that surrounds him and into the light of success and legitimacy. He's called a "white tiger" - a symbol for power in India and Asia in general - because of his early signs of ambition and intelligence. Of course, it takes a lot more than those qualities to move up in the world... unless you're willing to do whatever it takes and sacrifice everything to get what you want.
Adiga's tale is one that mixes tragedy with comedy in order to make a broader point. Readers all over the world identified with the book's message, and the novel earned a spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Now that the book has been adapted to film, there's little question that The White Tiger will reach a whole new level of recognition and resonance.
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The ambitious driver for a rich Indian family uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. Based on the bestselling novel.
