Ramin Bahrani’s Netflix thriller The White Tiger is a kinetic and thought-provoking ride. The acclaimed director’s adaptation of Arvind Adiga’s lauded 2008 novel charts the tumultuous journey of a poor Indian driver who must use his wit and cunning to break free from servitude.The project was in many ways a personal journey for Bahrani. “Arvind and I have been friends for 25 years now,” the filmmaker says during the film’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event. “I had been reading the novel in draft form for four years before it was published.
I was immediately riveted.”Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who stars in the movie and also served as executive producer, explains: “We may look at this story as happening in an economy far
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