Deborah Ross

So good I watched it twice: Netflix’s The White Tiger reviewed

Two hours of boisterous, dazzling, swaggering fun

An astounding star turn: Adarsh Gourav as Balram in The White Tiger. Credit: Tejinder Singh Khamkha / Netflix © 2021 
issue 23 January 2021

The White Tiger is adapted from the Booker-prize winning novel (2008) by Aravind Adiga. It is directed by Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, 99 Homes) who also wrote the screenplay. It stars Adarsh Gourav, otherwise a songwriter and singer. It’s a rags-to-riches story set in India but it’s not at all a typical rags-to-riches story set in India. Those are some of the things you probably should know, but there is only one thing I want you to know: it is wonderful and, even though the subject matter is often chilling, and there’s simmering rage, and murder, it’s still two hours of boisterous, dazzling, swaggering fun. I watched it once and thought: I could easily watch that again. So I did. Unheard of. And one last thing I want you to know: Bahrani may be a genius.

I watched it once and thought: I could easily watch that again. So I did.

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