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The White Tiger

 

The White Tiger

I never did enjoy the book that this movie is based upon. Whilst my reading of the book itself, I had felt a sense of disconnect from it, and this chiefly arose from the fact that the author appeared to have used elements from the Indian society to tick boxes.

Caste divides – check!

Economic divides – check!

Political divides – check!

Gender divides – check!

And then market the hell out of the book to garner support for an elevated prize. This post is sure to ruffle a few feathers, but I am sticking to my guns!

The movie is a true adaptation and I quite liked the performance by it’s lead – the raw Gaurav Adarsh. He was good but has a long way to go as yet. He did not show any depth and that was unfortunate as the one thing that was good in the book were the many layers that Balram Halwai was endowed with. He does have a good narrative voice though.

And what a strange choice of movie for Rajkummar Rao to say yes to! He is never in the thick of things and is rather like Shahid Kapur was in Padmaavat. His role is very poorly written and methinks that the script was altered along the way. The book eked out the characters of Ashok and Pinky quite well, but they are frivolous in the movie.

It does make sense for Priyanka to have accepted the movie, as it saved on the costs with her being the producer as well. But Rajkummar’s inclusion puzzled me.

My views about the movie could well be a hangover from my feelings about the book, so please give this one a whirl if you would, but for me it was a wasted effort.

Cheers till the next one.

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