Summary The White Tiger 2021
An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
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 (Rajkumar 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.
Destined to work his fingers to the bone on his family's tea stall, smart and ambitious Balram spots a golden opportunity to break free from the plight of his caste, and forge his path to financial success. Having perfected the subtle art of flattery, bright-eyed Balram learns how to drive, and then, lands a job as a chauffeur for wealthy, US-educated Ashok, his young new boss. However, in a world structured to keep Balram forever a have-not, where corruption, bribery, and betrayal go hand in hand, fulfilling his dream is easier said than done. Then, after a shocking but eye-opening incident, Balram's repressed anger blows up, and no one is safe anymore. In the end, what does it take to become a fierce white tiger?
