There is something incredibly entertaining about watching someone rise from nothing to become a criminal mastermind. Most famously, we’ve seen this story play out in the classic crime film, “Scarface,” as well as the TV series, “Breaking Bad.” Now, Netflix takes a stab at the story with the forthcoming “The White Tiger.”
As seen in the trailer for “The White Tiger,” the film follows the story of an Indian man that dreams of nothing more than to be a servant. However, when his master makes him take the fall for a crime he didn’t commit, the young servant reinvents himself as something more, the White Tiger.
The film stars Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. “The White Tiger” is written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ramin Bahrani. The director is probably best known for features such as “Man Push Cart,” “Chop Shop,” and “Goodbye Solo.” His most recent feature is the HBO film, “Fahrenheit 451.”
“The White Tiger” arrives in select theaters at the beginning of January before arriving on Netflix on January 22, 2021. You can watch the new trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
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 (Rajkummar 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. Based on the New York Times bestseller and 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel.