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The White Tiger

The White Tiger

Drama · 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.

Movie details

The White Tiger

“Eat or get eaten up.”

2021 Drama 2h 5m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.1 / 10

67.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

91 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

76 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

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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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The White Tiger?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ramin Bahrani

Written by

Ramin Bahrani

Adarsh Gourav

Adarsh Gourav

Balram Halwai

Rajkummar Rao

Rajkummar Rao

Ashok

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Pinky Madam

Mahesh Manjrekar

Mahesh Manjrekar

The Stork

Vijay Maurya

Vijay Maurya

Mukesh 'The Mongoose'

Kamlesh Gill

Kamlesh Gill

Granny Kusum

Swaroop Sampat

Swaroop Sampat

The Great Socialist

Court is in session

Put The White Tiger on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.