The White Tiger is the debut novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga. It was first published in 2008 and won the 40th Man Booker Prize in the same year. The novel provides a darkly humorous perspective of India's class struggle in a globalized world as told through a retrospective narration from Balram Halwai, a village boy. In detailing Balram's journey first to Delhi, where he works as a chauffeur to a rich landlord, and then to Bangalore, the place to which he flees after killing his master and stealing his money, the novel examines issues of religion, caste, loyalty, corruption and poverty in India. Ultimately, Balram transcends his sweet-maker caste and becomes a successful entrepreneur, establishing his own taxi service. In a nation proudly shedding a history of poverty and underdevelopment, he represents, as he himself says, "tomorrow."
About The White Tiger
An ambitious driver for a wealthy Indian family comes up with a plan to pull his own family out of poverty in this crime drama. The film was written and directed by Ramin Bahrani.
Achievement of The White Tiger
The film's screenplay is based on Aravind Adiga's 2008 novel of the same name. Filming took place in and around Delhi in 2019.
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Latest information about The White Tiger updated on July 28 2021.
