White Tiger - Not a review just an opinion!
- Have you experienced poverty? hunger? discrimination? frustration? homelessness? despair? loneliness? hopelessness? harassment?
- Have you cursed and screamed at no one in particular on top of your voice with your windows rolled up?
- Have you said yes/no when you really wanted to say no/yes because of the consequences that could follow?
- Have you walked around aimlessly and felt helpless to the point that you thought life is not worth living?
If you have answered yes to one or more or all of these questions........you could relate to the character Balram in the movie - White Tiger. I am not going to review it here because it is best if you see it, experience it and become it in some way or the other. I have watched it about 4 times now and I know I will be watching it again. Partially because it stirs some memories in my subconscious mind, mostly because Adarsh Gaurav, who played the protagonist in the movie gave a performance of his life to do justice to Balram. You can pause the movie every 2 minutes and think about the situation and see if you could relate.
It is assumed that the story is about the Rich, poor, deplorable caste system, subservience, etc. What I learned from this brilliant creation of was much more than that. When the credits roll you can tell the rest of the cast, director, and all the details. Sure everyone gets credit for a movie so well made...especially Ramin Bahrani. But Adarsh carried the movie on his young shoulders. One of the most powerful dialogues in the movie is when Balram is wondering to himself about his relationship to his master, Ashok- "Love in the pretext of loathing or loathe in the pretext of loving" it hits a nerve.
