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The White Tiger | Official Trailer | Netflix
The ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. The White Tiger is based on the bestselling novel by Aravind Adiga, directed and written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and producer Mukul Deora.
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published: 21 Dec 2020
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The White Tiger | Official Teaser Trailer | Netflix
From acclaimed writer-director Ramin Bahrani comes the epic journey of a poor Indian driver (Adarsh Gourav) who uses his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters (Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas) and rise to the top of the heap. The White Tiger is based on the New York Times bestseller and 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel: written by Aravind Adiga.
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published: 28 Oct 2020
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White Tiger | WAR MOVIE | FULL MOVIE (2012) | by Karen Shakhnazarov
Incredible rumors circulate among Soviet soldiers about a mysterious German tank that suddenly appears and disappears on the battlefield, destroying everything in its path. This is the White Tiger, the devil no one can handle. After one of such battles, a badly burnt tank driver is found in a disabled Soviet tank. Surviving such monstrous burns is impossible, but the tank driver is quickly on the mend. Doctors are perplexed and throw up their hands, assuring that it’s a miracle. Still, this man does not remember who he is, where he comes from, but he knows one thing - the mystical German tank does exist. He believes that the war has given him back his life to rid the world of the killer tank, the White Tiger. What’s that? A fantasy? A mirage? Third Reich’s secret weapon? Or did he discover...
published: 15 Oct 2021
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published: 23 Jan 2021
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White Tiger (Official Trailer)
The Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.
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US Release Date: January 22, 2021
Starring: Priyanka Chopra, Rajkummar Rao, Adarsh Gourav
Directed By: Ramin Bahrani
Synopsis: The epic journey of a poor Indian driver who must use his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters and rise to the top of the heap.
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published: 28 Oct 2020
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The White Tiger Video Summary
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The White Tiger is a novel published by Aravind Adiga in 2008 exploring class conflict in India during a time of rapid globalization. This rags-to-riches story follows the ruthless rise of the protagonist, Balram Halwa, who uses intelligence and cunning to escape his impoverished coal-mining town in India. A shrewd social-climber, Balram successfully ingratiates himself into a rich family by getting a job as their chauffeur, becoming an indispensable fixture in the lives of his entitled employers
The novel opens with Balram penning a letter to We Jiabao, the premier o...
published: 13 Aug 2021
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The White Tiger | Official Trailer | Netflix
The ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and becom...
The ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. The White Tiger is based on the bestselling novel by Aravind Adiga, directed and written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and producer Mukul Deora.
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The ambitious driver for a rich Indian family uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. Based on the bestselling novel.
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The ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. The White Tiger is based on the bestselling novel by Aravind Adiga, directed and written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and producer Mukul Deora.
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The White Tiger | Official Trailer | Netflix
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The ambitious driver for a rich Indian family uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur. Based on the bestselling novel.
- published: 21 Dec 2020
- views: 4495229
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The White Tiger | Official Teaser Trailer | Netflix
From acclaimed writer-director Ramin Bahrani comes the epic journey of a poor Indian driver (Adarsh Gourav) who uses his wit and cunning to break free from serv...
From acclaimed writer-director Ramin Bahrani comes the epic journey of a poor Indian driver (Adarsh Gourav) who uses his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters (Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas) and rise to the top of the heap. The White Tiger is based on the New York Times bestseller and 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel: written by Aravind Adiga.
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From acclaimed writer-director Ramin Bahrani comes the epic journey of a poor Indian driver (Adarsh Gourav) who uses his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters (Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas) and rise to the top of the heap. The White Tiger is based on the New York Times bestseller and 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel: written by Aravind Adiga.
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- published: 28 Oct 2020
- views: 2861736
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White Tiger | WAR MOVIE | FULL MOVIE (2012) | by Karen Shakhnazarov
Incredible rumors circulate among Soviet soldiers about a mysterious German tank that suddenly appears and disappears on the battlefield, destroying everything ...
Incredible rumors circulate among Soviet soldiers about a mysterious German tank that suddenly appears and disappears on the battlefield, destroying everything in its path. This is the White Tiger, the devil no one can handle. After one of such battles, a badly burnt tank driver is found in a disabled Soviet tank. Surviving such monstrous burns is impossible, but the tank driver is quickly on the mend. Doctors are perplexed and throw up their hands, assuring that it’s a miracle. Still, this man does not remember who he is, where he comes from, but he knows one thing - the mystical German tank does exist. He believes that the war has given him back his life to rid the world of the killer tank, the White Tiger. What’s that? A fantasy? A mirage? Third Reich’s secret weapon? Or did he discover the ultimate secret of the war?
Year of production: 2012
Directed by: Karen Shakhnazarov
Written by: Aleksandr Borodyansky, Karen Shakhnazarov
Directors of photography: Alexander Kuznetsov, Alik Tagirov
Music: Yuri Poteyenko, Konstantin Shevelev
Production designers: Sergei Fevralev, Irina Ochina
Starring: Alexei Vertkov, Vitaly Kishchenko, Valery Grishko, Alexander Vakhov, Dmitry Bykovsky, Gerasim Arkhipov, Vitaly Dordzhiev, Vladimir Ilyin, Maria Shashlova, Carl Kranzkowski, Christian Redl, Klaus Grünberg, Wilmar Biri
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Incredible rumors circulate among Soviet soldiers about a mysterious German tank that suddenly appears and disappears on the battlefield, destroying everything in its path. This is the White Tiger, the devil no one can handle. After one of such battles, a badly burnt tank driver is found in a disabled Soviet tank. Surviving such monstrous burns is impossible, but the tank driver is quickly on the mend. Doctors are perplexed and throw up their hands, assuring that it’s a miracle. Still, this man does not remember who he is, where he comes from, but he knows one thing - the mystical German tank does exist. He believes that the war has given him back his life to rid the world of the killer tank, the White Tiger. What’s that? A fantasy? A mirage? Third Reich’s secret weapon? Or did he discover the ultimate secret of the war?
Year of production: 2012
Directed by: Karen Shakhnazarov
Written by: Aleksandr Borodyansky, Karen Shakhnazarov
Directors of photography: Alexander Kuznetsov, Alik Tagirov
Music: Yuri Poteyenko, Konstantin Shevelev
Production designers: Sergei Fevralev, Irina Ochina
Starring: Alexei Vertkov, Vitaly Kishchenko, Valery Grishko, Alexander Vakhov, Dmitry Bykovsky, Gerasim Arkhipov, Vitaly Dordzhiev, Vladimir Ilyin, Maria Shashlova, Carl Kranzkowski, Christian Redl, Klaus Grünberg, Wilmar Biri
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- published: 15 Oct 2021
- views: 7826719
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- published: 23 Jan 2021
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White Tiger (Official Trailer)
The Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obses...
The Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.
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- published: 19 Feb 2021
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US Release Date: January 22, 2021
Starring: Priyanka Chopra, Rajkummar Rao, Adarsh Gourav
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- published: 28 Oct 2020
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The White Tiger Video Summary
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The White Tiger is a novel published by Aravind Adiga in 2008 exploring class conflict in India during a time of rapid globalization. This rags-to-riches story follows the ruthless rise of the protagonist, Balram Halwa, who uses intelligence and cunning to escape his impoverished coal-mining town in India. A shrewd social-climber, Balram successfully ingratiates himself into a rich family by getting a job as their chauffeur, becoming an indispensable fixture in the lives of his entitled employers
The novel opens with Balram penning a letter to We Jiabao, the premier of China, in anticipation of the premier’s visit to Bangalore to learn from the region’s culture of entrepreneurship. Although he alludes to having murdered his master years ago, Balram frames the letter as a story of his own entrepreneurial success, introducing himself as “The White Tiger,” a creature that appears only once-in-a-generation.
Balram walks the premier through his childhood in the village of Laxmangarh, which is part of what Balram refers to as the “Darkness,” or the impoverished part of India. Growing up there, Balram was pulled out of school despite his illiterate father’s wishes for him to receive an education. Although Balram was identified early as a “white tiger” because of his rare talent in reading, Balram realizes that he is destined for life as a servant
After the deaths of his parents, Balram finds work in a tea shop in the coal-mining city of Dhanbad. One day, he eavesdrops on a conversation in which he hears two customers discussing the high salaries made by drivers. Balram decides to become a chauffeur, paying an old taxi driver to teach him.
Balram goes door to door to find a master. Fatefully, one of the houses he visits belongs to “the Stork,” a powerful landlord in Balram’s old village. Appealing to their shared roots, Balram convinces the Stork to take him on as his second driver. Balram will be responsible for driving the Stork’s son, Mr. Ashok, who has just returned to India after receiving his education in the United States.
This new job affords Balram food, pay, and shelter, but he must send most of his pay back to his family every month. Balram excels as a servant, partly because of his submissive attitude, but also because he is savvy and calculating. For instance, Balram ruthlessly edges out the first driver for the chance to accompany Mr. Ashok when he relocates to the bustling city of Delhi.
As a driver, Balram privately harbors a grudge against the rich but has a soft spot for Mr. Ashok, as he seems to respect Balram more than his wife, Pinky Madam, does. Pinky Madam constantly tries to convince Ashok to return to America with her. One day, Balram overhears Mr. Ashok telling his brother that he will stay in India to work in the family coal business, which routinely involves bribing government officials.
One night, Pinky Madam drunkenly demands that Balram let her drive the car and then accidentally hits a child. Days later, the family orders Balram to sign a confession to having killed the child himself. Balram is outraged and has little choice but to sign. He describes a metaphorical “rooster coop” that traps servants into submission out of fear.
Dreading his arrest, the Stork eventually informs Balram that he has exploited a connection with the police to avoid reporting the boy’s death. Balram is relieved but surprised by how upset Pinky Madam is about the situation. One night, she asks Balram to drive her to the airport in secret for a flight to America, paying him 4700 rupees.
Weeks pass. Then one day, Balram overhears Mr. Ashok’s new girlfriend encouraging him to find a new driver. Balram gradually grows resentful of his master and begins systematically stealing from him. He also learns of Mr. Ashok’s plan to bring a bag of cash to a minister as a bribe. He begins to consider stealing the bag.
Balram’s scheming is interrupted by the arrival of his cousin, Dharam, whom the family has sent to scold Balram for failing to send them money and to convince Balram to get married. The ambitious driver asks Mr. Ashok for a morning off to take Dharam to the zoo. There, he sees a white tiger and faints
That night, Balram drives Mr. Ashok to the minister’s house, but on the way, he stops by the side of the road, claiming there is a problem with the tire. When Mr. Ashok gets out of the car to look, Balram suddenly kills him with a broken liquor bottle.
A fugitive, Balram flees Delhi, taking Dharam with him to Bangalore, where he starts a taxi service called “White Tiger Drivers.” Utilizing the skills he learned from his master, Balram bribes the local police and becomes the premiere taxi service in Bangalore, transporting employees of the city’s outsourcing industry.
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The White Tiger is a novel published by Aravind Adiga in 2008 exploring class conflict in India during a time of rapid globalization. This rags-to-riches story follows the ruthless rise of the protagonist, Balram Halwa, who uses intelligence and cunning to escape his impoverished coal-mining town in India. A shrewd social-climber, Balram successfully ingratiates himself into a rich family by getting a job as their chauffeur, becoming an indispensable fixture in the lives of his entitled employers
The novel opens with Balram penning a letter to We Jiabao, the premier of China, in anticipation of the premier’s visit to Bangalore to learn from the region’s culture of entrepreneurship. Although he alludes to having murdered his master years ago, Balram frames the letter as a story of his own entrepreneurial success, introducing himself as “The White Tiger,” a creature that appears only once-in-a-generation.
Balram walks the premier through his childhood in the village of Laxmangarh, which is part of what Balram refers to as the “Darkness,” or the impoverished part of India. Growing up there, Balram was pulled out of school despite his illiterate father’s wishes for him to receive an education. Although Balram was identified early as a “white tiger” because of his rare talent in reading, Balram realizes that he is destined for life as a servant
After the deaths of his parents, Balram finds work in a tea shop in the coal-mining city of Dhanbad. One day, he eavesdrops on a conversation in which he hears two customers discussing the high salaries made by drivers. Balram decides to become a chauffeur, paying an old taxi driver to teach him.
Balram goes door to door to find a master. Fatefully, one of the houses he visits belongs to “the Stork,” a powerful landlord in Balram’s old village. Appealing to their shared roots, Balram convinces the Stork to take him on as his second driver. Balram will be responsible for driving the Stork’s son, Mr. Ashok, who has just returned to India after receiving his education in the United States.
This new job affords Balram food, pay, and shelter, but he must send most of his pay back to his family every month. Balram excels as a servant, partly because of his submissive attitude, but also because he is savvy and calculating. For instance, Balram ruthlessly edges out the first driver for the chance to accompany Mr. Ashok when he relocates to the bustling city of Delhi.
As a driver, Balram privately harbors a grudge against the rich but has a soft spot for Mr. Ashok, as he seems to respect Balram more than his wife, Pinky Madam, does. Pinky Madam constantly tries to convince Ashok to return to America with her. One day, Balram overhears Mr. Ashok telling his brother that he will stay in India to work in the family coal business, which routinely involves bribing government officials.
One night, Pinky Madam drunkenly demands that Balram let her drive the car and then accidentally hits a child. Days later, the family orders Balram to sign a confession to having killed the child himself. Balram is outraged and has little choice but to sign. He describes a metaphorical “rooster coop” that traps servants into submission out of fear.
Dreading his arrest, the Stork eventually informs Balram that he has exploited a connection with the police to avoid reporting the boy’s death. Balram is relieved but surprised by how upset Pinky Madam is about the situation. One night, she asks Balram to drive her to the airport in secret for a flight to America, paying him 4700 rupees.
Weeks pass. Then one day, Balram overhears Mr. Ashok’s new girlfriend encouraging him to find a new driver. Balram gradually grows resentful of his master and begins systematically stealing from him. He also learns of Mr. Ashok’s plan to bring a bag of cash to a minister as a bribe. He begins to consider stealing the bag.
Balram’s scheming is interrupted by the arrival of his cousin, Dharam, whom the family has sent to scold Balram for failing to send them money and to convince Balram to get married. The ambitious driver asks Mr. Ashok for a morning off to take Dharam to the zoo. There, he sees a white tiger and faints
That night, Balram drives Mr. Ashok to the minister’s house, but on the way, he stops by the side of the road, claiming there is a problem with the tire. When Mr. Ashok gets out of the car to look, Balram suddenly kills him with a broken liquor bottle.
A fugitive, Balram flees Delhi, taking Dharam with him to Bangalore, where he starts a taxi service called “White Tiger Drivers.” Utilizing the skills he learned from his master, Balram bribes the local police and becomes the premiere taxi service in Bangalore, transporting employees of the city’s outsourcing industry.
- published: 13 Aug 2021
- views: 20876