The White Tiger movie review: A dark, scathing rags-to-riches tale – NEWS.com.au

Towards the end of The White Tiger, Balram Halwai, the man weve been watching for almost two hours, tells us that there is no million-rupee game show to rescue him.It’s a wry but obvious dig at Slumdog Millionaire, perhaps the movie most westerners will think of when they hear The White Tiger’s premise about a poor, smart boy’s aspirational journey to success in poverty-stricken Indian.
But The White Tiger is a very different movie to Slumdog Millionaire, much more conscious and scathing of the…

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