Darlings was touted to be a dark comedy. Even though the film s subject is promising, the storyline is not layered enough and neither is the humour on point. Instead, the performances become the saving grace.
Based on Aravind Adiga’s 2008 Man Booker Prize winning eponymous novel,
The White Tiger tells Balram’s story as he drags himself out of poverty and the shackles of caste to become a successful entrepreneur. Narrated by Balram in the form of a letter to the visiting Chinese Premiere,
The White Tiger details Balram’s wretched life of poverty in an unnamed village close to Dhanbad, his rickshaw puller father dying of tuberculosis, and being pulled out of school, despite being a bright student, to work in a tea stall to pay off debts.
The White Tiger
Director: Ramin Bahrani