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The White Tiger
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1785
- IMDb #2007
- Google retired #2915
- Rotten Tomatoes #1119
- Metacritic #1293
- Letterboxd #2245
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #883
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1799
- Metacritic Critics #935
- Metacritic Audience #2152
- Criticker #1575
- Kinopoisk #2197
- AlloCiné #1632
- Trakt #1826
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 51, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 84, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An ambitious Indian driver from a poor village uses his wit and cunning to escape a life of servitude to his rich employers. He narrates his rise from a tea-shop worker to a successful entrepreneur in modern Bangalore, revealing the harsh realities of the class system and the moral compromises he made.
Details
- Director
- Ramin Bahrani
- Writer
- Ramin Bahrani
- Based on
- The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
- Released
- 13 January 2021
- Country
- Singapore, United States, India
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 win from 7 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ramin Bahrani | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2021 | Best Male Lead | Adarsh Gourav | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ramin Bahrani | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards 2021 | Best Lead Actor – International | Adarsh Gourav | Nominee |
| Asian World Film Festival 2021 | Snow Leopard Rising Star | Adarsh Gourav | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 2021 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Adarsh Gourav | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ramin Bahrani | Nominee |
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7 awards — The White Tiger
×| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ramin Bahrani | Nominee |
| Best Male Lead | Adarsh Gourav | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ramin Bahrani | Nominee |
| Snow Leopard Rising Star | Adarsh Gourav | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Adarsh Gourav | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ramin Bahrani | Nominee |
| Best Lead Actor – International | Adarsh Gourav | Nominee |