The White Tiger movie review and release LIVE UPDATES: Priyanka-Rajkummar film is out on Netflix

The White Tiger has already earned acclaim from critics internationally, with many calling it the “anti-Slumdog Millionaire”.

The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney wrote in his review, “The sting of underclass payback doesn’t rival that of, say, Parasite, but the movie taps into the same simmering rage of the have-nots, shafted out of an unyielding system in a perilously unbalanced world. It could almost be considered the anti-Slumdog Millionaire.”

While Variety’s Owen Gleiberman said the film is “like Slumdog Millionaire with more reality.” “The White Tiger is a tale of beating the steepest odds, and for much of the film Bahrani is in full, boisterous command as a storyteller. He captures how a society is embodied in its smallest interactions: the way a rival driver Balram must first defeat is made vulnerable by having to hide his Muslim faith; or the parasitical cynicism of the servants Balram shares living quarters within a parking garage; or the cutthroat elitism of the Stork and his family,” read an excerpt from the review.