The White Tiger
2021 2h 5m movie Film India

The White Tiger

“Eat or get eaten up.”

The White Tiger is a India–Singapore co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

“Eat or get eaten up.”

An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.

Audience Engagement

794
Reviews
98th
Review-volume percentile
96th
Popularity percentile

794 audience reviews — more than 98% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among India films.

India × Singapore Co-Production

India (lead)Singapore

Other India×Singapore titles

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The White Tiger. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2020–2022 India Window

The White Tiger holds position #77 of 279 India films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. I'M Possible
    #1

    I'M Possible

    ★ 9.9 · 2021
  2. Scam 1992 - The Harshad Mehta Story
    #2

    Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story

    ★ 8.3 · 2020
  3. Panchayat
    #3

    Panchayat

    ★ 8.1 · 2020
  4. Special OPS
    #4

    Special OPS

    ★ 8.1 · 2020
  5. Oh My Kadavule
    #5

    Oh My Kadavule

    ★ 8.1 · 2020
  6. Asur
    #6

    Asur

    ★ 8.0 · 2020
  7. Finch
    #7

    Finch

    ★ 7.9 · 2021
  8. Soorarai Pottru
    #8

    Soorarai Pottru

    ★ 7.9 · 2020

The 2020s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in India, 322 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The White Tiger premiered alongside 85 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 85 other India films in 2021.

The 1751st India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The White Tiger, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • driver · 4
  • rags to riches · 3
  • chauffeur · 2
  • master servant relationship · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • delhi · 10
  • class differences · 7
  • caste system · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • based on novel or book · 288
  • india · 84

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
794
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #515 of 1,983 India films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.6 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #369 of 1,132 (top 33%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
All Production CountriesIndia, Singapore, United States of America
Original LanguageEn
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
Production CompaniesLava Media, Noruz Films, ARRAY Filmworks
Runtime2h 5m
Release DateJanuary 13, 2021
IMDbtt6571548
Official Sitewww.netflix.com

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