This review originally ran January 22, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
If, at the end of your days, you were shown a nifty graph determining the average of all the positive deeds and negative acts you inflicted on others during your life, would you be considered more of a hero or villain?
Pointing his camera along the narrow divide that sometimes exists between the two ends, Ramin Bahrani’s brilliantly inquisitive documentary “2nd Chance” explores the mythos of a self-made tycoon allergic to accountability, but whose proud creation has undeniably saved numerous lives.
This remarkably balanced non-fiction piece takes its multi-layered title from the name of the once prosperous company founded by Richard Davis, the infamous inventor of the modern bulletproof vest. Bahrani, whose narrative work centers individuals on the overlooked margins of society, finds in Davis a subject worthy of ambivalent scrutiny through...
If, at the end of your days, you were shown a nifty graph determining the average of all the positive deeds and negative acts you inflicted on others during your life, would you be considered more of a hero or villain?
Pointing his camera along the narrow divide that sometimes exists between the two ends, Ramin Bahrani’s brilliantly inquisitive documentary “2nd Chance” explores the mythos of a self-made tycoon allergic to accountability, but whose proud creation has undeniably saved numerous lives.
This remarkably balanced non-fiction piece takes its multi-layered title from the name of the once prosperous company founded by Richard Davis, the infamous inventor of the modern bulletproof vest. Bahrani, whose narrative work centers individuals on the overlooked margins of society, finds in Davis a subject worthy of ambivalent scrutiny through...
- 12/2/2022
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Director Ramin Bahrani jumped at the chance to helm this film adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s 2008 Man Booker prize-winning novel of the same name, cementing a place in the Iranian-American filmmaker’s repertoire of pictures where small men speak truth to power and underdogs shine. ‘The White Tiger’ is Bahrani’s first cinematic foray away from the confines of the voracious capitalism of America, this time taking him deep into the sights and sounds of an evolving India.
Bangalore 2010: We zoom into the mug of a wealthy-looking youngster, cigarette-in mouth and decked out in a black and maroon suit finery, looking like a million bucks.However, Balram (Adarsh Gourav) was not always the look of success he portrays. The kooky socio-realist comedy begins with Balram writing a lengthy email to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, inviting him to an unadulterated look at Modern India, told through his life story growing up.
Bangalore 2010: We zoom into the mug of a wealthy-looking youngster, cigarette-in mouth and decked out in a black and maroon suit finery, looking like a million bucks.However, Balram (Adarsh Gourav) was not always the look of success he portrays. The kooky socio-realist comedy begins with Balram writing a lengthy email to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, inviting him to an unadulterated look at Modern India, told through his life story growing up.
- 6/10/2022
- by Leon Overee
- AsianMoviePulse
Netflix has set a mid-year release date for “Thar,” a revenge thriller film starring and produced by Anil Kapoor.
Marking the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Raj Singh Chaudhary, the 1980s-set film follows the story of a man who moves to a big town to seek a job and to avenge his past.
Alongside Kapoor, the film also stars Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Satish Kaushik.
The screenplay is credited to Chaudhury, with dialog by Chaudhary and Anurag Kashyap. Cinematography is by Shreya Dev Dube and music direction by Ajay Jayanthi.
“The genre itself – a noir thriller set in Rajasthan that pays tribute to the genre of the classic Western is a first for Indian cinema and audiences. ‘Thar’ is a playground where the dynamism of new blood meets the experience of industry stalwarts, both on and off screen,” said Kapoor, who produced through his Anil Kapoor Film Company Network.
Marking the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Raj Singh Chaudhary, the 1980s-set film follows the story of a man who moves to a big town to seek a job and to avenge his past.
Alongside Kapoor, the film also stars Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Satish Kaushik.
The screenplay is credited to Chaudhury, with dialog by Chaudhary and Anurag Kashyap. Cinematography is by Shreya Dev Dube and music direction by Ajay Jayanthi.
“The genre itself – a noir thriller set in Rajasthan that pays tribute to the genre of the classic Western is a first for Indian cinema and audiences. ‘Thar’ is a playground where the dynamism of new blood meets the experience of industry stalwarts, both on and off screen,” said Kapoor, who produced through his Anil Kapoor Film Company Network.
- 2/21/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Chloé Zhao hits the road, Carey Mulligan takes her revenge and Emma Stone refashions Cruella in the pick of this year’s films
Adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s award-winning novel, with Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas as the wealthy couple to whom precocious “white tiger” Adarsh Gourav is forced to hire himself as a driver.
What we said: “A dangerous adventure of self-betterment from the teeming city streets, influenced by Adiga’s own avowed love of Dickens and Balzac, and it’s a really enjoyable story.” Read the full review.
Adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s award-winning novel, with Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas as the wealthy couple to whom precocious “white tiger” Adarsh Gourav is forced to hire himself as a driver.
What we said: “A dangerous adventure of self-betterment from the teeming city streets, influenced by Adiga’s own avowed love of Dickens and Balzac, and it’s a really enjoyable story.” Read the full review.
- 6/15/2021
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
The White Tiger, produced by Mukul Deora, starring Adarsh Gourav, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and Rajkummar Rao and helmed by Iranian-American director Ramin Bahrani is in case you missed an Acadamey Award nominee!
It tells the tale of the ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) who uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur.
After garnering numerous accolades across the globe, the film has been nominated for an Academy Award under the category of Best Adapted Screenplay. The beautiful tale, penned originally by Man Booker winner Aravind Adiga in his novel of the same name, is about is a gripping story that reflects realism and sheds light on the class divide prevalent in India. The empowering film is a loaded thriller. Ever since he read the book, Mukul Deora desired to give life to this enigmatic writing by Aravind Adiga.
It tells the tale of the ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) who uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur.
After garnering numerous accolades across the globe, the film has been nominated for an Academy Award under the category of Best Adapted Screenplay. The beautiful tale, penned originally by Man Booker winner Aravind Adiga in his novel of the same name, is about is a gripping story that reflects realism and sheds light on the class divide prevalent in India. The empowering film is a loaded thriller. Ever since he read the book, Mukul Deora desired to give life to this enigmatic writing by Aravind Adiga.
- 4/21/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Ramin Bahrani, Oscar-nominated writer/director of The White Tiger, discusses a few of his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The White Tiger (2021)
Man Push Cart (2005)
Chop Shop (2007)
99 Homes (2015)
The Boys From Fengkuei (1983)
The Time To Live And The Time To Die (1985)
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (1976)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
La Terra Trema (1948)
Umberto D (1952)
Where Is The Friend’s Home? (1987)
Nomadland (2020)
The Runner (1984)
Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)
A Moment Of Innocence a.k.a. Bread And Flower Pot (1996)
The House Is Black (1963)
The Conversation (1974)
Mean Streets (1973)
Nashville (1975)
Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972)
The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Vagabond (1985)
Luzzu (2021)
Bait (2019)
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Abigail’s Party (1977)
Meantime (1983)
Fish Tank (2009)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Malcolm X (1992)
Nothing But A Man (1964)
Goodbye Solo (2008)
The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)
Dekalog (1989)
The Double Life Of Veronique...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The White Tiger (2021)
Man Push Cart (2005)
Chop Shop (2007)
99 Homes (2015)
The Boys From Fengkuei (1983)
The Time To Live And The Time To Die (1985)
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (1976)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
La Terra Trema (1948)
Umberto D (1952)
Where Is The Friend’s Home? (1987)
Nomadland (2020)
The Runner (1984)
Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)
A Moment Of Innocence a.k.a. Bread And Flower Pot (1996)
The House Is Black (1963)
The Conversation (1974)
Mean Streets (1973)
Nashville (1975)
Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972)
The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Vagabond (1985)
Luzzu (2021)
Bait (2019)
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Abigail’s Party (1977)
Meantime (1983)
Fish Tank (2009)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Malcolm X (1992)
Nothing But A Man (1964)
Goodbye Solo (2008)
The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)
Dekalog (1989)
The Double Life Of Veronique...
- 4/20/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
For Ramin Bahrani, it took over 10 years from the time he was first approached to adapt Aravind Adiga‘s best-selling 2008 “The White Tiger” to finally see his film reach the big screen. The wait was certainly worth it, since he has earned a first ever Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Bahrani finds himself in a heated race for the screenplay Oscar, facing rivals Chloè Zhao for her adaptation of the non-fiction book “Nomadland,” Kemp Powers for adapting his stage play “One Night in Miami,” Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller for adapting Zeller’s play “The Father” and a small squad of writers (nine in total!) for the comedy adaptation “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”
SEERamin Bahrani interview: ‘The White Tiger’ director
“The White Tiger” is the compelling rags-to-riches story of Belram (Adarsh Gourav) who was raised in a small Indian town where the widespread poverty has brought hardship and tragedy to his family.
Bahrani finds himself in a heated race for the screenplay Oscar, facing rivals Chloè Zhao for her adaptation of the non-fiction book “Nomadland,” Kemp Powers for adapting his stage play “One Night in Miami,” Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller for adapting Zeller’s play “The Father” and a small squad of writers (nine in total!) for the comedy adaptation “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”
SEERamin Bahrani interview: ‘The White Tiger’ director
“The White Tiger” is the compelling rags-to-riches story of Belram (Adarsh Gourav) who was raised in a small Indian town where the widespread poverty has brought hardship and tragedy to his family.
- 4/14/2021
- by Tom O'Brien
- Gold Derby
Writer-director Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger journey began four years before the acclaimed 2008 novel hit stores. Author Aravind Adiga slipped early chapters to the filmmaker, his former classmate at Columbia University, and he was immediately hooked. “It was so alive and so funny,” recalls Bahrani.
More than a decade later, Adiga asked Bahrani to adapt his novel, and that script has now earned Bahrani an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay. Adiga told the filmmaker to change whatever he wanted to in the story — about a poor young man from an Indian village who becomes a ...
More than a decade later, Adiga asked Bahrani to adapt his novel, and that script has now earned Bahrani an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay. Adiga told the filmmaker to change whatever he wanted to in the story — about a poor young man from an Indian village who becomes a ...
- 4/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writer-director Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger journey began four years before the acclaimed 2008 novel hit stores. Author Aravind Adiga slipped early chapters to the filmmaker, his former classmate at Columbia University, and he was immediately hooked. “It was so alive and so funny,” recalls Bahrani.
More than a decade later, Adiga asked Bahrani to adapt his novel, and that script has now earned Bahrani an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay. Adiga told the filmmaker to change whatever he wanted to in the story — about a poor young man from an Indian village who becomes a ...
More than a decade later, Adiga asked Bahrani to adapt his novel, and that script has now earned Bahrani an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay. Adiga told the filmmaker to change whatever he wanted to in the story — about a poor young man from an Indian village who becomes a ...
- 4/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Another guild award is in the books, ladies and gentlemen. The Writers Guild Awards are in the rearview mirror now, with some definite Oscar implications. For one thing, it does really now seem like Emerald Fennell is headed towards an Academy Award for her Promising Young Woman screenplay. She’s almost undoubtedly taken a strong lead over Aaron Sorkin and his script for The Trial of the Chicago 7. On the flip-side, Kemp Powers’ hopes to upset Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland in Best Adapted Screenplay took a hit when One Night in Miami… lost at WGA to Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Could they be in line for another upset? We shall see… Here are all of the winners from the Writers Guild Awards: Film Original Screenplay “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) – Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King, Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas “Palm Springs...
- 3/22/2021
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Virtual ceremony took place on Sunday evening (March 21).
In the latest boost to ascendant campaigns, Emerald Fennell and Sacha Baron Cohen have won top honours at the Writers Guild Of America’s (WGA) awards.
Promising Young Woman writer-director Fennell took the original screenplay award at the virtual 73rd Writers Guild Awards on Sunday (March 21), less than a week after the Focus Features release earned five Oscar nominations including recognition in writing and directing categories.
Baron Cohen led the writing team on Amazon Studios’ Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, whose WGA adapted screenplay win follows Oscar nods for that category and supporting actress.
In the latest boost to ascendant campaigns, Emerald Fennell and Sacha Baron Cohen have won top honours at the Writers Guild Of America’s (WGA) awards.
Promising Young Woman writer-director Fennell took the original screenplay award at the virtual 73rd Writers Guild Awards on Sunday (March 21), less than a week after the Focus Features release earned five Oscar nominations including recognition in writing and directing categories.
Baron Cohen led the writing team on Amazon Studios’ Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, whose WGA adapted screenplay win follows Oscar nods for that category and supporting actress.
- 3/22/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Promising Young Woman” took top narrative film honors on Sunday at the 73rd annual Writers Guild of America Awards.
Kal Penn hosted the virtual presentation that cemented “Borat” and “Promising Young Woman” as among the frontrunners for Oscar screenplay wins next month.
Amazon Studios’ “Borat” prevailed for adapted screenplay for a large contingent of scribes led by star and director Sacha Baron Cohen. Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” was recognized for original screenplay with the win for writer-director Emerald Fennell.
Fennell is on a white-hot streak as a writer, director and actor known for her role as Camilla Parker-Bowles on “The Crown,” which won the trophy for drama series. She made a point of noting the importance of the WGA to her career.
Speaking from what she described as her “bleak writer’s room in London,” Fennell told the crowd, “It’s such a big deal...
Kal Penn hosted the virtual presentation that cemented “Borat” and “Promising Young Woman” as among the frontrunners for Oscar screenplay wins next month.
Amazon Studios’ “Borat” prevailed for adapted screenplay for a large contingent of scribes led by star and director Sacha Baron Cohen. Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” was recognized for original screenplay with the win for writer-director Emerald Fennell.
Fennell is on a white-hot streak as a writer, director and actor known for her role as Camilla Parker-Bowles on “The Crown,” which won the trophy for drama series. She made a point of noting the importance of the WGA to her career.
Speaking from what she described as her “bleak writer’s room in London,” Fennell told the crowd, “It’s such a big deal...
- 3/21/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Promising Young Woman” were named the best adapted original screenplays of 2021 at the Writers Guild Awards, which took place in a virtual ceremony on Sunday.
While “Promising Young Woman” went into the show with a slight edge over “The Trial of the Chicago 7’ for the original-screenplay award,”Borat” was a decided dark horse in the adapted-screenplay category, whose nominees also included “One Night in Miami,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “News of the World’ and “The White Tiger.”
Writers Guild winners in the screenplay categories go on to win Oscars almost two-thirds of the time, although the two awards sometimes differ because the WGA is an award strictly for screenplays for movies that were made under the terms of the guild’s Minimum Basic Agreement, or similar agreements from a number of international guilds.
This year, those restrictions disqualified three Oscar-nominated screenplays: “Minari” in the Original...
While “Promising Young Woman” went into the show with a slight edge over “The Trial of the Chicago 7’ for the original-screenplay award,”Borat” was a decided dark horse in the adapted-screenplay category, whose nominees also included “One Night in Miami,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “News of the World’ and “The White Tiger.”
Writers Guild winners in the screenplay categories go on to win Oscars almost two-thirds of the time, although the two awards sometimes differ because the WGA is an award strictly for screenplays for movies that were made under the terms of the guild’s Minimum Basic Agreement, or similar agreements from a number of international guilds.
This year, those restrictions disqualified three Oscar-nominated screenplays: “Minari” in the Original...
- 3/21/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Before the Indie Spirits, before the Oscars, there are the guilds, and as Hollywood inches its way through a protracted awards season, it’s up to each voting body to dole out their own accolades. On Sunday night, it was time for the writers to shine, as the Writers Guild of America presented their awards for film, television, news, and more, all voted on by fellow writers. For writers, by writers!
As IndieWire’s own Anne Thompson has noted, the WGA’s film nominees are less predictive than an indication of what’s losing and gaining heat, from the missing early 2020 releases “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” “The King of Staten Island,” and “Da 5 Bloods,” to such surging movies as “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Sound of Metal,” and “Promising Young Woman,” all of which recently earned Best Picture nods from the Academy.
At the Sunday night event, Emerald Fennell...
As IndieWire’s own Anne Thompson has noted, the WGA’s film nominees are less predictive than an indication of what’s losing and gaining heat, from the missing early 2020 releases “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” “The King of Staten Island,” and “Da 5 Bloods,” to such surging movies as “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Sound of Metal,” and “Promising Young Woman,” all of which recently earned Best Picture nods from the Academy.
At the Sunday night event, Emerald Fennell...
- 3/21/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Writers Guild of America Awards were handed during a virtual ceremony on Sunday, March 21. But don’t base your Oscar predictions on these kudos. Every year a slew of Oscar-nominated scripts are deemed ineligible for consideration here due to guild guidelines. Indeed, over the past 12 years only 80 of the Writers Guild of America Awards nominees have numbered among the 120 screenplays that reaped Academy Awards bids. Scroll down for the 2021 Writers Guild of America Awards winners list.
Our odds predict that “Nomadland” will win Best Adapted Screenplay winner at the Oscars but it was not allowed to compete at the WGA Awards. Neither was another Oscar contender in that category: “The Father.” The guild did match the academy three-for-five in this category, with “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “One Night in Miami” and “The White Tiger” competing at both. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “News of the World” round out the guild nominees.
Our odds predict that “Nomadland” will win Best Adapted Screenplay winner at the Oscars but it was not allowed to compete at the WGA Awards. Neither was another Oscar contender in that category: “The Father.” The guild did match the academy three-for-five in this category, with “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “One Night in Miami” and “The White Tiger” competing at both. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “News of the World” round out the guild nominees.
- 3/21/2021
- by Zach Laws and Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Amazon’s “One Night in Miami” is in the lead to win Best Adapted Screenplay at Sunday’s Writers Guild of America Awards, according to Gold Derby odds. Kemp Powers wrote the film based on his acclaimed play that tells of a fictional evening between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke. While Ruben Santiago-Hudson‘s adaptation of the August Wilson play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” sits in second place in our WGA odds, it’s fallen slightly since that Oscar snub. Meanwhile, third-place contender “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is on the rise at the guild, buoyed by a pair of Oscar bids for Sacha Baron Cohen (adapted screenplay) and Maria Bakalova (supporting actress).
SEE2021 Writers Guild of America Awards nominations: ‘Borat’ and ‘Sound of Metal’ in; ‘Mank,’ ‘Minari’ and ‘Nomadland’ ineligible
To contend at the WGA, one has to qualify for consideration under the guild’s strict guidelines...
SEE2021 Writers Guild of America Awards nominations: ‘Borat’ and ‘Sound of Metal’ in; ‘Mank,’ ‘Minari’ and ‘Nomadland’ ineligible
To contend at the WGA, one has to qualify for consideration under the guild’s strict guidelines...
- 3/18/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
As usual, contenders in the Adapted Screenplay category are a varied bunch, with movies of all shapes and sizes adapted from plays, novels, memoirs, and a prior film.
Among the theater adaptations, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters. Debuting at Sundance and relaunching at the fall festivals was “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics), which French playwright-turned-director Florian Zeller adapted with Christopher Hampton from his popular stage play (“La Pere”). Anthony Hopkins plays an imperious old man who tussles with his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he struggles to keep track of his changing surroundings. The script landed a BAFTA nomination.
Regina King makes her feature film directing debut with “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios), adapted by Kemp Powers from his Olivier Award-nominated play. Right after Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) defeats heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge...
Among the theater adaptations, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters. Debuting at Sundance and relaunching at the fall festivals was “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics), which French playwright-turned-director Florian Zeller adapted with Christopher Hampton from his popular stage play (“La Pere”). Anthony Hopkins plays an imperious old man who tussles with his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he struggles to keep track of his changing surroundings. The script landed a BAFTA nomination.
Regina King makes her feature film directing debut with “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios), adapted by Kemp Powers from his Olivier Award-nominated play. Right after Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) defeats heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge...
- 3/17/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
As usual, contenders in the Adapted Screenplay category are a varied bunch, with movies of all shapes and sizes adapted from plays, novels, memoirs, and a prior film.
Among the theater adaptations, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters. Debuting at Sundance and relaunching at the fall festivals was “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics), which French playwright-turned-director Florian Zeller adapted with Christopher Hampton from his popular stage play (“La Pere”). Anthony Hopkins plays an imperious old man who tussles with his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he struggles to keep track of his changing surroundings. The script landed a BAFTA nomination.
Regina King makes her feature film directing debut with “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios), adapted by Kemp Powers from his Olivier Award-nominated play. Right after Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) defeats heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge...
Among the theater adaptations, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters. Debuting at Sundance and relaunching at the fall festivals was “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics), which French playwright-turned-director Florian Zeller adapted with Christopher Hampton from his popular stage play (“La Pere”). Anthony Hopkins plays an imperious old man who tussles with his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he struggles to keep track of his changing surroundings. The script landed a BAFTA nomination.
Regina King makes her feature film directing debut with “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios), adapted by Kemp Powers from his Olivier Award-nominated play. Right after Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) defeats heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge...
- 3/17/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The 25-year friendship between director Ramin Bahrani and author Aravind Adiga proved fruitful when the The White Tiger landed an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay.
The Netflix thriller, written by Bahrani and based off Adiga’s 2008 novel, follows a poor man’s rise through the ranks of India’s caste system to achieve freedom. Upon receiving the Oscar nomination on Monday, Bahrani walked Deadline through the process of bringing his friend’s words to screen.
To tackle The White Tiger, Bahrani said he needed to revisit his Columbia University days and remember the “youthful energy” that inspired him and Adiga to fulfill their dreams of becoming a filmmaker and author, respectively.
“I thought a lot about that emotion when I was writing the script – how can I go back in time when we were just starting out?” he said.
He explained among the key figures helping him return to...
The Netflix thriller, written by Bahrani and based off Adiga’s 2008 novel, follows a poor man’s rise through the ranks of India’s caste system to achieve freedom. Upon receiving the Oscar nomination on Monday, Bahrani walked Deadline through the process of bringing his friend’s words to screen.
To tackle The White Tiger, Bahrani said he needed to revisit his Columbia University days and remember the “youthful energy” that inspired him and Adiga to fulfill their dreams of becoming a filmmaker and author, respectively.
“I thought a lot about that emotion when I was writing the script – how can I go back in time when we were just starting out?” he said.
He explained among the key figures helping him return to...
- 3/16/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Early Monday morning, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas were wide awake and excited to announce the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards. It makes sense that they were very chipper considering they were broadcasting from London where it was the afternoon. Nonetheless, the nominations from this very different and challenging year of film were announced and they leaped over the diversity and inclusive bar that was set by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Golden Globes — but don’t get too excited. That bar was ridiculously low but that doesn’t mean the Academy didn’t have some noteworthy strides with Oscar nominations when it came to the buzzy hot button topic of diversity and inclusivity.
After the mess that was the Golden Globes, we were willing to take any signs of inclusivity with the Oscar nominations — and they delivered. First off, there were a wild amount of “firsts” to celebrate.
After the mess that was the Golden Globes, we were willing to take any signs of inclusivity with the Oscar nominations — and they delivered. First off, there were a wild amount of “firsts” to celebrate.
- 3/15/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards 2021 recently announced the list of nominees and the hit Netflix film The White Tiger received two nominations for the prestigious honor.
The film, directed by Ramin Bahrani stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rajkumar Rao and Adarsh Gourav. Based on Aravind Adiga’s 2008 novel The White Tiger, the film tells the story of the ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) who uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur.
The nominees are:
Actor Adarsh Gourav in the lead actor category for his performance as Balram Halwai in The White Tiger. On Instagram he wrote, “Holy shit it’s really happening! Thank you Ramin for trusting me to play the character that has given me more than anything I’ve ever experienced Congratulations to the team for two BAFTA nominations!
The film, directed by Ramin Bahrani stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rajkumar Rao and Adarsh Gourav. Based on Aravind Adiga’s 2008 novel The White Tiger, the film tells the story of the ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) who uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur.
The nominees are:
Actor Adarsh Gourav in the lead actor category for his performance as Balram Halwai in The White Tiger. On Instagram he wrote, “Holy shit it’s really happening! Thank you Ramin for trusting me to play the character that has given me more than anything I’ve ever experienced Congratulations to the team for two BAFTA nominations!
- 3/11/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
A tale of ambition almost gone awry, but also a rags to riches tale of cunning and wit, director Ramin Bahrani‘s “The White Tiger,” based on the book by Aravind Adiga, is a master vs. servants tale. More specifically, it’s about an ambitious driver (Adarsh Gourav) of a rich Indian couple (Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao) who uses his street smarts and shrewd cleverness to escape from poverty and become an entrepreneur.
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- 3/10/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Judas and the Black Messiah co-star Dominique Fishback is set as a lead alongside Samuel L. Jackson in Apple TV+’s The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey limited series. The White Tiger writer-director-producer Ramin Bahrani has signed on to direct and executive produce the six-episode series based on the acclaimed novel by best-selling author Walter Mosley, who will write the screen adaptation and also executive produce alongside Jackson.
Both Fishback and Bahrani received BAFTA nominations earlier today for their work on Judas and the Black Messiah (supporting actress) and The White Tiger (adapted screenplay), respectively.
In The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, produced by Apple Studios, Jackson stars as Ptolemy Grey, a 91-year-old man forgotten by his family, by his friends, by even himself. On the brink of sinking even deeper into a lonely dementia, Ptolemy experiences a seismic shift when he’s given the tremendous opportunity to briefly regain his memories,...
Both Fishback and Bahrani received BAFTA nominations earlier today for their work on Judas and the Black Messiah (supporting actress) and The White Tiger (adapted screenplay), respectively.
In The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, produced by Apple Studios, Jackson stars as Ptolemy Grey, a 91-year-old man forgotten by his family, by his friends, by even himself. On the brink of sinking even deeper into a lonely dementia, Ptolemy experiences a seismic shift when he’s given the tremendous opportunity to briefly regain his memories,...
- 3/9/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The WGA weighed in and gave some gas for the campaigns for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which will have the largest amount of screenwriters ever nominated at nine, surpassing “Toy Story,” which had seven. “The White Tiger...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The WGA weighed in and gave some gas for the campaigns for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which will have the largest amount of screenwriters ever nominated at nine, surpassing “Toy Story,” which had seven. “The White Tiger...
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Editors note: Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for his debut novel The White Tiger, which his old Columbia University classmate Ramin Bahrani turned into the movie that has been generating awards buzz since its Netflix release in January. Adiga penned a guest column for Deadline about how the pair became fast friends by bonding over Scorsese films in Bahrani’s dorm room, a kinship that has lasted ever since.
Back in 1993, the idea that any living writer could come near the Russian novelist Dostoevsky in greatness would have struck me and my undergraduate friends at Columbia University as blasphemy. But this was precisely the claim that a fellow student was making one night as we were studying at the library. Even more shockingly, he was claiming that a living American filmmaker named Scorsese was as good as Dostoevsky. He had a video back in his dorm room that would prove it.
Back in 1993, the idea that any living writer could come near the Russian novelist Dostoevsky in greatness would have struck me and my undergraduate friends at Columbia University as blasphemy. But this was precisely the claim that a fellow student was making one night as we were studying at the library. Even more shockingly, he was claiming that a living American filmmaker named Scorsese was as good as Dostoevsky. He had a video back in his dorm room that would prove it.
- 3/3/2021
- by Aravind Adiga
- Deadline Film + TV
At the 2020 Academy Awards, “Jojo Rabbit” director Taika Waititi won Best Adapted Screenplay for bringing Christine Leunens novel “Caging Skies” to the big screen. This award, which dates back to the first Oscars in 1928, has gone to the adapters of 47 novels over the year. The most recent of these prior to 2020 was in 2018 when James Ivory won his first Oscar for his adaptation of André Aciman‘s novel “Call Me by Your Name.” (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2021 Oscars predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay and be sure to check out our predictions for Best Original Screenplay.)
In between those two years, “BlacKkKlansman” director Spike Lee shared in the win for Best Adapted Screenplay for his written work on Ron Stallworth‘s memoir of the same name. In the 92-year history of this category, only a dozen adaptations of such books have prevailed. Five of those non-fiction books adaptations were...
In between those two years, “BlacKkKlansman” director Spike Lee shared in the win for Best Adapted Screenplay for his written work on Ron Stallworth‘s memoir of the same name. In the 92-year history of this category, only a dozen adaptations of such books have prevailed. Five of those non-fiction books adaptations were...
- 2/26/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Asian Ways
It feels like 100 years ago that I read, and loved, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, a book by Jung Chang about a Chinese family (her own!) that spans a century and focuses on the endeavors of three female generations. First published in 1991, the novel contains the biographies of the author’s grandmother and mother; and her very own autobiography. This novel, which won the Ncr Book Award in 1992 and the British Book of the Year in 1993, has amazingly been translated into 37 languages and has sold over 13 million copies.
Spanning the generations
The appeal? Discipline and endurance, two principles that are great for learning. Did your grandmother manage a life with bound feet in which she was married off alarmingly young so as to be the concubine of a high-status warlord? Did your mother, age 18 and pregnant, endure a strenuous six-month journey over five mountain passes during the 1949 war against Kuomintang?...
It feels like 100 years ago that I read, and loved, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, a book by Jung Chang about a Chinese family (her own!) that spans a century and focuses on the endeavors of three female generations. First published in 1991, the novel contains the biographies of the author’s grandmother and mother; and her very own autobiography. This novel, which won the Ncr Book Award in 1992 and the British Book of the Year in 1993, has amazingly been translated into 37 languages and has sold over 13 million copies.
Spanning the generations
The appeal? Discipline and endurance, two principles that are great for learning. Did your grandmother manage a life with bound feet in which she was married off alarmingly young so as to be the concubine of a high-status warlord? Did your mother, age 18 and pregnant, endure a strenuous six-month journey over five mountain passes during the 1949 war against Kuomintang?...
- 2/25/2021
- by AMP Training
- AsianMoviePulse
Don’t look for five of our predicted 10 Oscar contenders for screenplay in the 2021 Writers Guild of America Awards nominations announced February 16. They didn’t qualify for consideration under the guild’s guidelines or those of its international partners.
We are predicting that “Nomadland” will win Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. Three of its likely Oscar rivals — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “News of the World” and “One Night in Miami” — contend at the WGA Awards as do “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “The White Tiger.”
The Original Screenplay Oscar frontrunner “The Trial of the Chicago 7” is in the running here as is “Promising Young Woman,” which sits in second place on our chart. With “Mank,” “Minari” and “Soul” ineligible at the guild kudos, that race is rounded out by “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Palm Springs” and “Sound of Metal.”
Over the past 11 years only 73 of the Writers Guild...
We are predicting that “Nomadland” will win Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. Three of its likely Oscar rivals — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “News of the World” and “One Night in Miami” — contend at the WGA Awards as do “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “The White Tiger.”
The Original Screenplay Oscar frontrunner “The Trial of the Chicago 7” is in the running here as is “Promising Young Woman,” which sits in second place on our chart. With “Mank,” “Minari” and “Soul” ineligible at the guild kudos, that race is rounded out by “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Palm Springs” and “Sound of Metal.”
Over the past 11 years only 73 of the Writers Guild...
- 2/16/2021
- by Paul Sheehan and Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
A few minutes ago, the 2021 Writers Guild Award nominations were announced. Coming to us, of course, from the Writers Guild of America, this Guild is one that can clue us in a bit to how Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay could go at the Oscars. This Guild do disqualify several titles ahead of time, so it’s not likely to resemble the Academy Award lineup in full, and even excludes a potential frontrunner, but by and large, these are ten of the maybe fifteen major contenders for a win come Oscar time. Read on to see who and what were cited by the WGA today… Here now are the nominees: Original Screenplay Judas and the Black Messiah, Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King, Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas; Warner Bros. Palm Springs, Screenplay by Andy Siara, Story by Andy Siara & Max Barbakow; Hulu Promising Young Woman,...
- 2/16/2021
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Doc nominations include The Dissident, All In: The Fight For Democracy.
Promising Young Woman, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sound Of Metal and The White Tiger are among the WGA screenplay nominees announced on Tuesday (February 16).
The winners will be announced at a joint 2021 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony on March 21.
Original Screenplay
Judas And The Black Messiah
Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King
Story by Will Berson and Shaka King and Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas
Palm Springs
Screenplay by Andy Siara
Story by Andy Siara and Max Barbakow
Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell
Sound Of Metal
Screenplay...
Promising Young Woman, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sound Of Metal and The White Tiger are among the WGA screenplay nominees announced on Tuesday (February 16).
The winners will be announced at a joint 2021 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony on March 21.
Original Screenplay
Judas And The Black Messiah
Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King
Story by Will Berson and Shaka King and Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas
Palm Springs
Screenplay by Andy Siara
Story by Andy Siara and Max Barbakow
Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell
Sound Of Metal
Screenplay...
- 2/16/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Doc nominations include The Dissident, All In: The Fight For Democracy.
Promising Young Woman, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sound Of Metal and The White Tiger are among the WGA screenplay nominees announced on Tuesday (February 16).
The winners will be announced at a joint 2021 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony on March 21.
Original Screenplay
Judas And The Black Messiah
Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King
Story by Will Berson and Shaka King and Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas
Palm Springs
Screenplay by Andy Siara
Story by Andy Siara and Max Barbakow
Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell
Sound Of Metal
Screenplay...
Promising Young Woman, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sound Of Metal and The White Tiger are among the WGA screenplay nominees announced on Tuesday (February 16).
The winners will be announced at a joint 2021 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony on March 21.
Original Screenplay
Judas And The Black Messiah
Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King
Story by Will Berson and Shaka King and Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas
Palm Springs
Screenplay by Andy Siara
Story by Andy Siara and Max Barbakow
Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell
Sound Of Metal
Screenplay...
- 2/16/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Writers Guild of America Awards announced their nominations where big boosts were given to films like “Judas and the Black Messiah” from Shaka King, “Palm Springs” from Max Barbakow and “The White Tiger” from Ramin Bahrani.
Missing from the lineup, that was eligible, are “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” in the original screenplay category and “First Cow” and “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” in the adapted.
The full list of nominations is below:
Original Screenplay
“Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) – Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King, Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas “Palm Springs” (Hulu/Neon) – Screenplay by Andy Siara, Story by Andy Siara & Max Barbakow “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – Written by Emerald Fennell “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) – Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Written by Aaron Sorkin...
Missing from the lineup, that was eligible, are “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” in the original screenplay category and “First Cow” and “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” in the adapted.
The full list of nominations is below:
Original Screenplay
“Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) – Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King, Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas “Palm Springs” (Hulu/Neon) – Screenplay by Andy Siara, Story by Andy Siara & Max Barbakow “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – Written by Emerald Fennell “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) – Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Written by Aaron Sorkin...
- 2/16/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The WGA on Tuesday unveiled the movie nominations for its 2021 WGA Awards, honoring outstanding achievement in screenwriting of original, adapted and documentary films during 2020. Winners will be March 21 in a virtual ceremony. Check out the full list below.
The Original Screenplay category covers comedy, drama, mystery and more as the scribes behind Judas and the Black Messiah, Palm Springs, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7 will vie for the hardware.
The Adapted Screenplay race will be among Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, News of the World, One Night in Miami and The White Tiger.
On the documentary side, All In: The Fight for Democracy, The Dissident, Herb Alpert Is…, Red Penguins and Totally Under Control will battle it out for the WGA trophy.
The eligibility period is January 1, 2020-February 28, 2021.
The WGA is the only guild that requires a movie to have been...
The Original Screenplay category covers comedy, drama, mystery and more as the scribes behind Judas and the Black Messiah, Palm Springs, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7 will vie for the hardware.
The Adapted Screenplay race will be among Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, News of the World, One Night in Miami and The White Tiger.
On the documentary side, All In: The Fight for Democracy, The Dissident, Herb Alpert Is…, Red Penguins and Totally Under Control will battle it out for the WGA trophy.
The eligibility period is January 1, 2020-February 28, 2021.
The WGA is the only guild that requires a movie to have been...
- 2/16/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “One Night in Miami,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” are among the films that have been nominated by the Writers Guild of America in the original and adapted screenplay categories, the WGA West and WGA East announced on Tuesday.
In the Original Screenplay category, “Chicago 7,” “Promising Young Woman” and “Judas and the Black Messiah” were joined by “Palm Springs” and “Sound of Metal.”
“Borat,” “One Night in Miami” and “Ma Rainey” were nominated for Adapted Screenplay along with “News of the World” and “The White Tiger.”
In the documentary category, the nominees included one film that is on the Oscars documentary shortlist, “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” and four that are not: “The Dissident,” “Herb Alpert Is…,” “Red Penguins” and “Totally Under Control.”
To an even greater degree than usual, many of the top Oscar...
In the Original Screenplay category, “Chicago 7,” “Promising Young Woman” and “Judas and the Black Messiah” were joined by “Palm Springs” and “Sound of Metal.”
“Borat,” “One Night in Miami” and “Ma Rainey” were nominated for Adapted Screenplay along with “News of the World” and “The White Tiger.”
In the documentary category, the nominees included one film that is on the Oscars documentary shortlist, “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” and four that are not: “The Dissident,” “Herb Alpert Is…,” “Red Penguins” and “Totally Under Control.”
To an even greater degree than usual, many of the top Oscar...
- 2/16/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Every year, the Writers Guild of America leaves out several Oscar-contending screenplays in its award nominations. But this year’s ineligible list is massive, from “Mank” to “Nomadland.” The WGA maintains jurisdiction over whether scripts are produced under a Writer’s Guild contract, and who finally gets credit on a screenplay. The guild insists on withholding non-signatories from being part of the WGA Awards.
That’s why, unlike the other guilds, every year a long list of WGA ineligible indie, British, and animated movies are excluded. A WGA nomination isn’t essential for Oscar nomination; plenty of exceptions include American indie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Iranian Oscar-winner “A Separation,” Oscar-winning British films “Les Miserables,” and “The Favourite,” and all Pixar animated contenders, from “Up” to “Incredibles 2.” “The Artist” and “The King’s Speech” both won Best Picture without the benefit of a WGA nomination.
The WGA nominees listed below...
That’s why, unlike the other guilds, every year a long list of WGA ineligible indie, British, and animated movies are excluded. A WGA nomination isn’t essential for Oscar nomination; plenty of exceptions include American indie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Iranian Oscar-winner “A Separation,” Oscar-winning British films “Les Miserables,” and “The Favourite,” and all Pixar animated contenders, from “Up” to “Incredibles 2.” “The Artist” and “The King’s Speech” both won Best Picture without the benefit of a WGA nomination.
The WGA nominees listed below...
- 2/16/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Every year, the Writers Guild of America leaves out several Oscar-contending screenplays in its award nominations. But this year’s ineligible list is massive, from “Mank” to “Nomadland.” The WGA maintains jurisdiction over whether scripts are produced under a Writer’s Guild contract, and who finally gets credit on a screenplay. The guild insists on withholding non-signatories from being part of the WGA Awards.
That’s why, unlike the other guilds, every year a long list of WGA ineligible indie, British, and animated movies are excluded. A WGA nomination isn’t essential for Oscar nomination; plenty of exceptions include American indie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Iranian Oscar-winner “A Separation,” Oscar-winning British films “Les Miserables,” and “The Favourite,” and all Pixar animated contenders, from “Up” to “Incredibles 2.” “The Artist” and “The King’s Speech” both won Best Picture without the benefit of a WGA nomination.
The WGA nominees listed below...
That’s why, unlike the other guilds, every year a long list of WGA ineligible indie, British, and animated movies are excluded. A WGA nomination isn’t essential for Oscar nomination; plenty of exceptions include American indie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Iranian Oscar-winner “A Separation,” Oscar-winning British films “Les Miserables,” and “The Favourite,” and all Pixar animated contenders, from “Up” to “Incredibles 2.” “The Artist” and “The King’s Speech” both won Best Picture without the benefit of a WGA nomination.
The WGA nominees listed below...
- 2/16/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Priyanka Chopra Jonas Instagram
Photo by Cibelle Levi
Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s long awaited memoir titled Unfinished Is already making history and winning everyone in less than a week of its release. The critics and reader approved memoir chronicles Chopra’s childhood, facing racism during her teenage years in the US, winning Miss India and Miss World, and the challenges she faced while breaking grounds and making a career in Bollywood and Hollywood.
Receiving immense love from all across, Unfinished has become the best-selling book on Amazon in the US, India and the United Kingdom. In addition to this, even the audio book of the memoir has been trending on number 1 on the Amazon in the US. ‘Unfinished’ has also earned herself a spot in the top 100 best selling books at the online book store Barnes & Noble.
With the memoir already turning into a best seller in such a short span of time,...
Photo by Cibelle Levi
Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s long awaited memoir titled Unfinished Is already making history and winning everyone in less than a week of its release. The critics and reader approved memoir chronicles Chopra’s childhood, facing racism during her teenage years in the US, winning Miss India and Miss World, and the challenges she faced while breaking grounds and making a career in Bollywood and Hollywood.
Receiving immense love from all across, Unfinished has become the best-selling book on Amazon in the US, India and the United Kingdom. In addition to this, even the audio book of the memoir has been trending on number 1 on the Amazon in the US. ‘Unfinished’ has also earned herself a spot in the top 100 best selling books at the online book store Barnes & Noble.
With the memoir already turning into a best seller in such a short span of time,...
- 2/12/2021
- by Sunny Malik
- Bollyspice
Priyanka Chopra Jonas confronts her own experience with misogyny in Hollywood in her upcoming memoir “Unfinished,” which is now available for pre-order and goes on sale later this month through Penguin’s Michael Joseph imprint. In portions of the book shared by The Independent, Chopra Jonas reveals she parted ways with a manager after he agreed with a film director’s plastic surgery request. The incident occurred shortly after Chopra Jonas was named Miss World 2000. The actress said the first director she met with in Hollywood insisted she “fix” her “proportions” if she wanted to break into the American film and television business.
“After a few minutes of small talk, the director/producer told me to stand up and twirl for him,” Chopra Jonas writes. “I did. He stared at me long and hard, assessing me, and then suggested that I get a boob job, fix my jaw, and add...
“After a few minutes of small talk, the director/producer told me to stand up and twirl for him,” Chopra Jonas writes. “I did. He stared at me long and hard, assessing me, and then suggested that I get a boob job, fix my jaw, and add...
- 2/8/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas posted on Friday that Ramin Bahrani’s film adaptation of The White Tiger in which she stars has reached number one on the service in 64 countries and would be seen by 27 million households in its first four weeks.
Ava DuVernay and Chopra Jonas are executive producers on the project in which the latter also stars. It’s been getting an awards push from Netflix and the viewer numbers won’t hurt with that.
Director Ramin Bahrani’s film focuses on class conflict and that theme plays strong in India. Its caste system traditions still linger despite reforms and an upward economic trajectory. Aravind Adiga’s Booker Prize-winning novel, on which the film is based, focuses on a master and servant, the latter of whom has little hope of rising above his station.
‘The White Tiger’ Review: Ramin Bahrani’s Epic Journey Into Modern India For Netflix...
Ava DuVernay and Chopra Jonas are executive producers on the project in which the latter also stars. It’s been getting an awards push from Netflix and the viewer numbers won’t hurt with that.
Director Ramin Bahrani’s film focuses on class conflict and that theme plays strong in India. Its caste system traditions still linger despite reforms and an upward economic trajectory. Aravind Adiga’s Booker Prize-winning novel, on which the film is based, focuses on a master and servant, the latter of whom has little hope of rising above his station.
‘The White Tiger’ Review: Ramin Bahrani’s Epic Journey Into Modern India For Netflix...
- 2/6/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Priyanka Chopra Jonas has announced that her latest film “The White Tiger’ is on track for 27 million viewers in its first month on Netflix.
Chopra Jonas stars in and executive produced Ramin Bahrani’s “The White Tiger,” which debuted on the streamer Jan. 22. Since then, according to Chopra Jonas’ social media post, the film has reached the number one position on Netflix’s Top 10 film list in 64 countries and estimates say it will be seen by 27 million households in its first four weeks.
“It’s so emotional for me to see the discovery and acceptance of this brilliant incredible story. #TheWhiteTiger being embraced by audiences all over the world is awe inspiring,” Chopra Jonas wrote.
It’s so emotional for me to see the discovery and acceptance of this brilliant incredible story. #TheWhiteTiger being embraced by audiences all over the world is awe inspiring.
(1/2) pic.twitter.com/NJxln1jOBM
— Priyanka (@priyankachopra) February 5, 2021
The film,...
Chopra Jonas stars in and executive produced Ramin Bahrani’s “The White Tiger,” which debuted on the streamer Jan. 22. Since then, according to Chopra Jonas’ social media post, the film has reached the number one position on Netflix’s Top 10 film list in 64 countries and estimates say it will be seen by 27 million households in its first four weeks.
“It’s so emotional for me to see the discovery and acceptance of this brilliant incredible story. #TheWhiteTiger being embraced by audiences all over the world is awe inspiring,” Chopra Jonas wrote.
It’s so emotional for me to see the discovery and acceptance of this brilliant incredible story. #TheWhiteTiger being embraced by audiences all over the world is awe inspiring.
(1/2) pic.twitter.com/NJxln1jOBM
— Priyanka (@priyankachopra) February 5, 2021
The film,...
- 2/5/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Few were expecting to see the name of newcomer Adarsh Gourav, who stars in the Netflix film “The White Tiger,” among the nominees for Best Actor at the Independent Spirit Awards. He edged out much bigger names to reap a bid at this Oscars precursor and now numbers among the five best male leads in independent cinema along with Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”), Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Rob Morgan (“Bull”) and Steven Yeun (“Minari”).
The rave reviews for Gourav’s performance in “The White Tiger” should have signalled his recognition by Film Independent. “The White Tiger” is rated 94% fresh by the top critics on Rotten Tomatoes. “The White Tiger” director Ramin Bahrani adapted Aravind Adiga‘s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name.
“The White Tiger” tells the story of Balram Halwai (Gourav), a young boy from a low Indian caste whose wit and intellect gives promise...
The rave reviews for Gourav’s performance in “The White Tiger” should have signalled his recognition by Film Independent. “The White Tiger” is rated 94% fresh by the top critics on Rotten Tomatoes. “The White Tiger” director Ramin Bahrani adapted Aravind Adiga‘s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name.
“The White Tiger” tells the story of Balram Halwai (Gourav), a young boy from a low Indian caste whose wit and intellect gives promise...
- 2/5/2021
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
Writer and director Ramin Bahrani returns to the Independent Spirit Awards with “The White Tiger,.” This Netflix film just earned a Best Actor nomination for Adarsh Gourav. The multi-hyphenate Bahrani also adapted Aravind Adiga‘s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name.
“The White Tiger” tells the story of Balram Halwai (Gourav), a young boy from a low Indian caste whose wit and intellect gives promise to a future of upward mobility. After his father’s death he’s forced to remain in his village and take a job in the tea house just to help ends meet for his family. But, determined to escape the trappings of life at the bottom of Indian society, Balram, called a “once in a lifetime white tiger” by a teacher, sets off to Delhi with a plan to be a driver for a wealthy man’s son. When life in the big city...
“The White Tiger” tells the story of Balram Halwai (Gourav), a young boy from a low Indian caste whose wit and intellect gives promise to a future of upward mobility. After his father’s death he’s forced to remain in his village and take a job in the tea house just to help ends meet for his family. But, determined to escape the trappings of life at the bottom of Indian society, Balram, called a “once in a lifetime white tiger” by a teacher, sets off to Delhi with a plan to be a driver for a wealthy man’s son. When life in the big city...
- 2/5/2021
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
The Oscars are more international than ever. Of the 11 foreign-language films nominated for Best Picture in 90 years, more than half were nominated post-2000. The motion picture academy has expanded its membership by almost 20 percent, focusing squarely on filmmakers outside the US and people of color.
Last year for example, before the world turned upside down amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and social upheaval, we saw some of that progress come to fruition when underdog Korean masterpiece “Parasite” upended awards prognosticators’ expectations by steamrolling its way through various guild award wins before ultimately triumphing on Oscar night. It vindicated the motion picture academy’s efforts towards moving away from the 2016 #OscarsSoWhite controversy when all 20 of the Oscar acting nominees were exclusively white.
The academy continued its push for exclusivity in June by inviting 819 film professionals to join its ranks and changing eligibility rules to ensure films ticked a number of boxes around diversity and inclusivity.
Last year for example, before the world turned upside down amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and social upheaval, we saw some of that progress come to fruition when underdog Korean masterpiece “Parasite” upended awards prognosticators’ expectations by steamrolling its way through various guild award wins before ultimately triumphing on Oscar night. It vindicated the motion picture academy’s efforts towards moving away from the 2016 #OscarsSoWhite controversy when all 20 of the Oscar acting nominees were exclusively white.
The academy continued its push for exclusivity in June by inviting 819 film professionals to join its ranks and changing eligibility rules to ensure films ticked a number of boxes around diversity and inclusivity.
- 2/4/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“The White Tiger” is poised to leap into awards contention now that it is streaming on Netflix after a limited run in theaters. Critics have already given it a resounding thumbs up, so its wider audience and positive word of mouth should help it break through as a contender in Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay and across the board in both acting and the below the line crafts categories.
“The White Tiger” is on the rise in our combined odds, currently jostling with a bunch of other contenders just outside the main frontrunners group. But with great reviews behind it, the film could capitalize on the academy’s more diverse international membership. If enough of these rookie voters see this film, they might find it hard to resist embracing this exotic, well-received rags-to-riches success story.
The film is adapted by writer/director Ramin Bahrani from acclaimed novelist Aravind Adiga‘s...
“The White Tiger” is on the rise in our combined odds, currently jostling with a bunch of other contenders just outside the main frontrunners group. But with great reviews behind it, the film could capitalize on the academy’s more diverse international membership. If enough of these rookie voters see this film, they might find it hard to resist embracing this exotic, well-received rags-to-riches success story.
The film is adapted by writer/director Ramin Bahrani from acclaimed novelist Aravind Adiga‘s...
- 2/3/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Iranian-American director Ramin Bahrani is set to helm a Netflix feature adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Australian-set novel Amnesty.
The story follows Danny, an illegal immigrant who cleans houses in suburban Sydney and is exposed to information about the sudden murder of one of his employers.
Over the course of a summer day, Danny plays a cat-and-mouse game with the man he suspects to be the murderer, all the while knowing that if he speaks up, he will be deported.
The feature adaptation will being produced by Bahareh Azimi, Bahrani for Noruz Films and Ashok Amritraj for Hyde Park Entertainment.
Whether the production will take place in Australia is yet to be confirmed.
Bahrani, who also wrote, directed, and produced the recently released Netflix film The White Tiger based on Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel, says he is grateful to again partner with Netflix and Azimi.
“This novel...
The story follows Danny, an illegal immigrant who cleans houses in suburban Sydney and is exposed to information about the sudden murder of one of his employers.
Over the course of a summer day, Danny plays a cat-and-mouse game with the man he suspects to be the murderer, all the while knowing that if he speaks up, he will be deported.
The feature adaptation will being produced by Bahareh Azimi, Bahrani for Noruz Films and Ashok Amritraj for Hyde Park Entertainment.
Whether the production will take place in Australia is yet to be confirmed.
Bahrani, who also wrote, directed, and produced the recently released Netflix film The White Tiger based on Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel, says he is grateful to again partner with Netflix and Azimi.
“This novel...
- 2/3/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Ramin Bahrani is set to adapt, direct and produce the film adaptation of the novel Amnesty for Netflix. The film is based on the novel by White Tiger author Aravind Adiga and will also be produced by Ashok Amritraj for Hyde Park Entertainment. Bahrani’s partner Bahareh Azimi will also produce through their Noruz Films banner.
“I am thrilled to adapt Aravind’s great new novel, ‘Amnesty.’ And very grateful to partner with Netflix and my lead creative producer Bahareh Azimi once again,” said Bahrani. “This novel gripped me from the first time Aravind shared a rough draft with me five years ago. I can’t wait to bring it to the screen.”
The story is set in Australia and follows an illegal immigrant who cleans houses, realizes he has information about sudden murder of one of his employers. Over the course of one tense summer day, Danny plays a...
“I am thrilled to adapt Aravind’s great new novel, ‘Amnesty.’ And very grateful to partner with Netflix and my lead creative producer Bahareh Azimi once again,” said Bahrani. “This novel gripped me from the first time Aravind shared a rough draft with me five years ago. I can’t wait to bring it to the screen.”
The story is set in Australia and follows an illegal immigrant who cleans houses, realizes he has information about sudden murder of one of his employers. Over the course of one tense summer day, Danny plays a...
- 2/2/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Following the successful launch of “The White Tiger,” filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, author Aravind Adiga and Netflix have set their next collaboration. Bahrani will again write, direct and produce the film adaptation of Adiga’s work — this time bringing the author’s 2020 novel, “Amnesty,” to the screen.
“I am thrilled to adapt Aravind’s great new novel, ‘Amnesty.” And very grateful to partner with Netflix and my lead creative producer Bahareh Azimi once again,” Bahrani said in a statement. Bahrani and Azimi both served as producers on “The White Tiger,” Adiga’s New York Times bestseller and Man Booker Prize-winning novel, which was released by the streamer on Jan. 22.
Bahrani continued: “This novel gripped me from the first time Aravind shared a rough draft with me five years ago. I can’t wait to bring it to the screen.”
Set in Australia, the story centers on Danny, an undocumented immigrant who cleans houses.
“I am thrilled to adapt Aravind’s great new novel, ‘Amnesty.” And very grateful to partner with Netflix and my lead creative producer Bahareh Azimi once again,” Bahrani said in a statement. Bahrani and Azimi both served as producers on “The White Tiger,” Adiga’s New York Times bestseller and Man Booker Prize-winning novel, which was released by the streamer on Jan. 22.
Bahrani continued: “This novel gripped me from the first time Aravind shared a rough draft with me five years ago. I can’t wait to bring it to the screen.”
Set in Australia, the story centers on Danny, an undocumented immigrant who cleans houses.
- 2/2/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Following the success of his epic “The White Tiger” on Netflix, Ramin Bahrani is sticking with the streamer for his next film and author Aravind Adiga. Bahrani is set to adapt, direct, and produce the film adaptation of “White Tiger” writer Adiga’s latest novel “Amnesty” for Netflix. Bahrani and Adiga have been close friends since college, and their collaboration will continue with the next film, to be written by Bahrani from the book published in February of 2020.
Here’s the synopsis, courtesy of Netflix: “Set in Australia, the story is compelling and timely. Danny, an illegal immigrant who cleans houses, realizes he has information about sudden murder of one of his employers. Over the course of one tense summer day, Danny plays a cat-and-mouse game with the man he suspects to be the murderer. But if he speaks up, he will be deported. He is in a moral crisis...
Here’s the synopsis, courtesy of Netflix: “Set in Australia, the story is compelling and timely. Danny, an illegal immigrant who cleans houses, realizes he has information about sudden murder of one of his employers. Over the course of one tense summer day, Danny plays a cat-and-mouse game with the man he suspects to be the murderer. But if he speaks up, he will be deported. He is in a moral crisis...
- 2/2/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
After directing an adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s book “The White Tiger” for Netflix, director Ramin Bahrani will next take on the author’s book “Amnesty” that’s also set up at the streamer.
Bahrani will write, direct and produce an adaptation of “Amnesty,” which was published in 2020 and is the story of an illegal immigrant in Australia, who realizes that he has information about the sudden murder of one of his employers. The book takes place over the course of one tense summer day as the man plays a game of cat and mouse with the suspected murderer, all while fearing that he will be deported if he speaks up.
Bahrani will produce “Amnesty” for Noruz Films alongside Ashok Amritraj for Hyde Park Entertainment and Bahareh Azimi.
The novel “The White Tiger” was a New York Times bestseller and won the Man Booker Prize; Bahrani’s film adaptation debuted...
Bahrani will write, direct and produce an adaptation of “Amnesty,” which was published in 2020 and is the story of an illegal immigrant in Australia, who realizes that he has information about the sudden murder of one of his employers. The book takes place over the course of one tense summer day as the man plays a game of cat and mouse with the suspected murderer, all while fearing that he will be deported if he speaks up.
Bahrani will produce “Amnesty” for Noruz Films alongside Ashok Amritraj for Hyde Park Entertainment and Bahareh Azimi.
The novel “The White Tiger” was a New York Times bestseller and won the Man Booker Prize; Bahrani’s film adaptation debuted...
- 2/2/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Bahrani and Bahareh Azimi of Noruz Films, Ashok Amritraj of Hyde Park Entertainment producing.
Following Ramin Bahrani’s Netflix adaptation of awards contender The White Tiger by author Aravind Adiga, the parties are reuniting on Amnesty.
Bahrani will adapt the screenplay, direct and produce the story about Danny, a house cleaner and illegal immigrant in Australia who engages in a game of cat-and-mouse with a man he suspects has murdered one of his employers.
Over the course of one summer day, Danny must weigh up whether to keep quiet, or report the man to the authorities and risk being deported.
Following Ramin Bahrani’s Netflix adaptation of awards contender The White Tiger by author Aravind Adiga, the parties are reuniting on Amnesty.
Bahrani will adapt the screenplay, direct and produce the story about Danny, a house cleaner and illegal immigrant in Australia who engages in a game of cat-and-mouse with a man he suspects has murdered one of his employers.
Over the course of one summer day, Danny must weigh up whether to keep quiet, or report the man to the authorities and risk being deported.
- 2/2/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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