‘Acclaimed indie filmmaker Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes) recently finished adapting Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 for HBO, and he’s already lined up his next project, adapting Aravind Adiga’s 2008 novel THE WHITE TIGER into a feature film for Netflix.
Mukul Deora will produce the project through his Watchtower Pictures with Prem Akkaraju and Ken Kamins as exec. producers.
The story is about the rise of a Bangaluru driver who rises from the lower caste society of India to become a successful chauffeur and businessman, not always using legal means.
Author Aravind Adiga has been a close personal friend of Bahrani’s since they went to Columbia University together. Bahrani plans to begin filming The White Tiger in India later this year.
Represented by WME and Ziffren Brittenham.’
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