It seems oddly fitting that it would be Rahmin Bahrani who would adapt this film for the big screen since the author of the Man Booker prize novel it is based on, Aravind Adiga, has known the filmmaker for years and, in fact, dedicated the book to him. Add to that its subject matter, concerning poverty and poverty traps - including those of the mind - and it is is also fully in keeping thematically with Bahrani's earlier work, including Man Push Cart and 99 Homes, in that it shows how just getting by can be a Sisyphean task in itself for the underclass.
I'm not usually a fan of voiceover but Bahrani uses it consistently here as a useful framing device - an email, which his hero Balram (Adarsh Gourav) is writing to the Chinese premier, recounting his life story. This means Bahrani is able to start towards the climax.
I'm not usually a fan of voiceover but Bahrani uses it consistently here as a useful framing device - an email, which his hero Balram (Adarsh Gourav) is writing to the Chinese premier, recounting his life story. This means Bahrani is able to start towards the climax.
- 1/21/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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