A poor Indian low-caste boy got a decent job driving for his landlord’s youngest son who had returned from the United States. After staying with the landlord son for a while in Delhi, he met some worlds, and killed the landlord son because of resentment and desire for money. He went to Bangalore to open a taxi company and became a decent and successful entrepreneur.
If it were such an old-fashioned story of unscrupulous counterattacks at the bottom, it would not have become a sensational award-winning New York bestseller. Readers from all walks of life in the world like it, there must be other reasons. After watching the movie, there was indeed a shock in my heart. It turned out that this was a guide to escape from the chicken coop.
What shocked me were two details. One is that the landlord’s daughter-in-law drove and killed someone after drinking. The protagonist immediately took the host away from the scene, cleaned the vehicle, kept his mouth tight, and even signed a top package statement. At this time, the protagonist's heart is full of happiness for helping the master a lot. This kind of servility that penetrates into the bone marrow is too real. I suddenly felt that many times in real life, we are basically the same as the protagonist. Blocking a thunder for the boss and worrying about the leader, seeing the happy smile of the superior, we were immediately full of happiness. Isn't this just the same servility as the protagonist!
Another detail is that the landlord’s son took care of the landlord’s son in the low period after his wife’s departure, and he was also full of thoughts that the landlord’s son would treat him as an equal friend after he had shared adversity. As a result, the landlord’s son immediately recovered his face as soon as the landlord’s brother came. The protagonist really understands his status as a servant. Many times we compete for performance and appreciation in the workplace, which makes ourselves very stressed and annoyed. It turns out to be as ridiculous as an equal friend who is a slave fantasizing about being the master.
Class differences, master-slave relationship, and slave awakening are the theme and soul of the film. The film spends most of its length showing how the protagonist's servility infiltrated into his bones was cultivated. In addition to the landlord, his grandmother's slavery and control also contributed to his servility development. The protagonist’s awakening was difficult, but in the end it succeeded. We are all happy for him. In reality, we are actually controlled by various other grandmothers.
Writing letters to Chinese officials, corruption of Indian politicians, crimes of the caste system, building roads or democracy first are not the subject of the film. May I ask where there is no hierarchy? Where is there no chicken coop? Where's not used to the chicken waiting to be cooked?
The film provides a little bit of inspiration: Can you become an awakened chicken? Can you become a white tiger?
The director accurately grasped the essence of the story. The most difficult thing was the process of the protagonist's inner change. The filming was convincing. The protagonist was also full of acting skills. The slave's humility and cowardice and the white tiger's domineering exposure were both performed extremely well.
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