I cannot overstate how much I loathed this film. It took me four days to watch it and it was a complete slog.Balram (Adarsh Gourav) recounts his rise from a driver to a rich family to a business entrepreneur after his employers attempt to force him to take blame for a drunken hit and run by the boss's son's wife (Priyanka Chopra).
According to the Netflix description, Balram uses his wits and ambition to move up in the world. This is not what happens. This is not "plucky underdog rises from obscurity." This is "fucked over dude games system to fuck over others in turn." There are no innocents here. Balram is naive with an entire system stacked against him. The son and his wife are wannabe crusaders who mouth progressive policies while standing for the exact opposite, and the rest of the son's family are greedy and amoral, bribing political candidates to maintain their status quo.
They could have cut a solid half hour of whinging out of this movie and it would not have lessened the impact. It's so repetitive in its misery porn. But hey, maybe you're in a Burn It All Down kind of mood. If so, it's currently streaming on Netflix.
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