...It's Adarsh Gourav who steals the show, feels Namrata Thakker.
The White Tiger makes a stinging commentary on New India's half-baked vision, but Ramin Bahrani isn't telling a Slumdog fairy tale here, observes Sukanya Verma.
'I come from a very small town. I never had my own house in Bombay.' 'Today, that experience helps me as actor.'
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"This is unbelievable. It is surreal... I was at the gym. I just found out about the nomination," said Gourav, whose previous credits include "My Name is Khan" and "Mom".
'If I've been nominated alongside these greats, it means something.'
'It's so hard to shoot here right now that I can't even imagine what it must be like to live here under these conditions.'
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'If you don't have children, that's also a problem.' 'There's no right way to live because everybody has an opinion about your personal life, and how you should live.' 'You have to listen to them, unless you can pick a fight with everyone.'
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