The film began in a village hemmed by sugarcane, where an actual white tiger was rumored to haunt the paddy fields. Not a myth exactly — people who had seen it said it carried a melancholy like the moon. They called it Chandra. Children left marigold offerings; farmers crossed themselves and kept watchful eyes at dusk.

lauded the film's sharp satire of the "rooster coop" (the servant class) and its unflinching portrayal of corruption and class disparity. Direction and Writing

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received nearly universal praise for his role as Balram Halwai, with reviewers on

The story is told from the perspective of , a poor villager from the "Darkness" of rural India. He narrates his life story in a series of letters to the Chinese Premier, explaining how he became an entrepreneur.