Passes the Bechdel test

The White Tiger

Name: The White Tiger
Released: 2021

2021. Directed by Ramin Bahrani, written by Ramin Bahrani and Aravind Adiga.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 213.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

Balram Halwai (Adarsh Gourav) narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India. Cunning and ambitious, our young hero jockeys his way into becoming a driver for Ashok (Rajkumar Rao) and Pinky (Priyanka Chopra-Jonas), who have just returned from America. Society has trained Balram to be one thing--a servant--so he makes himself indispensable to his rich masters. But after a night of betrayal, he realizes the corrupt lengths they will go to trap him and save themselves. On the verge of losing everything, Balram rebels against a rigged, unequal system to rise up and become a new kind of master.

Released: 22 Jan 2021
Genres: Crime, Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.1 / 10
Metascore: 76 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 17 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Balram 401 lines, man
Ashok 160 lines, man
Mukesh 68 lines, man
Pinky Madam 65 lines, woman
Vitiligo-Lips 26 lines, man
The Stork 21 lines, man
Granny 16 lines, woman
Kishan 12 lines, man
Saket Bahadur 10 lines, man
Ram Persad 8 lines, man

Full cast, 19 people

Adarsh Gourav as Balram Halwai
Rajkummar Rao as Ashok
Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Pinky Madam
Mahesh Manjrekar as The Stork
Vijay Maurya as Mukesh 'The Mongoose'
Kamlesh Gill as Granny Kusum
Swaroop Sampat as The Great Socialist
Tawhid Rike Zaman as Balram's friend
Vedant Sinha as Dharam
Nalneesh Neel as Vitiligo
Mahesh Pillai as School Inspector
Aaron Wan as Premier
Abhishek Khandekar as Assistant Commissioner
Ram Naresh Diwakar as Main Driver
Harshit Mahawar as Young Balram
Sanket Shanware as Kishan
Solanki Diwakar as Hotel Manager / Agent (uncredited)
Wen Jiabao as Self (archive footage)
Manmohan Singh as Self (archive footage)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 213

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 5	5	15
6 to 10	0	5
11 to 15	0	17
16 to 20	2	10
21 to 25	0	10
26 to 30	4	15
31 to 35	0	32
36 to 40	0	31
41 to 45	0	16
46 to 50	5	23
51 to 55	0	29
56 to 60	11	16
61 to 65	0	14
66 to 70	0	1
71 to 75	1	24
76 to 80	0	16
81 to 85	0	38
86 to 90	0	15
91 to 95	13	30
96 to 100	14	21
101 to 105	0	5
106 to 110	19	26
111 to 115	5	24
116 to 120	0	41
121 to 125	0	10
126 to 130	14	22
131 to 135	0	16
136 to 140	0	26
141 to 145	0	26
146 to 150	0	15
151 to 155	0	8
156 to 160	0	49
161 to 165	0	7
166 to 170	0	3
171 to 175	2	14
176 to 180	2	12
181 to 185	0	6
186 to 190	0	20
191 to 195	0	0
196 to 200	0	6
201 to 205	0	11
206 to 210	0	18
211 to 213	0	4

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

BEGGAR CHILD: Only 100 rupees, please madam, I’m hungry, please. PINKY MADAM: Oh, hi precious. Can I see that? BEGGAR CHILD: If you buy three it’s only 200, please. PINKY MADAM: What’s your name?