Adarsh Gourav has been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in The White Tiger while the film's director, Ramin Bahrani, has been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The film, based on Aravind Adiga's bestselling novel of the same name, is a Netflix original.
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Gourav's fellow nominees are Riz Ahmed (Sound Of Metal), Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), Anthony Hopkins (The Father), Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round) and Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian).
BAFTAS 2021: Indian actor Adarsh Gourav nominated in leading actor category for 'The White Tiger'. #EEBAFTAS
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 9, 2021
An ecstatic Gourav shared the news on Instagram on Wednesday, congratulating Bahrani as well. "Thank you Ramin for trusting me to play the character that has given me more than anything I've ever experienced," he wrote.
Gourav's co-star Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who co-produced the film, congratulated the actor and called his nomination 'well-deserved'.
What a proud moment for Indian talent with 2 BAFTA nominations for an ALL INDIAN STAR CAST!! Ecstatic for you @_GouravAdarsh, you are so deserving of this recognition, and congratulations #RaminBahrani, so well deserved.
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) March 9, 2021
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I feel extremely proud to have been an executive producer on this movie! Let’s get it!!#TheWhiteTiger @_GouravAdarsh @RajkummarRao #RaminBahrani@mukuldeora @netflix
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) March 9, 2021
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Producer Mukul Deora also took to Twitter to congratulate his teammates.
BAFTAs ahoy! Adarsh Gourav nominated for Best Actor and Ramin Bahrani for Best Adapted Screenplay. Go team Tiger! pic.twitter.com/165IRadQFs
— Mukul Deora (@mukuldeora) March 9, 2021
The White Tiger, which features Rajkummar Rao and Mahesh Manjrekar, tells the story of a helper, Balram, who rises above class-based discrimination by conniving his way into a position of power.