SYSTEM SMASHER

amin Bahrani’s adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s 2008 Bookerwinning bestseller has been a long time coming. In fact, his name was all over it from the beginning. “Aravind is one of my closest friends,” director Bahrani, whom the book is dedicated to. “The first time I read an early draft of I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ It’s almost 15 years I’ve been waiting to make this film.”