‘Last Man In Tower’: Ben Rekhi’s film dilutes its source material’s amused cynicism

Rekhi’s film on Aravind Adiga’s novel is passable in theory but leaves more to be desired towards the end.

In a hyper-capitalistic city where everything/one is for sale, where desires can be preyed upon as a means to an end, how does one take on a man who wants… nothing? It’s the question at the heart of Aravind Adiga’s Last Man in Tower (2011) – following Yogesh Murthy, a resident of Vishram society, who refuses to cower in front of a gleaming offer by builder Dharmesh Shah.