- Actors: Ayesha Dharker, K. Krishna, Sonu Sisupal, Vishwas, Anuradha
- Directors: Santosh Sivan
- Writers: Santosh Sivan, C.K. Raajaa Chandra Sekar, Ravi Deshpande, Vijay Deveshwar
- Producers: A. Sreekar Prasad, A. Sriram, Abhijit Joshi
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Paradox
- Release Date: May 29 2003
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004Z1FK
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#11,581 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #2 in DVD > Art House & International > Asian Cinema > India
- #13 in DVD > Military & War > International
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Inspired by the events surrounding the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi, The Terrorist focuses on the making of a suicide bomber marching towards the end of her life.
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Great Movie
Jun 8 2004
Format:DVD
I loved the movie The Terrorist. It is a non-Bollywood Indian film that doesnt altogether escape the somewhat cheesy nature of some of these movies, but it remains extremely emotional and dark throughout. The main character struggles between her duty to her "country", the rebels she fights with, and sacrificing her life to take the lives of others (namely the leader of the Government, this sort of assassination has really taken place in India in the fairly recent past). She seems to really begin to understand the beautiful, fragile nature of life when she meets a little boy who is to be her guide. The movie is not too violent and I would recommend it to a mature PG-13 audience.
keeps you wondering until the last 30 seconds of the film
Mar 23 2004
Format:DVD
First off let's go over the DVD itself. The movie is transferred well except for a few spots where the film is scratched (twice kind of heavily for a few seconds). The audio transfer is relatively good. The only part that is bad is that for a minute or two of film, the movie shakes. I'm not sure if this was a transfer problem or if that was from the original film, but it distracts at a key part of the film. Also for reference this DVD has trailers (both foreign and domestic) but no other extras.
As far as the film itself, it was marvelous. The acting was suberb. The details of the cinematography really add to the movie's atmosphere.
brilliant
Jan 26 2004
Format:DVD
the terrorist is one of the best movies ever to come out of india. the movie is totally unlike the normal indian bollywood movie. part-inspired by the events surrounding the assassination of late prime-minister rajiv gandhi, terrorist takes a look into the minds of an assassin.
the movie moves at a steady pace giving us time to understand the protagonist and sympathise with her. this bond is accentuated by ayesha dharkar's terrific acting, she clearly is a unique talent and hopefully the whole world will get to appreciate her in star wars II.
santosh sivan who is essentially a cinematographer takes to directing and comes up with a gripping tale. the movie shines with his brilliant work behind the camera as well, capturing every beautiful raindrop & the subtleties in dharkar's expressions.
the movie stands out as special, intelligent & warm, among its peers. a truly significant movie
a fantastic 10 out of 10
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FANTASTIC
This movie is a fantastic look into what manipulation terosists groups put on their people to brain wash them to kill. Read more
Published on Feb 23 2003 by Monique Bryant
DESTROY OR CREATE=TO BE OR NOT TO BE
The major attraction of this film for THE MAN WITH THE KINOAPPARAT is the sound design. Any serious sound guys out there, you need to read this book as a text book. Read more
Published on Oct 4 2002 by poetix
Choose Your Life: Compelling Drama from India about a Girl
For all its title, this Indian film is not in any way political; though it is clearly inspired by the assacination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, by a girl who strapped a bomb around her... Read more
Published on Aug 3 2002 by Tsuyoshi
intelligent film
This provides and interesting look into the world of rebels and those who would be suicide bombers. It helps us to understand the mindset of such people and possible reasons they... Read more
Published on July 10 2002
Powerful and Poignant
The Terrorist is a great movie and takes on a special context given the times we are going through.
The movie is inspired by the assasination of Rajiv Gandhi by the LTTE (the... Read more
Published on Dec 26 2001 by V. Ravindran
Stylized reality
I saw this film in Sri Lanka in 2000. The manner of film-making is stylized to western eyes but the process of the film is very compelling. Read more
Published on Nov 24 2001 by RBBreese
Malli's final decision not worth all that navel gazing
The film is sure darn nice to look at but it couldn't prevent all the introspection from grating on me after awhile. Read more
Published on Oct 4 2001 by "snootchiebootchies"
A great film from India
This film does a brilliant job of juxtaposing those who have experienced "nornal" life and all it represents with those whose lives are fanatically devoted to the single... Read more
Published on Aug 22 2001 by LGwriter
Intelligent and Moving
The Terrorist is an unconventional film, providing a beautiful, quiet, almost meditative look into the mind and heart of a woman rebel about to commit a suicide terrorist act. Read more
Published on Aug 22 2001
2 and a half stars would have been more accurate.
One can read the story in other reviews so I won't go into that. Let me start with the things that I didn't like.I didn't like the ending. Read more
Published on July 12 2001 by Peter
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