Terrorist, The

India 1998, 100 minutes
Dir. Santosh Sivan
In Tamil with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Girl-centric, Hostages & Terrorism

Feat. Ayesha Dharkar

Aroview: Discovered and championed by the actor John Malkovich, this intensely concentrated thriller depicts the hardening and training of 19-yr old suicide-bomber Ayesha Dharkar in an unnamed Asian country (though identifiably India prior to Rajiv Ghandhi’s 1991 assassination), in the months and weeks leading up to her ‘assignment’.

NZ International Film Festival 2000