The Terrorist (1998 film)

This article is about the 1998 Indian film. For other films with similar titles, see Terrorist (disambiguation).

The Terrorist
Movie poster
Directed bySantosh Sivan
Written bySantosh Sivan
StarringAyesha Dharker
CinematographySantosh Sivan
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music by
  • Rajamani
  • Sonu Sisupal
Production
company
Indian Image Productions
Release date
  • 12 January 1999 (1999-01-12)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

The Terrorist is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Santosh Sivan. The film portrays a period in the life of a 19-year-old woman, Malli, sent to assassinate a leader in South Asia through a suicide bombing. It stars Ayesha Dharker. Released in 1999, the film was shot in 15 days, with natural lighting, on a shoestring budget of ₹25 lakh (worth ₹2.2 crore in 2021 prices).

The film won a number of awards at international film festivals. Actor John Malkovich first saw the film at the 1998 Cairo International Film Festival and subsequently adopted the film as a kind of post-facto executive producer. Critic Roger Ebert has included the film in his series of "Great Movies" reviews.

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