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Little Terrorist

United Kingdom, India

2004

15 Min
Color
1.85:1
Hindi
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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DIR Ashvin Kumar

PROD Ashvin Kumar, Dilip Singh Rathore, Sarah Tierney

SCR Ashvin Kumar

CAST Julfuqar Ali, Sushil Sharma, Megnaa Mehtta

ED Ashvin Kumar

MUSIC Nainita Desai

Synopsis

Jamal, a 10-year-old Pakistani Muslim, mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan and finds an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian soldiers descend on Bhola’s village searching for the so-called terrorist who crossed over. Bhola’s niece, Rani, insists they can’t let a Muslim into their Hindu home. With Bhola and Rani grappling with the consequences of harboring a Pakistani and their deep-set prejudice against Muslims, Jamal’s only hope is the humanity shared by a people long ago separated by artificial boundaries.

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faisal

22May10

hey ashvin, why can i not watch this film here online? faisal

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gory™

18Apr10

heartwarming!

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angud

28Dec08

Interesting. Recently there was a Pashtoon Kid that went all the way from Peshawar to across the Wagga border. He went because he wanted to go see his hero Shahrukh Khan in Bollywood. He was caught & returned back to Pakistan where he appeared on TV.

Anhar Mahmood Ashfaq

28Sep08

I am a Bangladeshi muslim.......if we were one country n lived together how wonderful it would be....(sigh)....its a touching movie....the pakintani n the the indian girl is so cute..hehe..

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Little Terrorist - Ashvin Kumar

By MarBelle on January 23, 2008
From script to screen, the production of Little Terrorist was completed between November 2003 and March 2004. Little Terrorist was originally written for Fox Searchlight who, having seen Road to Ladakh
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By saliksh​ah on March 6, 2009

A Pakistani boy crawls inside the Indian border fence to pick a cricket ball but ends up being mistaken for a terrorist and comes under heavy gunfire. The boy escapes the mine field on the alien side…  read review

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By Kim Packard on March 29, 2008

Pakistan and India share a border which didn’t use to exist until the creation of Pakistan as an independent state. This film tells a story of a young Muslim boy who unintentionally enters India by…  read review

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By Halim Cillov on February 4, 2008

This was an extremely hearth-warming and also immensely political story, which reflects a never-ending struggle between two countries and religions, from the innocent point-of-view a child. The Cinematography…  read review

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