Little terrorist
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Little terrorist |
| Country of production |
India UK |
| original language | Hindi |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 15 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ashvin Kumar |
| script | Ashvin Kumar |
| production | Ashvin Kumar |
| music | Nainita Desai |
| camera | Markus Hürsch |
| cut | Ashvin Kumar |
| occupation | |
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Little Terrorist is a 2004 Indian-British short film directed by Ashvin Kumar .
action
The boy Jamal is a Pakistani Muslim who lives right on the border with India. This is secured by a heavily guarded minefield with Indian watchtowers. When playing cricket with his friends, the cricket ball falls into the minefield. Jamal crawls under the barbed wire fence to the ball. As gunfire rages, Jamal runs off and suddenly finds himself on the Indian side. He flees from the border guards who suspect him to be a terrorist. Jamal is hiding when a man with a bicycle appears in front of him. The border guards stop the man they suspect to be the wanted man. However, he takes off his headgear and it turns out that he is a Hindu Brahmin who says he is just coming from class. The man whose name is Bhola has long since seen Jamal and is sending the soldiers on the wrong track. Jamal tells him about the cricket game and joins him. He comes to Bhola's house unnoticed, but Bhola's niece Rani initially refuses to let him in because he is a Muslim. Only when the soldiers appear in the village to find the “terrorist” does she let him into the house. They hastily cut Jamal's hair and present him to the soldiers as a silent relative. The trick works. During the night Bhola and Rani bring Jamal back across the border. Rani can take Jamal to hug her in thanks. Bhola and Rani watch Jamal return to his family. The mother is furious that he appears so late and has cut off his hair. He starts to laugh under their blows and Bhola and Rani smile too as they disappear into the darkness of the night.
production
Little Terrorist was filmed from November 2003 to March 2004 in a desert area in Rajasthan , India . While Bhola actor Sushil Sharma had already worked as an actor for theater and television, Julfuqar Ali and Megnaa Mehtta had been in front of the camera in front of Little Terrorist . The costumes were created by fashion designer Ritu Kumar , the mother of director Ashvin Kumar. The film had its world premiere on August 29, 2004 at the World Film Festival in Montreal . Numerous international festival performances followed.
Awards
At the Film Fest Gent the film won the Prix UIP Ghent in 2004, which resulted in it being nominated for a European Film Award for Best Short Film in 2005. The film won first prize for Best Short Film at the World Film Festival in Montreal. Little Terrorist was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 2005.
Web links
- Little Terrorist in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Page to the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Making Off ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at alipur.com/little-terrorist.
- ↑ Cast ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at alipur.com/little-terrorist.
