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It's not entirely clear whether Malli actually detonates the belt at the end or not.
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* AmbiguousEnding: The film ends as [[spoiler:Malli fumbles with the detonator for her explosive belt; in the final shot before the credits, it falls from her hand, leaving open the question of whether or not she actually pressed the button]].
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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Malli, though pregnant, doesn't stop her suicide mission, and thus takes her unborn baby away to death with her.]]
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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Malli, though pregnant, doesn't stop her suicide mission, and thus takes her unborn baby away to death with her.her (although whether or not she actually detonates her explosive belt is not clear).]]
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Malli learns she's pregnant by a fellow cadre, who's dead (they had sex just before he died). However, rather than having the baby, she goes through with [[SubvertedTrope her suicide bombing mission]].]]
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Malli learns she's pregnant by a fellow cadre, who's dead (they had sex just before he died). However, rather than having the baby, she goes through with [[SubvertedTrope her suicide bombing mission]].mission]] (possibly).]]
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* ActionGirl: Malli, of course.
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* ActionGirl: Malli, of course. course, being a female suicide bomber.
* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler:Malli gets pregnant by having sex with a fellow cadre just once without meaning to (for bonus points, it's right before he dies).]]
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Malli, though pregnant, doesn't stop her suicide mission, and thus takes her unborn baby away to death with her.]]
* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler:Malli gets pregnant by having sex with a fellow cadre just once without meaning to (for bonus points, it's right before he dies).]]
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Malli, though pregnant, doesn't stop her suicide mission, and thus takes her unborn baby away to death with her.]]
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* SuicideAttack: The center of the film's plot.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The LTTE are in fact one of the first organizations to make use of suicide bombings, specifically the explosive belt, now taken up by Hamas among others.
* TruthInTelevision: The film is based on the RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991]], in retaliation for his sending an Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in support of the Sinhalese government the LTTE were fighting, and alleged atrocities committed by them against Tamils in the conflict.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The LTTE are in fact one of the first organizations to make use of suicide bombings, specifically the explosive belt, now taken up by Hamas among others.
* TruthInTelevision: The film is based on the RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991]], in retaliation for his sending an Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in support of the Sinhalese government the LTTE were fighting, and alleged atrocities committed by them against Tamils in the conflict.
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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The LTTE are in fact one of the first organizations to make use of suicide bombings, specifically the explosive belt, now taken up by Hamas among others.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Malli learns she's pregnant by a fellow cadre, who's dead (they had sex just before he died). However, rather than having the baby, she goes through with [[SubvertedTrope her suicide bombing mission]].]]
* SuicideAttack: The center of the film'splot.plot is the protagonist planning a suicide bombing against a political target in India.
*TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The LTTE are in fact one of the first organizations to make use of suicide bombings, specifically the explosive belt, now taken up by Hamas among others.
* TruthInTelevision:VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991]], in retaliation for his sending an Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in support of the Sinhalese government the LTTE were fighting, and alleged atrocities committed by them against Tamils in the conflict.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Malli learns she's pregnant by a fellow cadre, who's dead (they had sex just before he died). However, rather than having the baby, she goes through with [[SubvertedTrope her suicide bombing mission]].]]
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A 1999 Indian Tamil-language film, The Terrorist follows a 19-year old female cadre of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, or Tamil Tigers) named Malli (Ayesha Dharker) in Sri Lanka on her mission to carry out a suicide attack on a high-profile target.
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A1999 1997 Indian Tamil-language film, The Terrorist follows a 19-year old female cadre of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, or Tamil Tigers) named Malli (Ayesha Dharker) in Sri Lanka on her mission to carry out a suicide attack on a high-profile target.
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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The LTTE are in fact one of the organization which began the first organizations to make use of suicide bombings, specifically the explosive belt, now taken up by Hamas among others.
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A 1999 Indian Tamil-language film, The Terrorist follows a 19-year old female cadre of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, or Tamil Tigers) named Malli (Ayesha Dharker) in Sri Lanka on her mission to carry out a suicide attack on a high profile target.
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A 1999 Indian Tamil-language film, The Terrorist follows a 19-year old female cadre of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, or Tamil Tigers) named Malli (Ayesha Dharker) in Sri Lanka on her mission to carry out a suicide attack on a high profile high-profile target.
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* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Malli finds out she's pregnant, after having been sent on a suicide mission. The father, a fellow cadre, is already dead from wounds he received in combat. In fact, it appears they had sex just before he went]].
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* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Malli finds out she's pregnant, after having been sent on a suicide mission. The father, a fellow cadre, is already dead from wounds he received in combat. In fact, it appears they had sex just before he went]].died]].
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* TruthInTelevision: The film is based on the RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991]] in retaliation for his sending an Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in support of the Sinhalese government the LTTE were fighting, and alleged atrocities committed by them against Tamils in the conflict.
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* TruthInTelevision: The film is based on the RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991]] 1991]], in retaliation for his sending an Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in support of the Sinhalese government the LTTE were fighting, and alleged atrocities committed by them against Tamils in the conflict.
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A 1999 Indian Tamil-language film, The Terrorist follows a 19-year old female cadre of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, or Tamil Tigers) named Malli (Ayesha Dharker) in Sri Lanka on her mission to carry out a suicide attack on a high profile target.
!!This film contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Malli, of course.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Malli finds out she's pregnant, after having been sent on a suicide mission. The father, a fellow cadre, is already dead from wounds he received in combat. In fact, it appears they had sex just before he went]].
* SuicideAttack: The center of the film's plot.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The LTTE are in fact the organization which began the use of suicide bombings, specifically the explosive belt, now taken up by Hamas among others.
* TruthInTelevision: The film is based on the RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991]] in retaliation for his sending an Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in support of the Sinhalese government the LTTE were fighting, and alleged atrocities committed by them against Tamils in the conflict.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Malli, of course.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When Malli finds out she's pregnant, after having been sent on a suicide mission. The father, a fellow cadre, is already dead from wounds he received in combat. In fact, it appears they had sex just before he went]].
* SuicideAttack: The center of the film's plot.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The LTTE are in fact the organization which began the use of suicide bombings, specifically the explosive belt, now taken up by Hamas among others.
* TruthInTelevision: The film is based on the RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991]] in retaliation for his sending an Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in support of the Sinhalese government the LTTE were fighting, and alleged atrocities committed by them against Tamils in the conflict.
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