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  • Designated Hero: The titular "guerillas". Oh, Salman Rushdie is evil no doubt, but what really makes the protagonists' jihad personal is their sister's death, which Rushdie had no personal involvement in. But since she participated in a protest against his book, her brothers place the blame squarely on Rushdie's soldiers and will literally not stop until they make him pay. They so much say that if everyone in the world looked like him, they'd have to kill them all.
  • Narm: All over the place since it's hard to tell which moments are meant to be serious or comedic. The biggest one has to be when the protagonists disguise themselves as Batman to evade Rushdie's minions.
  • Overshadowed by Controversy: In the West, this movie is very contentious for its blatant demonization of a man more accurately characterized as a victim of Islamic extremism.
  • Padding: This is a two and a half hours movie and you feel it, due to the prolonged action and driving scenes and arguably the musical/dancing numbers.
  • Signature Scene: The ending where Salman is burned alive by the Koran is probably the most memorable part of the movie and easy to find on Youtube.
  • So Bad, It's Good: If one can look past the movie's repetitive nature note  or isn't bothered by the real-life context which may be uncomfortable for some note , then it can certainly qualify as this because of it's absurdist style.
  • Unintentionally Sympathetic: Rushdie is portrayed as a Card-Carrying Villain, but the fact that the protagonists are a trio of narrow-minded fanatics who want to kill him for something he had no part in makes him look less like an evil mastermind and more like someone who's simply trying to defend himself.
  • Values Dissonance: This movie was extremely popular in its home country. It's hard to imagine this movie being made in the West, except if it was satire (though to be fair, producers stated that Money, Dear Boy was the main motivation).


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