1. Neha V. Panchal
F.Y.B.F.M
Roll No.125
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2. Khuda Ke Liye: Movie Review
Shoaib Mansoor's film Khuda Ke Liye has earned worldwide awards at
various international film festivals. 'Khuda Ke Liye' is a Pakistani film.
It tells an interesting and meaningful story, that depth the opinion of
the modest open-minded Muslims against the fundamentalist ones. It
shows a young man's shift to fundamentalist thinking, Violence faced
by women at the hands of fellow-Muslims, double standards of Muslim
parents living abroad.
The story of the film revolves around two musician-brothers in Lahore,
one of the younger ones becomes very religious under the influence of
an activist Maulvi Sahib. The other goes to America to study music and
gets illegally in custody after the 9/11 tragedy. It is also the story of
young a British girl of Pakistani origin, who is brought to Pakistan by
her two-faced father and married off against her will in the Northern
Areas and abducted for years.
The younger one, Sarmad, falls under the influence of an activist
maulana who brainwashes the young man and turns him into a
fundamental. Sarmad quits music, grows a beard, gives up the western
lifestyle and follows what he thinks is the life of a religious Muslim.
While the elder ones Mansoor goes to the America for higher studies in
music. But things change after 9/11. Mansoor is picked up by the
system in the US as a possible terror suspect.
In between Mary, a British girl of Pakistani origin, who is brought back
to Pakistan by her father who wants to forcibly marry her to a
Pakistani man because he doesn't want her to form any relation with
her British boyfriend even though the fact that the father himself
relationship with a British woman.
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3. The strong and brilliant dialogues had a huge role to play in the overall
impact 'Khuda Ke Liye’ had.
Obviously, the show-stealer is Naseeruddin Shah who enters only in the
one before the climax of the film, but adds enough punch to leave a
lasting impression.
The BEST scene of the movie is where Naseerudin Shah gives his
speech in the courtroom. That is the major highlight of the movie.
Khuda Ke Liye is a serious film and worth a watch.
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