Khuda Kay Liye (Shoaib Mansoor) In The Name of God (Khuda Kay Liye) Pakistan. 2007. Drama. 168 min. Color. Urdu/English (with English subtitles).
I watched this Pakistani movie at JIFFEST. The movie is about a young Pakistani man goes to the USA for studying music, but the 9/11 incident leads to his arrest, despite his innocence.
The incident prompts his younger brother to quit his music and follows his friend’s extremist path. He leaves his parents and granny to go for ‘Jihad’ in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, his uncle arrives from the UK with his only cousin, Mary, who actually wants to marry her non-muslim boyfriend back in the UK against her family’s wishes.
Without her knowing, her dad brings her to Afghanistan to marry her with her cousin, then lives her there. Marry’s shock, distressful, and tries to run away from her husband, but gets caught. With a help from her husband’s friend’s wife, she’s able to send a letter to her boyfriend back in UK. Her boyfriend, then, who tries hard to help her gets out from Afghanistan by calling the authorities in UK.
After that Her husband is put on trial in Pakistan for kidnapping a British citizen, but then he's released.
What about Marry?????
sorry, you gotta buy or rent the DVD to find out more...
These characters are representatives of how the tragic 9/11 event shapes muslims’ lives all around the world. This film is packed with beautiful soundtrack showing the music that is brought, practiced, and played by the young Pakistani to a musical school in USA. This film is the best film and gets ‘The Audience Award’ in Fukuoka Film Festival, Japan in 2007.
About the Director.
Shoaib Mansoor is one of the most influential and famous figures in the Pakistan showbiz scene. He has written, produce and directed some Pakistani hit TV shows, in addition to launching a successful career as a song writer and music composer.
