Khuda Kay Liye is a Pakistani Urdu/Hindi language movie written, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor.It stars Shaan, Iman Ali and Fawad Ali as its main characters.It was produced in conjunction with the film division of the popular TV network, Geo TV.The film is a joint venture of Pakistan, United Kingdom, and the United States.The screening of the movie was legally challenged with allegations that it promotes anti-Islamic values such as permission of creating music of all kinds in Islam and above all the marriage between a Muslim girl and a non-Muslim man.The film won the silver Pyramid Award for the Best Picture at 31st Cairo International Film Festival. It Also won the Roberto Rossellini Award by the Italian film industry. It is the highest grossing film of Pakistan of all time with a gross of $10 million.Iman Ali makes her cinematic debut with this film, playing an Anglo Pakistani.Shaan’s wife is played by Austin Sayre.Ahmed Jahanzeb and Shuja Haider produced the film’s soundtrack.

The film is about the difficult situation in which the Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general are caught up since 9/11.There is a war going on between the Fundamentalists and the Liberal Muslims.This situation is creating a drift not only between the Western world and the Muslims, but also within the Muslims.The educated and modern Muslims are in a difficult situation because of their approach towards life and their western attire.They are criticized and harassed by the fundamentalists and on the other hand the Western world sees them as potential suspects of terrorism just because of their Muslim names.

This paradox is resulting in great suffering for a forward looking Muslim. Above mentioned is the theme of the film “KHUDA KE LIYE” which in English means “IN THE NAME OF GOD”.The interesting thing about the film is how it connects the happenings in the three continents. Unlike the usual Indian and Pakistani films based on romantic saga, dances and songs, this film is based on some very serious issues, raising a lot of controversial questions boggling the Muslim minds these days.

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