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Khuda Ke Liye - 10 yays, 1 nays, 2 okays

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Fanaticsm, racial profiling, feminism, generation gap, lost identities of people moving from the East to the West - Khuda Ke Liye covers it all with a good forceful impact in the end.
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13 reviewers have given Khuda Ke Liye an average rating of 4.2/5.0 - 10 thumbs up, 1 thumbs down, and 2 so-so.

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Thumbs up by Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times ...As the plot unfolds, you do feel cluttered with far too many characters, too many time jumps and several awkwardly shot scenes... full review

Thumbs up by Rajeev Masand, IBN Live ...Despite its obvious flaws — which includes some amateurish acting, modest production values for a film of this scale, and more than a few creative liberties in the plot — Khuda Kay Liye is still an immensely engaging film because it's made from the heart.... full review

Thumbs up by Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM ...Director Shoaib Mansoor knows exactly what he's talking about and has handled several portions with dexterity,... full review

Thumbs up by Savio Zacharia, Indiaglitz ...The direction and screenplay is top notch as the film moves gradually from one character to another. The cinematography and editing too is good.... full review

Thumbs up by Anupama Chopra, NDTV ...The film has its share of flaws. Some scenes are amateurish and overtly simplistic. Many questions are left conveniently unanswered... full review

So-So by Jahan Bakshi, Now Running.com ...Iman Ali, who plays Miriam, is also the only actor who manages to leave an impression... full review

Thumbs up by Syed Firdaus Ashraf, Rediff ...Unfortunately, the film falls short of good performances, except from the lead couple, Shaan and Iman Ali.... full review

Thumbs up by Saakshi Juneja, To Each Its Own ...there are certain creations who manage to touch a chord deep within irrespective of genre, language, personal likes/dislikes, etc etc.... full review

Thumbs up by Subhash K Jha, All Bollywood ..."Khuda Kay Liye" also focuses on what being a modern Muslim really means in Pakistan... full review

Thumbs up by Nikhil Kumar, Apun Ka Choice ...in the end comes a courtroom drama that questions the distorted view of Islam propagated by the radicals.... full review

Thumbs up by Deep, Deep's Home ...Weak first half but very very strong 2nd half... full review

So-So by Abhishek Bandekar, DearCinema ...The irony in ‘reading’ Arabic but not ‘understanding’ it, the irony in ‘running’ away in a ‘burqa’, the irony in ‘singing’ the ‘azaan’ and so on... full review

Thumbs down by Bikas Mishra, DearCinema ...The film attempts to initiate a dialogue on the perception of Islam both within and outside Pakistan.... full review

Khuda Ke Liye - Movie Details

Comments (9)

Ashish K.:

This is an absolutely brilliant movie!!!
In this genre 'American History X' was my favorite. But I must say "Khuda ke liye, American History X ka baap hai!"

First of all hats off to this great director Shoaib Mansoor for his courage to tackle this subject. This director has touched many sensitive issues very boldly.

This is a A strongly recommended must watch movie for everyone who dreams for a better world!

posted 2 years, 4 months ago
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Khuda Ke Liye - Review...

Fanaticsm, racial profiling, feminism, generation gap, lost identities of people moving from the East to the West - Khuda Ke Liye covers it all with a good forceful impact in the end....

posted 2 years, 4 months ago
Review - Khuda Ke Liye - RS Bollywood Online:

[...] the details meetu scribbled while watching the movie - this may include spoilers. This review was also published on meetu’s [...]

posted 2 years, 4 months ago
Khuda ke liye review | DesiPundit:

[...] is impressed by the powerful story and message of Khuda ke liye. And by the climax, I was amazed at the number of issues Khuda Kay Liye touched upon. We had the [...]

posted 2 years, 4 months ago
To Each Its Own » Archives » Khuda Ke :

[...] The film basically putforths the plight of one Pakistani family pre and post 9/11 – two brothers Mansoor & Sarmad settled in Lahore and their cousin sister Maryam, based in London. [For full take, read but who else…the best gal in the business – Meetu’s review.] [...]

posted 2 years, 4 months ago
nirmal kishore:

Not sure if I could say if this movie is better than any other but this one definitely managed to successfully deliver this message. Kudos to the director to have done it so well.
Meetu - I can't agree more on the actors being stiff.. They definitely need more classes. But I am surprised you didn't mention Naseeruddin Shah who was so convincing in his role. An actor par brilliance.. He had probably the most crucial role in the movie.

Apart from that I think the director could have done better in the 'casting' section - especially the entire crew in Chicago. Surely there are more African Americans who might actually look like real music teachers. And the whole American investigative crew was a disaster.

Don't know if you allow this in wogma but I thought you might like this music video that Shoib Mansoor has made as well. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-M4hG3731s

cheers
Nirmal

posted 2 years, 4 months ago
DesiDabba » Archives » <i>Khuda :

[...] The film basically putforths the plight of one Pakistani family pre and post 9/11 – two brothers Mansoor & Sarmad settled in Lahore and their cousin sister Maryam, based in London. [For full take, read but who else…the best gal in the business – Meetu’s review.] [...]

posted 2 years, 4 months ago
Kunal:

The message was good but what was up with the supposedly "British" accent of the Pakistani girl (can't remember her name). I'm sorry but that was way off! It's little things like these that dampen the overall experience in what was otherwise a good movie with a strong message!

posted 2 years, 1 month ago
Farhan Ahmad:

I am an indian muslim, born and brought up in saudi arabia, and is currently studying in UK. In my point of view this is one of the most important movie of our times. Just attempting a subect like this has to be applauded. It was true to its subject and the performance of Naseeruddin shah was terrific along with others. The music was fabulous and ya it was way better then the crap that bollywood vomits at us in dozens every yr. The only shortcoming i c has to be the editing. Overall i ll give this movie a 9/10.

posted 1 year, 9 months ago

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