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IFFI REVIEW: Naseer's Khuda Kay Liye
The first film from Pakistan screened at IFFI is radical and has a lot of meat
Abhishek Mande | Buzz18
In the media centre at IFFI, a huge poster of Khuda Kay Liye stares down at the journalists running against their deadlines. Sporting a flowing white beard, a forbearing Naseeruddin Shah looks out into nothingness as two minarets stand in the backdrop. It may be a marketing gimmick for the producers to put up Naseer in the poster for their India campaign. The actor, through his 15-minute role shows exactly why he is their poster boy in this country.
Khuda Kay Liye tells the story of the rather dicey situation in which the Muslims are caught up today. Janie (Austin Marie Sayre) and Mary (Iman Ali) live in two different continents. But little do they know how closely their lives are interconnected. While Janie falls in love with her music school classmate Mansoor (Shan), Marie's father gets her forcefully married to Mansoor's brother Sarmad (Fawad Afzal Khan). Sarmad who also happens to be a musician and her first cousin has been led astray by a radical Muslim cleric Maulana Tahiri (Rasheed Naz) to 'follow the path of Islam'.
Meanwhile as Mary tries to escape from the small tribal village in Afghanistan where she is being held captive, Mansoor gets wrongly indicted in America's post-9/11 witch hunt. What follows is a tale of pathos and utter helplessness of the four protagonists, each trying to fight a battle within and without.
The film ends on a bitter-sweet note but one cannot help notice the sheer brilliance in its narrative structure which balances itself ever so sensitively. So while in one scene you see the harsh landscape of Afghanistan and Mary's despair, the next one with Mansoor and Janie making music in Chicago comes as a visual and emotional respite. This see saw-like movement in the film's story and some soulful music tracks enable you to sit through the extremely grim and depressing movie.
Khuda Kay Liye primarily comes across as a tale of the two brothers with opposing ideas about their religion. However at a deeper level it also tells the story of the women in their lives, their travails and tribulations.
It further fuels a debate on the tenets of Islam, which are often abused than used. Of course, while raking up this extremely sensitive issue, the film with its solid research takes the side of the modernists.
It is here that Maulana Wali (Naseeruddin Shah) enters and spells out the principles as he has interpreted them and stresses on the free will of each individual. His speech from the witness box is moving, powerful and most certainly one of the best we have seen in a very long time on celluloid. For those who haven't seen this actor on stage, here is just a sample of his sheer brilliance.
Khuda Kay Liye opens our eyes to some of the most gruesome acts committed under the name of religion but in the end subtly reminds us about the dignity in forgiving.
Verdict: Go watch this film if it manages to release in India. Else wait for the DVD. And yes, if you can, most certainly do buy the OST.
OMG!Just look at the reviews and espeacially this one...
my god...first time indian critics said to go watch a Pakistani Movie and even praised its OST!
Shoaib Mansoor....thank you so much for making pakistan proud!
Strong chances of KKL doing good business in India!!!
I just luvvvvvvvvvv it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
