Sunday, August 31, 2008

Khuda Ke Liye

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068956. A fairly decent Pakistani movie on religious fanaticism. I thought there were two stories: A musician from wealthy pakistani family goes to Chicago school of music, just before 9/11. He gets picked up, tortured and eventually deported in vegetable condition. The other story is about his brother, who turns jihadi, kidnaps to Afghanistan and marries a cousin from UK at her father's request so she does not marry a "gora" but eventually has to give in because of foreign pressure -- as in apache helicopters. Naseer's role is publicized but he only comes in in the end, as a sensible cleric who speaks on behalf of the woman. 6/10.

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