Fawad Khan who played a confused youngster, Sarmad, did look aptly baffled. Only, Shan (Mansoor) stood out with an excellent performance - from the inspired musician to a completely broken down man. Most of the actors too came across as very stiff. Similarly, while the songs were beautiful, the shifts in and out of western classical in the background music seemed pretty random. The only exception was in the climax scene in the courtroom, where the cuts worked towards narrating the story. In particular, the editing was very abrupt and didn't render a smooth flow. However, there was a lack of the same aptitude in the departments other than story and dialogue.
#Khuda kai liya movie
Since the movie is more or less situation-driven you can make a fair guess from the context. The use of Urdu is elegant, and at the same time not entirely overwhelming. I was wondering how much more effect it would have had on me had I understood the language completely. The strong and clever dialogues had a huge role to play in the overall impact In the name of Godhad.
And to make sure the audience doesn't miss the parallels, the similarities are directly shown towards the climax. How they all mince words to have people say what they want to listen to. There are points where you can interchange the US law officials with the Jihadi leaders in terms of their unyielding attitude towards whatever they believe is the truth. The parallels drawn between the racial profiling storyline based out of Chicago and all the other things happening in Pakistan were amazing. Each problem is given its own space to breathe and develop.
Atrocities faced by women at the hands of fellow-Muslims, double standards of Muslim parents living abroad (I have seen this with non-Muslim Indians too), injustice disseminated because of racial profiling, Jihadi's misuse of easily-influenced-relatively-meek youngsters to turn them into terrorists. And by the climax, I was amazed at the number of issues Khuda Kay Liye touched upon.
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