FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

map-78480 One of the best films in the Pakistani film industry Plot: the story is about three friends whose lives are influenced and affected by Islam.Flaws: there are absolutely no flaws it is an excellent movie.Music: excellent Acting: Shaan Shahid is excellent. Fawad Khan is good it may seem that at some places it may not live up to the mark but you could see he was putting great effort into it. Iman Ali is most effective. Her ascent, tone, expressions make you move with her character. Naseeruddin Shah is outstanding in his small role when he is in the scene you completely forget your surroundings and are sucked into the movie.Overall this is an excellent movie and one of the best films in the Pakistan film industry.

s-sunilpal123 We have all seen and heard about the dilemma- is music allowed in Islam or not? Khuda kay Liye has the same as a major plot point but delivers nothing new to the pro-music league of arguments. The fact that Prophet Dawood (pbuh) had "mousiki" is open to a two-forked interpretation- that he had only the singing gift and not music, so music might be still banned in Islam; and that he actually had the combined talent of both and music is permitted in Islam. More research and better proof are still required to resolve these arguments- and both can hardly be provided by means of commercial cinema. The musical score is the best I have heard in a long long time. Bandeya Ho and Allah Hoo give such a tug to your heart that you cannot help being mesmerized into a trance like state, while listening to them. Execution is sloppy in most parts but outstandingly brilliant in some. Especially the accent and "talaffus" of some actors is nothing sort of marvelous- worthy of note are the actors who played Moulana Tahiri and Mansoor's Father. But with these, the movie has its fair share of horrible acting performed by the characters Mary, her father and Mansoor. Mary is always toggling between her true native accent and the fake British one; which is kind of slightly amusing after a while into the movie. Her father, the loathsome characterization notwithstanding, makes you wish to hit him with a brick. And who ever says the actor who played Mansoor did well deserves a mental checkup. You just have to note the extreme weight issues, a single expression on his face, and the use of "You see...." again and again and again while talking in English with his girlfriend; to state that his acting was nauseating, at the least. Naseeruddin Shah did a fine job with his cameo, though his speech did seem to be kind of extempore, to me. The FBI Agent did a fine job too! Editing the movie removing the badly acted segments could have made it crisper and a better movie overall.

achoo0 Unless this was a true story, the acting was okay at times. But, the beating of Mansoor was a little exaggerated. I mean as an American, I don't think our government went out of their way to persecute Pakistanis - seeing as 9/11 is known to have been Saudis, we are not that base. If its a true story please let me know, I would be ashamed to admit my nationality.However, aside from the falsified story. The acting was terrible, maybe many of the actors were just inexperienced or something. But except for the two main leads the acting was terrible. It was almost like the actress who played Mary was being told her lines as the movie was going on and on.P.S. I'm only rating this as a 1 because I hated it :).

gaurav219 Seeing this movie quite late after its release in India i must say, this movie can be a good eye opener for Indians across India who are filled a lot of stereotypes about Pakistanis & Islam in Pakistan at large. Even Pakistan has well educated middle-class who are in the Western attire. However th' re caught in an identity crisis as to what to do in the post-Sept. 11 era. The're entangled in a web by fundamentalists n liberal thinkers. Here comes the Identity crisis which has gripped such a society into a no-man's land. The movie is about an effort to breakout of that 'Identity Crisis' till its too late. Songs are amazing, just reflecting the western influenced pop culture of Pakistan. Story is dramatic n has a lot of depth. The movie shows how Music can break boundaries.Although some parts also reflected some hardline religious ethos which Muslim world have not able to come out and are still evolving in that matter. Such as the interpretation of Music being 'Haraam' by one of the hardline clerics in Lahore. And also marriage outside religion which is a very big Question mark across all religions around the world. Anyways my rating is 8/10. Thumbss Up... to director and the producers for a dramatic effort.