I am going to review the movie in terms of its quality. I am not going to discuss its plot, or controversies associated with it. Save that for another post.
Personally, I think this is the best Pakistani movie ever made. Not for a single moment throughout the duration of the film I felt I was watching a Pakistani movie, and I have watched a lot of Pakistani movies to say this.
The acting was great, the picture quality, music, editing, production, everything was top notch. Like I said, a better movie is not made in Pakistan before.
It also proves that Pakistani actors like Shan can act superbly when given an opportunity to work with professionals who know their job.
And last but not the least, the plot of the film was captivating, however disputed and arguable, it proved to be great entertainment at the end of the day, and we deserve more quality flicks like this one as we are already starved of major entertainment in this country.
Good review. I am a Pakistani living in the UAE, living in harmony with lots of Indian friends here. I watched this movie on its very first day of release here and found it much well presented than expected. Some ideas are debatable but it is a positive sign that people are now bringing up the issues which were thought to be entirely forbidden in Islam although not proven as forbidden. It shows the real issues in our Pakistani homes, like the issue of Hijab for an aged mother! The same thing happened to my fiance & cousin when he turned towards such fundamentalists and rejected all of our family as he thought we were not practising Muslims. Then he got married with a lady Mujahida and he is happily settled!! Well, this is the reality and we have to face all this. This film was also made by the director for his famous pop singer friend Juned Jamshed ( Vital Signs Group), who turned away from music and now has become a staunch supporter of preaching and Islamic Tableeghi Jamaat.
I hope this film will start a revolution of CRITICAL THINKING among Muslim masses around the world, which has been non-existent for the last few centuries. It may also send the message across the border for our Muslim Indians to be positive about their religious identity as Muslims in both these countries are suffering from this crisis. May God show us the right path.
salam to all
im a young doctor working in uk at da moment have been in uk for past 4-5 yrs..
well this is for the first time that i really thought reviewing the ‘reviews and comments’ regarding this movie
cople of things i must say b4 going ne further
all my life 2 personalities dat really inspired me have been shoaib mansoor and junaid jamshed..
I always loved junaids songs n lyrics.
I never mised a minute of ne drama directed by shoaib mansoor…wether it was geetar 93 or abc.
i wont say dat im very pious man but as mentioned in so many msges, one thing i really want to tell and stress upon is ,as muslim no matter wat level of muslim u r ,one should have the courage to say wat is right and wat is wrong,though one may not follow the teachings of islam one should atleast respect them and must ve..i must repeat must have complete faith in the teachings of islam as told in Quran and Hadees.
as i mentioned earlier i have been always a fan of shoaib mansoor n jj…but i did know,i did feal so many times in my life that these all things are not what v have been taught in our religion..
coming back to the movie..i really wanted to watch it but for some reason i couldnt,i just couldnt so far..
its just that any movie basically based on religions somewat distracts my inner being if they DONT reflect or respect the religion in a way it should do (e.g divinci code though like by many ,i couldnt watch it coz concept doesnt go along wid teachings of islam)
now if u c the movie just for the sake of appreciation of skills/cinematography/direction i m more then 100 % sure it would be beter den the best of some hollywood movies,because i dont think any body can argue the skills of shoab mansoor in this field..
but coming back to the concept of songs being allowed in islam,and the fact that dere is as if no respect of females regarding dere opionion for mariage..its all really very tricky..
only beacuse people like me, who dont have v strong faith ,can so very easily find an excuse to listen songs wenever they want to,if i used to listen it for 1 hr or so in a day,after watching i may say dats f9 yar go ahead with and may be listening for many hours if time allows..
some of the hadees that ive heard indicate that music is not considered right in islam..
so wat my instincts tell me is that it is wrong and thats it..it doesnt matter at all how much i like it or not!
we are not here to give our own views regarding religion,Almighty Allah who is our and whole universe creator,if he is saying something through his beloved Prophet(P.B.U.H),isnt it the final verdict!
one thing i couldnt resist mentioning, is in my opinion,Sunnah is something the best way of doing any thing as it was the way it was performed by our Prophet(P.B.U.H),as told by our creator ,and he was sent for the whole universe,until the day of judgement,his actions were loved by Allah,and its not as if they cant be followed as there are still numerous very good muslims following the right path and still following each and every Sunnah.
I dont have beard but i would hesitate to say religion is not in beard,what we should say Allah give us hidayat & courage ,so one day even we should be able to follow the path of our greatest Prophet Muhammad(PBUH).
and about Mullahs,now its NOT as if every mullah is right ,I wouldnt agree,but have we ever thought that the ‘tooti phooti’ namazaain that we pray today or the Quran that we recite was taught to us not by some intelectual professor,or high fi elegant diplomat..or in our world which is so very busy will we being doctors and engineers, able to find any time to teach our children reciting Holly Quran..these were taught by dose simple men that now v so disrecpectfully call mullahs or maulvis
I beleive a layman,who does respect and follow the faraiz in Islam,yet even not passed matric exam,in the love for Allah And Rasool,cry all night,say something or get terribly agitated if any thing is said against islam ( Im not mentioning about terrosrists who claim innocent lives thats unarguebly totally wrong) Im just telling abt an ordinary human being who is not able to contain with him self due to listening something which is against our religious values is far far better den highly educated intelectual person who may agree with the west,be diplomatic in saying something filthy said abt our values( soo commonly done)..you judge yourself who will be liked by Allah, aperson who will cry in agony by seeing something unislamic going on and asking for his help or a person who beacuse of worldy things may be diplomatic in his views..
to come to conclusion really if Quran and Hadees teached us abt any thing ,even if v dont have the courage to obey it properly ,atleast v should have the faith to say that IT IS RIGHT as it is said so..
no body in da world can judge wat will happen to us after death but Allah..
we are blessed with skillfull peoplelike shoaib mansoor whom people listen too..i just wish and pray that dere actions must not distort da already distorted muslims in current times..it shudnt give us liberty to be more liberal in our rong doings..
may Allah give us all hidayat to follw Quran and Sunnah completely,il end up by saying,there wont be any ‘bakhshish’ without our greatest Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) sifarsih in aakhratday/day of judgement ,if we would be left 4 our deeds to help us on the day of judgement,majority will end up in hell, so dear brother and sisters,if you cant follow the Sunnah,do respect it until its too late.