Naseeruddin Shah's Pak film angers clerics
Monday, August 20, 2007
Washington (ANI): Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah starrer 'Khuda Kay Liye' has become an unqualified hit in Pakistan, although radical clerics have issued a fatwa against it. The film, produced the Pakistani media conglomerate GEO TV Network, features issues such as marital rape, forced marriage and jihad. It not only depicts Muslim radicals but the US military also.
In the light of the opposition to the film by local mullahs, arrangements of metal-detection devices have been made at the theatres that are showing it. "It's heroic for the population to want to see this film," Contactmusic quoted GEO TV chief Mir Ibrahim Rehman as telling Newsweek magazine. "We didn't want to make a popcorn film. We wanted this film to prompt a dialogue and discussion," he added.
Movie
buffs,
however,
say
that
the
film
depicts
Islam
in
a
soft,
lenient
manner,
and
is
a
great
entertainment
package
for
the
entire
family.
Unlike
the
usual
Pakistani
dramatised
dialogues,
the
film
has
a
brilliant
script.
The
main
aim
behind
its
production
is
to
revive
the
ailing
film
industry
of
Pakistan.