Anti-terror flick goes public in terror mongering India
‘Khuda Ke Liye’ likely to face wrath of extremist Hindu militants
Uzma Zafar

ISLAMABAD—While India is full of extremist, fanatic militant Hindu organizations, including Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal, Sang Parivar, Hindutva Brotherhood, etc, a Pakistani movie Khuda Ke Liye, based on anti-terrorism and anti-extremism that is set be released in India today, is poised to face wrath of extremist Hindu militants. It would be surprising to see what conspiracies would India’s notorious intelligence agency RAW be hatching to get this movie flocked in India as RAW is the main source of global terrorism, it’s most recent being China and Tibet. One wonders how at first place the Indian government let comprehensively sponsor and promote terrorism across the world, allowed the release of such a foreign movie in India that actually goes against the policies of the Indian government for the flick is based on discouraging terrorism and extremism instead of promoting it.
Right after the birth of Pakistan, way back on 14th August 1947, Lollywood industry was quiet strong. There was a free exchange of films between Pakistan and India and an air of competition prevailed, though it seemed that it was Lollywood running unopposed as Bollywood stood no chance. Lollywood films were bold at that time and mainly circled around the theme of independence, 2-nation theory and the many reasons that led to the creation of Pakistan. And surprisingly, the films used to be major hits not only in Pakistan but elsewhere as well. And for years, Bollywood remained rather limp in the race. Then, for certain reasons, after a while, a ban was imposed on film exchanges between the two countries, probably India did first and we reciprocated.
Time kept on shifting gears till the hour came when Indian films started coming in Pakistan through the black market. And the Pakistani nation, unaware of the reasons behind the change, gingerly grabbed the latest source of entertainment being thrown their way, savoring the new taste with joy as it had seen too much of the bitterness already. Little did it know that it would ultimately sabotage Lollywood and promote Bollywood to surface as an established industry at large. And it was not long when everyone forgot Lollywood and interests shifted to something that was not common in our society, i.e., towards the Bollywood industry as it showed films on a more liberal note, posing a different culture, than our own. And this change occurred when the generation who made Pakistan a reality, was either too old or had lived it’s days! Thanks to the cunningness of Hindus as a race who did not believe in struggle and fair competition but defeat through deceit only!
The actors at Lollywood too, lost heart as their demand in the market soured. Fresh talent kept pouring in year after year, adding fuel to the Lollywood motor that kept it running throughout but the talent had no direction and there were not many to finance the projects and put money on stars who were nowhere in the competition and demand. The lack of resources in Lollywood began to pose an ugly picture, like the foot peeping out of the holes of a sock. But a select group of individuals kept the industry alive, breathing and running! And after decades of struggle, the effort reaped fruit as Babar Ali; a famous TV star at that time, stepped into the Silver Screen and Jeeva came out. The film was an instant hit not only in Pakistan but internationally as well.
This in turn encouraged the youth who idolized Hollywood and Bollywood stars, to step forward and not only join the Lollywood industry but also build back the confidence of the masses in the cinemas; a faith that they had been lost long ago. The cinema employees who used to insert vulgar films in place of others, for greater sale of tickets, mended ways as our film sales picked up and a breakthrough occurred. The waves that began to ripple back then, never stopped as soon came Terey Pyar Mein, Inteha, Mehindi Waley Hath, Chooriyan, Daku Rani, Moosa Khan, Khoye Ho Tum Kahan, Salakhein, Muhabbatan Sachiyan…
But never came such a blockbuster, i.e. Khuda Ke Liye that rocked not only us to wake but also jolted the Bollywood industry, raising an air of healthy and fair competition once again. Posing a true picture of Islam, it is a matter of great pride that the film has not only made the Lollywood industry resurface but has also made Bollywood accept the former as an established one. In fact, the film stars a Bollywood star of yesteryears as well, Naseer-ud-din Shah, which could be one reason why the film has so far a got huge response on Indian websites, as the Indian worship their stars, unlike us who own them, scold them when they do bad and hold them on the stars for the brief time they do good, while yearning for better, expecting more in the next venture. But the acknowledgement of such a flick that poses the true picture of Islam before a wider audience, unlike the many flop Hindi flicks, have been posing for so long, though in sweet tunes, and the airing of the same in India, is in itself an achievement!
Bravo Lollywood! We’ve done it! Now is the time when winds of sand are shifting. Eight out of ten Indian websites have rated Khuda Ke Liye as 4/5 and 9.1/10, respectively. However, where it is a matter of great pride, there a large number of audience is rendered blind from the viewership of the film due to lack of cinema in Islamabad. The word is that certain private multiplexes are in process, for the elite segment of society. The government should also come forth now and put the existing cinemas of the city, in working condition so that the Capitaliites too, can celebrate the joy of Bollywood embracing Lollywood with open arms and that too, for a film that’s all about Islam in it’s true face and culture!
Khuda Ke Liye is an answer to years and years of brainwashing that the Indian terrorist organizations have tried to do, of the west, against Muslims, since the post 9/11and even before that. It is our answer to all those HIndi flicks that have been posing Muslims as the terrorists. In a country where the plight of minorities let that be Muslims or even Christians, has always been unsafe, there a flick speaking quiet the opposite, is hard to survive. Why it has been promoted in the country harbouring terrorism in all it’s manifestations, i.e. India, where terrorist militant organizations like Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal, Sang Parivar, Hindutva Brotherhood to name few, breed conveniently, without fear, is itself a big question but history leads us to believe that there must be some ulterior motive of RAW involved in this as well and it’s just a step back to slap us harder, some time later.