Khuda Kay Liye

Brothers Mansoor and Sarmad are two successful singers from Lahore. Sarmad is eventually influenced by an Islamic activist Maulana Tahiri, as he begins to practice a more conservative Islamic way of living and gives up his music career as it is considered "haram" by the Islamic activist. Maryam (Mary), a Westernised British Pakistani girl, falls in love with Dave from the British community. However, this displeases her hypocritical father despite himself being in a live-in relationship with a British woman.

Meanwhile, Mary's father plans to take her to Pakistan to meet Sarmad and Mansoor. During the visit, she is deceived by her father and taken across the border to Afghanistan under the guise of attending a relative's wedding. In Afghanistan, she is forcefully married off to her cousin Sarmad and abandoned in their household. In an escape attempt, Mary tries to run from the village but gets caught by Sarmad. He eventually rapes her, as advised by the maulana, as a sort of punishment so that Mary would not escape again. Mary becomes pregnant and has a baby, thus lowering her chances of escape.

Simultaneously, Mansoor goes to a musical school in Chicago, where he meets fellow music student Janie. They fall in love, and Janie stops drinking alcohol for him. They eventually marry. However, shortly after 9/11, Mansoor gets arrested by the FBI due to his Islamic background and is detained and tortured for a year in Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Sarmad's father rescues Mary under the protection of the British government. A devastated Mary takes her father and cousin to court in Pakistan for justice. Wali (Naseeruddin Shah), a Maulana, then explains to the court how Islam is being misused in the name of war and hatred, bringing the religion forward believably and peacefully. Traumatised by all the suffering he has seen and caused, Sarmad withdraws the case. He also realises the damage he inflicted in the name of religion. Mary is now free and returns to the village where she was a prisoner to educate the girls. Meanwhile, Mansoor is still in FBI custody after a year of torment; the last torture session having inflicted permanent brain damage. After a failed rehab attempt, he is deported and reunited with his family in Pakistan, where he begins to recover.

• Shaan - Mansoor[6][9]
• Fawad Khan - Sarmad
• Iman Ali - Maryam (Mary)[9][6]
• Naseeruddin Shah - Maulana Wali (Special Appearance)[9]
• Naeem Tahir - Mansoor's & Sarmad's Father
• Rasheed Naz - Maulana Tahirih[9][6]
• Hameed Sheikh - Sher Shah
• Sonia Rehman as Khala
• Humayun Kazmi - Mary's Father
• Austin Marie Sayre - Janie
• Seemi Raheel - Mansoor's & Sarmad's Mother[9]

Khuda Kay Liye is one of Pakistan's highest-grossing films, with a domestic gross of PKR 11.1 million and a worldwide gross of PKR 210 million.[12]

Sony bought the film's distribution, satellite, music, and media rights. The film was disturbed by Geo Films and Percept Picture Company in Asia and the Middle East. Sony Distribution distributed the film in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The television premiere of the film occurred on Geo TV. Later, SET India premiered the film in other regions. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the DVD of the movie worldwide.

The film has been available on Lionsgate since 2020.

The music of the film was released on July 7, 2007. The soundtrack album of the film was composed and produced by Rohail Hyatt.[13][14] All songs were written by Shoaib Mansoor with an exception of "Mahi Way" and "Bandeya".

• List of highest-grossing Pakistani films
• List of Pakistani films of 2007
• List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks

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