Khuda Kay Liye (soundtrack)

Khuda Kay Liye
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Shoaib Mansoor
Produced by	Shoaib Mansoor
Written by	Shoaib Mansoor
Starring	Shaan Naseeruddin Shah Fawad Khan Iman Ali Naeem Tahir Hameed Sheikh
Music by	Rohail Hyatt
Cinematography	David Lemay Ali Mohammad Neil Lisk Ken Seng
Edited by	Ali Javed Aamir Khan
Production company	Shoman Production
Distributed by	Geo Films Percept Picture Company (India)
Release date	20 July 2007 (2007-07-20) (Pakistan) 4 April 2008 (2008-04-04) (India)
Running time	171 minutes
Country	Pakistan
Language	English Urdu
Budget	₨6 crore (US$570,000)
Box office	Rs15.06 crore (US$2.51 million) (Worldwide)

Khuda Kay Liye (also released as In The Name of God in international markets) is a 2007 Pakistani drama film directed by Shoaib Mansoor, and stars Shaan, Fawad Khan and Iman Ali in pivotal roles, with a cameo appearance by Naseeruddin Shah. The film follows Mansoor and Sarmad (played by Shaan and Khan), two singers whose lives changes after the events of 9/11 attacks in America and misinterpreted teachings of Jihad.

Khuda Kay Liye was released on 20 July 2007 in Pakistan and on 4 April 2008 in India, as well as the screenings at various international film festivals. The film subsequently won a number of awards for its acting, notably three Lux Style Awards, one Silver Pyramid Award at Cairo International Film Festival, one Roberto Rossellini Award, Italy and one Fukuoka Audience Award at Fukuoka International Film Festival, Japan.

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

Meanwhile, Mary's father plans to take her for a trip to Pakistan to meet Sarmad and Mansoor. While touring FATA, she gets deceived by her father to marry her cousin, Sarmad. Mary, forcefully gets married and abandoned in her household. In an escape attempt, Mary tries to run from the village but gets caught by Sarmad. He eventually consummates their marriage by force as a sort of punishment so that Mary would not escape again.