PTI

Islamabad, Apr 2: After receiving much acclaim worldwide, Pakistani director Shoaib Mansoor’s debut film Khuda Ke Liye is all set to wow Indian audiences.

Mansoor’s film Khuda Ke Liye is releasing in India on April 4, making it the first Pakistani film to be officially released in India after decades.

The film depicts the problems and dilemma of modern Muslims. The film is the result of his own anger towards the xenophobic tendencies of the world against Muslims in general, Mansoor told PTI. The film raises the voices of liberal Muslims caught between fundamentalists and the irrational cynicism of the world after 9/11.

“I wanted to project the tragedy of a liberal Muslim, who internally is not considered a good Muslim because of his modernity, and outside his religion, he is labelled a fundamentalist just for having a Muslim name,” Mansoor said.

The film, which was released in 2007 in Pakistan, immediately became a huge sensation among Pakistanis, setting several box office trends in film watching there.

“Every second person in Pakistan, who watched it, said that he or she had gone to cinema after 20-30 years.” “The response is there to prove that my message did reach its target,” Mansoor said.