Ishq Khuda ( "love of god") is a 2013 Lollywood Punjabi language-language romantic film directed by Shahzad Rafique and produced by Shafquat Chaudhry. It stars Shaan Shahid, Meera,
Plot
Rulia (
Shaan Shahid), a local hood, finds
ishq-e-khuda (love of god) after he is "privileged" by the prayer of a
Sufi dervish. In a parallel but unconnected arc Ahsan (
Ahsan Khan), an engineer from
Karachi, falls for Iqra (Meera) in a love triangle with Kulsoom (
Wiam Dahmani), Iqra's childhood best friend, in love with for him.
Production
The production
of the film started in
Mianwali and
Khoora, a village in the beautiful
Soon Valley.
Music
The soundtrack album was composed by popular music director Wajahat Attray with lyrics written by Riaz ur Rehman Sagar. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan,
Shazia Manzoor and
Sanam Marvi sang all the songs for the film. A pre recorded song of
Abida Parveen was used for the title track.
Release and reception
The film was released on 9 August 2013 across Pakistan with 35 prints. It clashed with Shah Rukh Khan's
Chennai Express at the box office and, though successful, was completely crushed by it due to Pakistani cinemas preferring the
Bollywood film over it.
Cast
Soundtrack
Awards
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Winner- Abida Parveen-1st ARY Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
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Nominated- Sanam Marvi-1st ARY Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
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Nominated- -1st ARY Film Award for Best Film.
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Nominated-Shahzad Rafique −1st ARY Film Award for Best Director.
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Nominated-Ahsan Khan −1st ARY Film Award for Best Actor.
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Nominated- Wajahat Attre −1st ARY Film Award for Best Original Music
Red Carpet Review of "Ishq Khuda" from Canada: Ishq Khuda – A Mystic Love Story – ApnaHub.ca
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