Ishq Khuda

Ishq Khuda (Punjabi: عشقِ خدا, romanized: Ishq-e-Khuda "love of god") is a 2013 Pakistani Punjabi-language romantic film directed by Shahzad Rafique and produced by Shafquat Chaudhry. It stars Shaan Shahid, Meera,^[1] Saima, Ahsan Khan, Humaima Malick, Wiam Dahmani and Shafqat Cheema.^[2] The film was released on 9 August 2013 and was declared a commercial success.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Ishq Khuda
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shehzad Rafique
Written by	M.Parvaiz Kaleem
Screenplay by	Saleem Zuberi
Story by	Saleem Zuberi
Produced by	Shafquat Chaudhry
Starring	Shaan Shahid Ahsan Khan Meera Saima Wiam Dahmani
Cinematography	Muzamil Shah
Edited by	Adeel pk
Music by	Wajahat Attre
Production company	Sound View Production
Distributed by	Sound View Production
Release date	9 August 2013 (2013-08-09)
Country	Pakistan
Language	Punjabi
Box office	Rs. 2.40 crore (US$83,000)

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^[8][9] of the film started in Mianwali and Khoora, a village in the beautiful Soon Valley.^[10]

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

• Shaan Shahid as Rulia
• Meera as Iqra
• Ahsan Khan^[11] as Ahsan
• Saima as Malka
• Shafqat Cheema
• Humaima Malick
• Wiam Dahmani as Kulsoom
• Inam Khan
• Zubair Ahmed Kumbher^[12] as Train Boy

Soundtrack

Awards

• Winner- Abida Parveen-1st ARY Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
• Nominated- Sanam Marvi-1st ARY Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
• Nominated- -1st ARY Film Award for Best Film.
• Nominated-Shahzad Rafique −1st ARY Film Award for Best Director.
• Nominated-Ahsan Khan −1st ARY Film Award for Best Actor.
• Nominated- Wajahat Attre −1st ARY Film Award for Best Original Music