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 Moosa Khan (DVD)
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Director: Shaan | Produced by: Sadaf DVD | Weight: 0.23 lbs
Cast: Shaan, Saima, Rambo, Shafqat Cheema, Abid Ali, NoorNote: Will work on DVD players that support multi-region DVD playback
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"Shaan had reportedly spared no expense in constructing his third effort as director - the quest for excellence being top priority.
The setting is in some time warp suggesting a pseudo colonial subcontinent where the land of Kashmirpur and its environs are seemingly inhabited by Muslims, Hindus and Christians under the dominance of obese Punjabi men wearing an assortment of blonde wigs (Colonials). Beautiful white doves of peace flutter about in the foreground in idyllic slow motion while an all male choir of angels kicks up a heavenly tune as the audience is introduced to the local Mosque and its saintly Maulvi Mufti played by Abid Ali. The Maulvi completes his prayer in regal slo-mo and emerges from the distance as pigeons and doves flutter about in a mad frenzy.
Meanwhile we are shown that across the way there is a temple where instead of doves of peace, there is a menacing looking python at large along with a group of snarling, drooling old men draped in orange robes, with funky hairstyles who are cringing at the sound of the azaan from the nearby Maulvi. So enraged are they by this sound and the pompous Maulvi who is responsible for it that they hatch an evil scheme in collusion with the local godless firangi gora's (white men - who worship only money) to bring about the end to the sound once and for all.
As the "infidels" try to gun down the lecturing Maulvi their guns suddenly malfunction by divine intervention and when the ghastly infidels decide to fire some heavy artillary at the mosque (it appears divine intervention only disables rifles and pistols but not rocket launchers) the super-human Maulvi appears magically (again by divine intervention) leaping in the way of the projectiles, thwarting any attempt at desecrating the mosque. As Maulvi Abid Ali finally caves in his blimpish child Moosa waddles in slow motion to the death scene, his eyes burning with the fire of vengeance.
Moosa grows up in a cave somewhere (Tora Bora?) having turned his back on his religion due to the disillusionment that he felt when his father was murdered. He has instead taken to living alone in some distant caves with his horse Sheru as company and likes to dress up like one of the members of that awful 70's glam rock band Kiss. Moosa (Shaan) has turned into a cold hearted mercenary but all that is soon set to change with Saima's arrival. She shows up, dressed to kill with her father to a place that is obviously a den of vice. He clearly had his own reasons for bringing his daughter to this place but when the salivating goons start making moves on her he turns indignant and starts spouting moralizing lectures for which he is swiftly shot.
Shamoon (Cheema) sporting his usual bizarre "get up" with flowing pony tail and reptilian accessories becomes obsessed by Saima's voluptuousness, snaring her in his lair. However in keeping with the films utterly warped manner Saima chooses to stab herself to death rather than to compromise her "izzat" (honour) as any normal "honourable" woman would (should?) do.
Shamoon has her stiched up in the nick of time, yet she remains merely a captive pet for her tormentor, waiting for the first opportunity to flee.
Saima is rescued from Shamoon's clutches one night and whisked away to freedom, but just when she is beginning to take a fancy to her rescuer it transpires that all he intended to do was use her as part of a transaction . Saima is dumbfounded when Moosa turns her over to another set of captors and begs him not to but he continues to walk away, stone faced and impassive. As Moosa is about to mount Sheru and ride off into the distance, Saima comes up with a brainwave; she takes to covering her head (in dramatic slow-motion) and starts reciting the words (with added echo effect) of the Quran in a last ditch effort to get through to the uncaring Moosa. When Saima reaches a crescendo with the retort of "Kya tum Moosa nahin ho" (Are you not Moosa?) her words finally seem to hit the right spot and suddenly Moosa assumes the role that his father the saintly Maulvi had always dreamed of.
Moosa bludgeons his way through the fully armed opposition and makes away with Saima to the safety of the forest where they are joined by his childhood chum Georgie (Rambo). Love blossoms and Saima and Moosa get married and build their dream home away from the troubles of the world but Shamoon's henchmen are constantly searching every inch of the forest in order to recover Saima and destroy Moosa and it is a matter of time before they discover the mountainside home.
Actingwise Shaan's awfulness is shown up by the fact that he can actually be fairly good at given moments. Saima is adequate, while Cheema, one of the better actors in the industry is totally wasted and Rambo is painfully clichéd. The songs other than the Noor number are instantly forgettable and the largely borrowed background score is constantly jarring." - Thehotspotonline.com
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