![]() ![]() The naming of ISA is part of the script's dual game: everything in Noman could be a red herring if you are prejudiced against Muslims or opposed to prejudice. Why particularly Noman, a word that resembles Oman? Why Noman when at least one media report says the events of the story occurred in UAE? Why drop a broad hint with a rhyming word instead of coming right out and calling it Oman? While we solve the mystery of whether this is meant to be clever wordplay, Sameer must crack the mystery of where his wife could be.Īs our good-looking, much-in-love hero races around Noman, he encounters the Pathan taxi driver Usman (Annu Kapoor) and officers of the local Internal Security Agency, possibly named thus in the script since its initials, ISA, closely resemble Pakistan's ISI, which is every Indian conspiracy theorist's favourite spy agency. ![]() His frantic quest takes place in an oil-rich land called Noman. Vidyut Jammwal plays Sameer, who will stop at nothing to get Nargis (Shivaleeka Oberoi) back in his arms. ![]() The zero effort in writing her character is the pivotal flaw in the otherwise good-hearted Khuda Haafiz. She is a bland being but we are compelled to believe that he fell in love with her and risked his everything for her since the opening text plate and media reports state that the film is based on true events. Writer-director Faruk Kabir's Khuda Haafiz ( May God Be Your Guardian) is about Sameer taking care of business and Nargis being taken care of.
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