Dangerous movie - makes you go to Kafiristan!

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2007)

First time I saw it, it made me go to Pakistan directly with a bottle of Glenlivet. This says it all. I agree with all folks who swarmed about this movie, and being one of my few all-time favorites I rather dare to write about the only thing I didn't like and that's the flaw of location. Kafiristan scenes were shot in Morocco and although the makers did everything to create the atmosphere of the real place, there are some scenes which are as Moroccan as peppermint tea. First, the whole opening market sequence, then the dance and lu-lu-lu of "Kafiri" women, and later the Bashkai elders' talk which is clearly Arabic. Moroccan outfit also appears during shots of the marching army. But all this is obvious only if you have been to Morocco. Even a Pakistani friend of mine was convinced that the movie was shot in Ladakh, India!