Ya Rab

Ya Rab
	Poster of Ya Rab
Directed by	Hasnain Hyderabadwala
Produced by	Mohsin Ali Khan; Meesam Ali Khan; Hoori Ali Khan
Written by	Ikram Akhtar
Screenplay by	Ikram Akhtar
Story by	Ikram Akhtar
Starring	Vikram Singh; Ajaz Khan ; Manzar Sehbai; Akhilendra Mishra; Imran Hasnee
Music by	Amjad - Nadeem
Edited by	Sanjay Ingle
Production; company	True Films
Distributed by	Vishesh Films
Release date	7 February 2014 (India); ; ; ; ;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindustani Hindi
Budget	?2.50 crore (US$370,000)

Ya Rab (Arabic)(English: Oh Lord!) is a 2014 Bollywood movie directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala starring Ajaz Khan, Arjumman Mughal, Raju Kher, Vikram Singh (actor), Imran Hasnee. The film shows the battle between two ideologies. One group represents the Islamic principles of compassion and respect for human life, while the other incites youth to avenge alleged atrocities on Muslims.

Film Maker Mahesh Bhatt promoted Ya Rab. The film was released on 7 February 2014 through his company, Vishesh Films.^[8]

Plot

Ikram (Raju Kher) is a practicing Muslim living happily with his family in Lucknow. His brother, Maulana Jilani (Akhilendra Mishra) is a much respected Muslim face. Having a huge following, the maulana gets his followers out of trouble with the authorities thus adding to his power. But the maulana’s intentions are not what they seem to be. He has a sinister side to him, that of inciting mobs and spreading terrorism. He specialises in choosing boys for suicide bombing missions and brainwashes them in various ways including showing them films of atrocities against Muslims.

On the tail of the maulana is the ATS cop, Rann Vijay Singh (Ajaz Khan), who has information that something is slated to happen in Lucknow on a certain date. Khan's love life has been shattered after his Muslim fiancée learnt that her brother is also a terrorist. She decides to atone for him by not marrying! Gradually,Ran Vijay has zeroed down on the maulana and worked out that a suicide bomber will destroy a crowded mall in the city. He makes it to the mall only to see the bomb going off.

The bomb blast will haunt the maulana as one of the victims is his brother’s pregnant daughter-in-law, Amreen(Arjumman Mughal). Ran vijay’a hopes rested on her since she was seen talking to the bomber before it went off which meant she knew him. She is the only witness to the bombing but she is brain-dead. While the surgeon Dr.Mazhar (Manzar Sehbai) wants to keep her alive till the doctors can bring the child out of her, the maulana makes all the efforts to kill her including threatening Dr.Mazhar with mob violence and destruction of his hospital.

Cast

Vikram Singh .. Imran Khan
Ajaz Khan .. Ran Vijay Singh
Arjumman Mughal .. Amreen
Raju Kher .. Ikram
Akhilendra Mishra .. Maulana Jilani
Manzar Sehbai .. Dr. Mazhar
Indrapal Ahuja .. Afzal
Neha Baam .. Ikram's mother
Vikram Dahiya .. Aslam Goonga
Rakesh Deewana .. Nanhey Nawab
Rajesh Gupta .. A.T.S Officer
Imran Hasnee .. Javed
Abizer Hyderabadwala .. Hamja
Jasbir Jassi .. Jasbir A.T.S Officer

Soundtrack

Release

Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra filed a PIL before Bombay High Court against the release of the movie.^[9]^[10]^[11] Later,Bombay High Court permits release of Ya Rab of 7 February 2014 without controversial scenes and dialogues.^[12]

The film was released on 7 February 2014.^[13]