Review of Shoot on Sight (2007) by Wan N — 03 Mar 2009

This movie is a take on a prejudiced view of Islam, and shows how even everyday normal Muslims can get stereotyped into terrorists. Naseeruddin Shah plays Muslim Cop who faces a British society who is becoming increasingly judgmental and suspicious of him just because of his religion. You can see what he suffers because of this. Terrorists who are Muslim give all Muslims a bad name.

And it is becoming increasing pertinent to ask the question how much influence should religious views, not only Islamic ones, wield over the psyche of citizens of a state (country)? Is it possible to be a Muslim and a Policeman of a state like the UK, this is a question raised in the movie? How does Naseeruddin answer the question?