Khuda Haafiz

May God be your protector)[a] is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written & directed by Faruk Kabir and produced by Panorama Studios.

[3] It stars Vidyut Jammwal and Shivaleeka Oberoi, alongside Annu Kapoor, Aahana Kumra and Shiv Panditt.

[4] Set during the 2007–2008 financial crisis, Sameer Chaudhary arrives at a fictional Middle east country Noman in order to rescue his kidnapped wife Nargis from flesh traders.

They view the CCTV footage of the Noman airport, where they see Nargis entering a van with a man revealed to be Iztek, an Algerian modelling coordinator.

[6] The music for the film was composed by Mithoon who also wrote lyrics for four of the tracks, with Sayeed Quadri penning two songs in the soundtrack album.

[8][9] However, Vidyut Jammwal was not invited for the social media announcement, along with Kunal Khemu, whose film Lootcase also released on the same digital streaming platform.

[14] Bollywood Hungama gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Khuda Haafiz is a well-paced action thriller that works chiefly due to the script, direction and performances of Vidyut Jammwal and Annu Kapoor.

"[15] Vibha Maru of India Today gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Khuda Haafiz makes for a good one-time watch.

"[16] Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Khuda Haafiz’ — literal meaning ‘May God be your Guardian’ — does not have the most innovative script on the planet but it still could have worked had it not been for the randomness in the second half and the outrageously sham Arabic accents.

"[17] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Khuda Haafiz truly had the potential to be a cracker of an action-filled romance.

"[18] A sequel titled Khuda Haafiz Chapter II Agni Pariksha was announced in September 2020 after the success of the first part with Kumar Mangat and Abhishek Pathak as the producers and Faruk Kabir as the director.