![]() ![]() So far, the film appears to have the support of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s current supreme leader, who attended an inauguration of the film’s set in 2012. “We are an Islamic country, we know the related culture and we have capabilities for production of such movies.” “We are ready to cooperate to produce any movies to introduce Muhammad to the world,” Majidi said. Majidi said he would be ready to cooperate with any Islamic country planning a film on Muhammad. Meanwhile, the Sunni kingdom of Qatar has announced plans to have its own $1 billion epic shot on the prophet’s life. ![]() In February, Egypt’s Al-Azhar, one of Sunni Islam’s most prestigious seats of learning, called on Iran to ban a film it described as debasing the sanctity of messengers from God. Yet, the film already has seen widespread criticism even before being widely released, largely from predominantly Sunni Arab countries. “For Muslims, the Prophet Muhammad is a mercy to the world and the hereafter,” he said. He blamed Islamic extremists and the West for sullying the image of a pillar of faith for 1.5 billion people across the world. Anderson, three-time Oscar-winning Italian director of photography Vittorio Storaro and music producer Allah-Rakha Rahman, who won two Academy Awards for his work on “Slumdog Millionaire.”īy making a high-quality film, Majidi said it will give the world the right impression about the Prophet Muhammad. ![]() Iranian actor Ali Reza Shoja Nouri, who plays Abdul-Muttalib, the grandfather of the prophet Muhammad, in the movie “Muhammad, Messenger of God.” (photo credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)įor his vision, Majidi hired Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor and filmmaker Scott E. ![]()
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