“We are an Islamic country, we know the related culture and we have capabilities for production of such movies.” 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 biopic shot. 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 across the world. Majidi said the high-quality film will give the world the right impression about the prophet. “I cannot express my feelings about it.”įor his vision, Majidi hired Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor and filmmaker Scott 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.”
“It was a very heavy role,” Nouri told The Associated Press. The movie instead uses others to tell his story, such as his grandfather Abdul-Muttalib, portrayed by Iranian actor Ali Reza Shoja Nouri. In the new 190-minute film, the story focuses on Muhammad’s childhood, never showing his face. The late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei, who led Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and became the country’s supreme leader, reportedly even kept a picture similar to young Muhammad in his room for years.
In Shiite powerhouse Iran and other countries, posters, banners, and jewelry bear the images of Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali, revered by Shiites who see him as the prophet’s rightful successor. The killing of 12 people in Paris in January saw gunmen target the magazine Charlie Hebdo because of its caricatures of the prophet.īut while Sunni Islam, the religion’s dominant branch, widely rejects any depictions of Muhammad, his close relatives or companions, Shiite Islam does not. But clerics generally have agreed that trying to depict that ideal is forbidden.
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Islamic tradition is full of written descriptions of Muhammad and his qualities - describing him as the ideal human being. Biblical stories have inspired dozens of films from the 1920s all the way to recent blockbusters such as “Noah,” starring Russell Crowe, and Ridley Scott’s biblical epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”īut in Islam, portraying the Prophet Muhammad has long been taboo for many. In American cinematic history, films involving the Bible often find the biggest audience and box office returns. “Many relay their messages to the world through cinema and pictures.” “How should we introduce our prophet?” asked Majid Majidi, the film’s director.
But by even showing the back of the Prophet Muhammad as a child before he was called upon by Allah, the most expensive film in Iranian history already has been criticized before it is even widely released, calling into question who ultimately will see the Quranic story come to life on the big screen. The movie “Muhammad, Messenger of God” already recalls the grandeur - and expense - of a Cecil DeMille film, with the narrow alleyways and a replica Kaaba shrine built here in the remote village of Allahyar. ALLAHYAR, Iran - Here in this Persian replica of Mecca, built at the cost of millions of dollars, an Iranian film company is attempting to offer the world a literal glimpse of the Prophet Muhammad despite traditional taboos against it.
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