Tehran, YJC. The first episode of a trilogy depicting the life of Prophet Muhammad filmed in Iran, was screened for the first time on Monday in Tehran.
Several officials attended the screening, including Minister
of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, the adviser to Iran's president,
Hesam al-Din Ashena, Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)
Mohammad Sarafraz and a number of the country's cultural officials.
The movie has been directed by Oscar-nominated Iranian
filmmaker Majid Majidi.
Majidi was accompanied by a number of internationally-acclaimed
professionals, including Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor and
filmmaker Scott E. Anderson, three-time Oscar-winning Italian director of
photography Vittorio Storaro and renowned Croat production designer Milijen
Kreka Kljakovic in producing the movie.
Academy Award-winning Indian music composer Allah-Rakha
Rahman has written music for the movie.
Known for his musical versatility, Rahman has innovated with
different instruments and sounds to create some of India's best-known musical
hits for nearly two decades.
The use of eastern themes in Rahman’s music has apparently
made Majidi to single out the renowned Indian composer for his latest movie.
Majid Majidi is an internationally and critically acclaimed
Iranian film director, film producer, and screen writer whose films have
touched on many themes and genres and has won many international awards.