The film was officially announced in October 2011 and its filming was completed by 2013. The film marks Iran’s biggest-budget production to date and is the first part of the planned trilogy on the life of the Prophet.īarring a few scenes filmed in South Africa, the majority of the filming was done at a colossal set created in the city of Qom near Tehran. The story revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It’s a natural act of introduction to our culture.” There have been 200 movies about Jesus Christ, 100 featuring Moses directly or indirectly, 42 about Buddha, but only two on Muhammad. “We’ve been guilty of shortcomings in introducing the world to the real and true face of the prophet. The director said he believed a more proactive approach was required from Islamic film-makers in the light of acts of terrorism that were shaping global perceptions of the faith. In line with the more liberal Shia tradition of depicting the prophet, Majidi’s Muhammad: Messenger of God – the 171-minute first instalment of a projected trilogy – features shots of the prophet’s hands and legs as a baby, and the back of his head as an adolescent, but never shows his face. AR Rahman Composed the Musicīut even before the film’s release in India, Mumbai-based Raza Academy issued a fatwa against Majidi and composer AR Rahman, who did the film’s score, and wrote to the Maharashtra chief minister and Union home minister Rajnath Singh to ban the movie. The Variety, however, called it a “lumbering, old-fashioned and overlong historical epic” akin to the Biblical movies churned out by Hollywood in the 1950s. Most critics have welcomed Majidi’s efforts to chronicle the Prophet’s childhood and adolescence, with the Guardian describing it as “intellectually honest, committed and poetic”. Iranian director Majid Majidi’s “Muhammad: The Messenger of God”, made on a budget of $40 million and the first episode in a planned trilogy, has opened to mixed reviews. The film still under ban in most of the Indian states and has not been released in our country. And interestingly it has music by AR Rahman.
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He added that Maharashtra Cyber department, the nodal agency for the state of Maharashtra for cyber matters, has also requested The Senior Director (Scientist – G) Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology, to prevent the release of the said movie on OTT platforms.The controversial and much talked about religious film of recent times has been Muhammad: Messenger of God (2015), directed by famous Iranian director Majidi Majid. 2008.” Anil Deshmukh also requested the union minister to issue instructions / Directions to all Digital Platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat etc to ban the release of the movie. The home minister states in his letter, “We hereby request you to block / suspend those digital platforms where the movie would be released on the probable date of 21″ of July 2020, under section 69A and the blocking rides of the Information Technology Act, 2000 & Information Technology Act (Amendment).
The request has been made after receiving a complaint from Raza Academy,a Mumbai based org. Maharashtra Home Dept writes to Central govt with a request to stop screening of the film “Muhammad: The Messenger of God” which is scheduled to be released on digital platform on July 21. The movie can potentially disturb the religious sentiments of citizens in the country and may cause religious tensions creating law and order problems in the country,” the letter states.
“The complainant has made serious allegations that the said movie will severely hurt the sentiments and will be considered blasphemous by a particular community. I a letter to Union Electronics and Information Technology minister, Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh has said that the state government has received a complaint against the movie from Raza Academy. Days after Raza Academy demanded a ban on Iranian movie ‘Muhammad: The Messenger of God’, Maharashtra home ministry has written to the central government with the same request.
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