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22 October 2016

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Movie ‘Muhammad (PBUH)’ to Be Screened in Turkey

‘Muhammad (PBUH), the Messenger of God’, a film by renowned Iranian director Majid Majidi will be screened at major movie theaters in Turkey.

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - According to the website of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), the movie will premier in Turkish cinemas on Friday, October 28.

Turkish people can now watch the film after its content was approved by Islamic scholars and historians of the country’s Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet).

Muhammad, the Messenger of God, which is the first part of Iran’s big-budget trilogy on the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), premiered in cinemas across Iran on August 26, 2015, and attracted a large number of audiences.

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 collaborated in making the film.

Academy Award-winning Indian music composer Allah-Rakha Rahman has written music for the 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.

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