Movie ‘Muhammad (PBUH)’ Received Well in Turkey
According to the website of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (OIC), Turkey’s cinema personalities and film critics watched the movie in a special screening at Kanyon Movie Theater in Istanbul.
The film was received very well by the audience, which also included cultural, religious and media figures.
Those who watched the movie at the special screening hoped that it would soon be screened in cinemas all over Turkey so that everyone in the country can watch it.
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.
