An expensive $35 million production, this film depicts the life of young Muhammad from the time he was born till he becomes 12 years old, and reaches Syria.The film has been directed and cowritten by celebrated Iranian film maker Majid Majidi. A special  set of Mecca as it looked in the 6th century was created for shhoting this film at near a city called Qom in Iran, and some scenes have been shot at South Africa. Cinematography is by Vittoro Storaro, and music by A R Rehman from India.

The pre-production work was started in 2007 and the first draft of the story was ready by 2009. The actual shooting started in 2011. Andeson managed the VFX.Rossi has done the make up.The filming has been completed by 2013. A world premiere was proposed at a festival in Iran but was abandoned due to some technical glitches.It was released for a limited audience in Tehran on February 12, 2015.The film is likely to be resented by the Sunni Arab states.

There are going to be two sequel to the film — one in which the prophet’s life till he becomes 40 will be projected and the other after he becomes a prophet.

The film is tri-lingual — Arabic, Persian and English.

The trailer you can see on YouTube.