[caption id="attachment_148720" align="alignright" width="202"] A still from Majid Majidi�s Muhammad, Messenger of God. The film is the most ambitious and expensive cinematic project in Iranian history. Photograph: PR[/caption]
Majid Majidi�s Tehran-backed production telling the story of Muhammad�s early years to be shown at Iran�s Fajr international film festival.
A multimillion-dollar biopic about the childhood of the prophet Muhammad � Iran�s most expensive and lavish film to date � is set to premiere on Sunday.

Tehran�s Fajr international film festival, which coincides with the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, is scheduled to show the country�s own version of how Islam�s most revered figure lived. To protect the prophet�s dignity, the film will be shown out of competition.

Iran has been a vocal critic of the prophet�s portrayal in the west, recentlyexpressing strong condemnation of the Charlie Hebdo cover cartoon�in the aftermath of the deadly attacks in Paris, which depicted Muhammad weeping and holding up a sign reading�Je Suis Charlie.

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