Hisham Sarwar
First ever Dubai/Saudi created movie has won an award at Cannes. It is not an ordinary movie, it is “Bilal“, a movie created on the life of Bilal ibn Rabah R.A also known as Bilal al Habshi. He is considered as first muezzin with a beautiful voice, a trust worthy companion (Sahaba) of Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
The animated movie “Bilal” is directed and produced by Ayman Tariq Jamal.
The movie takes one 1400 years back and tells about the beautiful, admirable tale of a young boy and his sister and the efforts for calling justice, equality. Watch the trailer:
The movies shows the challenges Bilal ibn rabah (R.A) faced in his life that turned into his strength and determination. Though the animated movie is not the first time talking about Bilal ibn rabah (R.A), his story was also told in the movie “The Message”.
Ayman Tariq Jamal says he has created the animated movie to bring the true religion “Islam” in front of the world.
A spat on Twitter is ongoing in QATAR as the movie was released this week. Critics say it does not reflect complete Islamic content. A Hastag is created #منع_فيلم_بلال_في_قطر (We want the ban of movie Bilal in Qatar)
The animated film will be released worldwide very soon, right now its premiered in Muslim countries UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
