“Ruz-e Rastakhiz” (“The Day of Resurrection”) is the Persian title of the film, announced Taqi Aliqolizadeh in a press release.
“Yawm-ul-Hurriyah” (“The Day of Freedom”) and “He Who Said No” are the Arabic and English titles of the big-budget movie, which has been financed by some Iranian and foreign companies.
The film tells the story of the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) in 680 CE against Muawiyah, the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs. The Imam was martyred by Muawiyah’s son and successor, Yazid, after raising the standard of revolt against the Umayyads on Ashura, the tenth of the lunar month Muharram.
Aliqolizadeh said that the film’s post-production stage was completed at a British studio.
British-Indian film editor Tariq Anwar has edited the film. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011 for editing “The King’s Speech”.
A 3D computer-generated imagery (CGI) technique has been used to create some scenes from the film.
The project introduces Arash Asefi who plays Bakir, the son of the commander of Ubaydullah ibn Ziad, Horr ibn Yazid Riahi, who joined the companions of Imam Hussein the night before Ashura, the day upon which Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions were martyred.
Puria Pursorkh, Hassan Purshirazi, Farhad Qaemian, Babak Hamidian, Anshirvan Arjmand and 19 other actors are the main members of the cast.
The film also stars “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” actor David Sterne, and Talhat Hamdi and Fawaz Sarwar from Syria, Dawood Hussain from Kuwait, Yusuf Shekarchi from Iraq and several other foreign actors.
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