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the dean show Salam Alum peace be unto
you welcome to the dean show now most of
you out there have heard of the
inspirational series inspiring You by in
short film segments really short and
sweet talking about the beautiful
aspects of Islam about charity
dispelling the midst of terrorism and
many other aspects that now through a
movie form they have gotten some actors
and really did a fabulous job and I'm
here with the producer and director of
the inspirational series to talk about
this when we come back here on the D
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theam alum peace be unto
you muhamed how are you thanks for
having me here I'm doing great
alhamdulillah what about you good
alhamdulillah alhamdulillah now you're
the director producer of the
inspirational series that's correct tell
us a little about this well um the
series itself it started it's a funny
fact that it started as a the the the
people who funded the project asked me
to do a project where we have the Imam
standing against a green screen telling
stories from SRA so we tried to convince
the producers to just let's take a
dramatic approach to it to make it more
entertaining to youth so we started you
know uh we created that that character a
youth in which uh he faces daily
challenges in his life and he seeks the
answer in the S of the Prophet peace be
upon him so what is special I think
about inspiration is uh there is no
preaching no direct preaches but there
is a guy who exactly like us and he's uh
he he himself is learning and teaching
at the same time this is beautiful what
inspired you now to create something
like this I think the most uh common
problem we face with youth when they
read the the s or they listen to the S
of the Prophet they say that this is
very interesting but this guy
was you know great in his time you know
and our time is totally different and I
can't relate to his s so this is what
that was the main motivation that uh we
needed to show the youth that the SE
your curent life your everyday life is
so much similar to our Prophet life the
challenges you're facing he faces
similar he faced similar uh challenges
but only the appearances has you know
are different but it's very similar so
this series trying to prove this now
tell us you with your 14 plus years
experience in movie making and in this
industry you could have chosen a route
towards Bollywood or Hollywood but you
took this approach now and obviously
there's so much more rewards here I mean
A Whole New World opens up in in
Hollywood but what made you at one point
were you thinking like okay like like
let me let me uh go in that Direction
and what steered you more towards this
right direction this is a fabulous route
that you've taken I think before going
to film making I was having this uh you
know this goal in my life I wanted to
transfer to convey this these beautiful
messages to the whole world So I entered
film making putting this ahead I need to
do this and I always say that the our
Prophet peace be upon him he went up a
hill in Mecca to be heard and seen and
uh this hill today is the film theaters
and the cable TV and the YouTube and I
really want to convey this to the people
and uh uh and I think there's a many
struggles you know because there's no
Islamic media Productions in the west
unfortunately or very
rare chances so this road is still you
know uh it's it's empty and there's no
people uh working here it's tough It's
very tough but I think I I really enjoy
it I love it I love to be inah to be a
Pioneer in this path and and just to
inspire more youth to go with this road
it's amazing because now how many people
have you seen some of the feedback
because through the media Outlets
obviously now we're able to to reach
masses of people have have you seen some
of the uh feedback now what what kind of
feedback have you been getting yeah
definitely this is an extraordinary
chance and era we live in because we as
you say we really receive we pause the
video and like 5 seconds later you see
people typing and responding and
commenting on the video and we learn
from this a lot so for example of for
Inspiration series we read unbelievable
alhamdulillah comments from non-muslims
all around the world saying that well
this version of Islam we watching in
your series is different from the one we
watch on whever Fox News ABC News and
whatever so alhamdulillah we we found
that this is uh this is an extraordinary
chance to reach the whole world and
inall we uh intend to do a second season
of insiration you're going to do a
second season now many people ask me you
know constantly we'll get some emails
and people will say look how do we get
involved in the media you know we want
to do this what you're doing we we want
to somehow contribute right people are
fascinated with the media we're going to
go and take a break right now when we
come back this is what you also you you
try to inspire people give them some
direction on how to get involved in the
media is that right yeah sure so when we
come back we're going to talk about this
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below back here on the dean show with
the producer director of the series now
that you're going to do a part two to
also soon tell us a little about what
what what's up and coming for the for
the uh part two of this what do you guys
uh how long is the series how many how
many episodes are were conducted in part
in the first part what did you have 7 8
n 12 episodes 12 episodes It's going to
be 12 episodes in the second part we
we'll have a mini second season with six
episodes now each one is uniquely
they're they're about what five six
minutes yeah that's right H how did you
figure out the order you got some
dealing with uh charity kindness to your
neighbor uh dispelling the myth of
terrorism what else are some of these
topics that's right we we tackled many
different uh morals like the women of
our life women in Islam the family in
Islam the honesty the trust uh all these
morals each episode will
take and uh you know tackle uh certain
morals of the Prophet sallu alhi
wasallam great way to do da to share
this message now through short film
format many people they want to get
involved I'm sure you've been you've
been asked a lot of people are excited
they see this and they want to
contribute you follow me so how what
advice do you give people out there who
want to get involved in media okay the
first thing I say uh try to take a film
making course an intensive short one in
any film school or Institute in your
city state area whatever and you need
this you need this uh infrastructure to
start and second uh try to get involved
with people already working in the field
just try you know to attend as a guest
watching behind the camera how things
are done this you will get an Priceless
experience here third start doing your
own short and small projects by any
means you have by your phone iPad
whatever uh uh tools you have to film
and after doing this this first project
show it to people with you know
experience and listen to their feedback
and this is how you get started this is
the best way I I can think of one uh one
aspect here is we know that when we
invite to something good right when you
have a movie like this and now people
get inspired they get inspired to give
in charity they get inspired to be more
into their Dean they see that you know
Islam doesn't call people to anything
that is Against Humanity it calls to
goodness and the people behind this now
with the right intention you're going to
get the reward it keeps going and going
as more people get inspired the more
they if they're motivated now to do good
you get the reward now someone might on
the other hand be making some some
videos out there they want to get into
the media and they they have a ambition
a drive but now they might be making
videos that now they're they're not
really reflecting that these videos
aren't inspiring people to good and you
know there's there's people just you
know for trying to get more uh uh views
out there they're doing some crazy
things right
women what do you have to say for for
people like that that that to kind of
get them more into making positive
videos that have a positive influence in
people lives I think the most important
fact is to uh think about the greater
goodness all always not yourself and and
to be famous or to be whatever rich and
or anything these things will H will
will will you know will come eventually
but what really matters is you know this
moral is to whenever you do any project
you just think I want to do this for the
sake of Allah and by having this ni
Allah will bless you the whole work and
everything else will come you know
getting famous all these things I I I
look at you know the the this the
advantage of of being famous I even this
I look at this as being you know a a use
I know a a tool just to deliver your
ideas but just yeah try to make this
purest ni with allaha Allah I want to
this for your sake and for your sake
only and suddenly all everything will
the whole Road will be much more clear
Subhan Allah and you will see the coming
from Allah we're going to take a break
but you heard it that's it you've gotten
to hear it here on the dean show
sincerity saying that I want to do this
for you for you Allah that's where it
starts we're going to be right back with
more here on the dean
show you worship Jes Jesus no you don't
worship Jesus you worship the god of
Jesus you are you worship the god of
Jesus the one who Jesus fell on his face
and pray to yes that's who we worship
yes now do we only believe in Muhammad
no we believe in all the prophets
starting from the first man
created from Adam to Abraham
look Jacob and the tribe Moses and Jesus
the the last prophet was only Muhammad
peace be father so we believe in all
those Messengers you mentioned who' you
mention we we believe and there's many
more so we believe in all of them all of
them yes all the ones that are mentioned
in the Quran and all of them they all of
them that you know you you don't worship
them but you you worship Allah who's the
creator of them but it's part of the
belief to believe in these messages your
name like Jesus you believe in them but
you don't worship them don't worship
them
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below back here on the dean show with
the producer director of the
inspirational series now many people
they cut a lot of corners and they will
incorporate things that are not
necessarily Islamic they might be
displeasing to the crater right you guys
actually like what was your criteria now
because you did everything now in there
you know you know that you didn't
compromise in the dean and this is very
important because you could end up doing
a lot of work and then at the end it's
not accepted by Allah that's so so this
is this is uh we commend you for that
talk a little bit about this well subh
Allah this is a really challenge because
most of the business in the film making
is on the other side where you know it's
every commercials the materialism the
film making the you know and uh and
while picking the side of with morals
you will find yourself suddenly alone
and with no funding Etc and uh I this is
really challenging but Subhan Allah uh
the
life Allah
subh showered me with his blessings and
whenever I tried to do a project and and
when when I started working on this
Inspiration series I didn't have funding
and suddenly Subhan Allah when when you
work in the project the funding will
come and people will get interested so
this is a message I delivered to the
youth while you're putting your leg on
on the first step you will might be you
might not be able to see the Second Step
but do it and and Allah will will push
you further and will give you the way so
it's it's very challenging I'm not here
to give any you know like Comfort or
false hopes to anyone but it's really
challenging but we need it so badly and
Allah subh will help you to continue
with this road yeah this is a proof
itself because you you see that now
you're living testimony that through
this there there is an Avenue that you
guys took that's a a a Hala Avenue that
over here you don't have to have uh
naked men or women you know in the
movies you don't have to compromise
cursing and swearing and doing all sorts
of uh things that are immoral but you
did it in in a nice clean way that now
everybody can benefit from Muslim
non-muslim it's for everybody exactly
we're trying to prove this that you can
make successful Productions without you
know doing Haram things yes you were
able to do that this is amazing what
what else what else do you have coming
up in the future well besides two
Abraham some film yeah you have your
connections man so uh it's still a
working title this Abraham film and it
talks about a man uh here in the modern
America and uh this man faces uh uh this
man walk is walking in a journey of
seeking
truth and we found that this by the way
it's based on a true story we found that
this journey is so similar to the
journey of the prophet Abraham alisam
cuz he was you know looking for where
where's God who's
God and uh we found this very pretty
interesting because like 2,000 3,000
years later with Abraham we have a man
here in
America uh facing the same challenges
and seeking the very same Eternal truth
you know that man we're looking for
which is God and it's a very pretty
interesting film and I won't uh talk
much later about this I'll keep it inah
till we everything we're ready to talk
about it but it's coming in a near
future soon in in we're working on it
we're still in pre-production we're
still writing script yeah before we
leave now tell us again you discussed it
you discussed it but again just going
over it again for the people that are
excited they want to get involved in the
media they want to contribute what are
the steps that you to take add to what
you said earlier uh leave them on on on
something that they can a direction yeah
sure again anyone who is interested to
enter the film making uh uh domain I I
would say start by studying it take a
short film making course at a Film
Institute and I would say avoid academic
study long study years with a master and
Bachelor this is not useful according to
my experience take a short course like a
4 weeks 8 weeks 3 months this in this
you know duration and after that start
to mingle start to uh try to get close
to people professional people working in
the film making business and just to
attend just to carry their bags whatever
and you will get the experience the
hands-on experience and third start
filming your own project and and even as
a man one man show film it try it edit
it yourself even act in it it's no
problem whatever tools you have just use
it just to test yourself and after that
take your film and give it to
professional people and listen to their
feedback this is the the best cycle I
can think of I'd like to thank you for
being with us here on the show than for
T thank you and there you have it you
asked Eddie look what advice can you
give us so we brought a person of 14
plus years experience in film making
movie making and the first thing that we
start is with the right intention asking
the Creator look to guide us and to make
sure that we're sincere in this effort
and we don't compromise make sure we do
it the Halal way the Halal style without
compromising the dean and then from
there move forward and he's giving you
some of these steps and hopefully you
can benefit from it and we'll see you
next time inshallah God willing until
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