Ayat-Ayat Cinta is a 2008 Indonesian-language Drama Romance motion picture written by Habiburrahman El Shirazy, Retna Ginatri S. Noor and Salman Aristo. The movie is directed by Hanung Bramantyo and produced by Dhamoo Punjabi and Manoj Punjabi. This is a love story. But not just a simple love story. It's about how to deal with the ups and downs of life's problems in the Islamic way. Fahri bin Abdillah is an Indonesian student trying to reach his master's degree in Al-Azhar. Fatigue with the dust of Egypt. Dwell with a variety of targets and simplicity of life. Persisting with being a translator of religious books. All Fahri's targets were enthusiastically excited except one: getting married. Fahri is an obedient man who is so straight. He does not know the courtship before marriage. He is less articulate when confronted with a creature named woman. There are very few women close to him all along. His grandmother, his mother and his sister. Moving to Egypt made that change. It was Maria Girgis. One flat neighbor who is a Coptic Christian but admire the Qur'an, and admire Fahri. Admiration turned into love. Unfortunately, Mary's love is only poured in the diary only. Then there is Nurul. The son of a famous kyai who also dredge knowledge in Al-Azhar. Actually Fahri put heart on this sweet girl. Unfortunately his sense of inferiority that only a son of farmers made him never show any taste to Nurul. While Nurul was hesitant and always guessing. After that there is Noura, also a neighbor who always tortured his own father. Fahri was full of empathy with Noura and wanted to help her. Unfortunately only empathy. No . But Noura is expecting . And later this becomes a big problem when Noura accuses Fahri of raping her. Last Aisha appeared. The beautiful eyes that bewitch Fahri. Since an incident on the metro, when Fahri defended Islam from allegedly stodgy and rigid accusations, Aisha fell in love with Fahri. And Fahri also can not lie to his heart. Written by Farhan Azhari Anwar. Ayat-ayat cinta stars Fedi Nuril, Rianti Cartwright, Carissa Putri, Melanie Putria, Zaskia Adya Mecca, Dennis Adhiswara and Surya Saputra. The movie is based on Ayat-Ayat Cinta by Habiburrahman El Shirazy. The music was composed by Melly Goeslaw along with Anto Hoed, Rossa and Tya Subiyakto. The motion picture has a running time of 120 minutes. It was released on 8th May 2008 in Indonesian,Arabic and English languages. The Film was successful at box office. Ayat-Ayat Cinta was made on a budget of $1 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $13 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by MD Pictures.