Maryam Amir Jalali
Maryam Amir Jalali ( fa, مريم امیرجلالی; December 20, 1947) is an Iranian actress. She won a Hafez Award for her acting in ''Sour and Sweet'' (2006) Career Maryam Amir Jalali, a cinema and television actress, is best known for her roles in comedy series. Beginning her professional career as an actress in 1999, she appeared in a number of dramas since then. Amir Jalali has played roles in movies, such as 'Tehran Nights' (2000), 'Sweet Jam' (2001), 'Daybreak' (2005), 'Hello Mother-in-Law' (2006), 'Red Light' (2009), 'The Extremists' (2009), 'Looking For Happiness' (2009) and 'How I Became a Billionaire' (2010). Her best-known series include 'Under the Indigo Dome' (1995), 'Hotel' (1998-1999), 'The Story of a City 2' (2000), 'The Entrance Exam' (2002), 'The New Bride' (2002), 'Homeless' (2004), 'The Way of Infatuation' (2004), 'The Suspect Got Away' (2005), 'Sweet and Sour' (2006), 'Checkered' (2007), 'Four Wheels' (2011), 'Family Conspiracy' (2011), 'A Girl Named A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the List of largest cities of Iran, most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical antiquity, Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Ray, Iran, Rhages, a prominent Medes, Median city destroyed in the medieval Muslim conquest of Persia, Arab, Oghuz Turks, Turkic, and Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia, Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dyn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Gr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hafez Awards
Hafez Awards is an annual awards ceremony which is held honoring cinematic achievements in Iranian cinema. The awards, first presented in 1997, are presented by Picture World Magazine (Aka. Donyaye Tassvir in Persian) which makes it to be known also as Donyaye Tassvir Awards. It's the only non-governmental ceremony among the cinematic festivals and awards held in Iran. Mehran Modiri and Asghar Farhadi jointly with 9 statues of Hafez are the record holders of this award. Background Ali Moallem, Picture World founder and previous editor, established the awards in mid-'90s when Iranian cinema was under heavy governmental dominance. Watching Iranian cinema developing presence and success in international film festivals, he thought over creating an independent film award in order to honor filmmakers without political considerations and also to make a connection between film stars and the people. First ceremony was held in 1997 under the title "Hafez" after Iranian great poet Khwāja ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Reza Attaran
Reza Attaran ( Persian: رضا عطاران, born May 10, 1968) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and singer. He has received various accolades, including three Crystal Cymorgh, five Hafez Awards Hafez Awards is an annual awards ceremony which is held honoring cinematic achievements in Iranian cinema. The awards, first presented in 1997, are presented by Picture World Magazine (Aka. Donyaye Tassvir in Persian) which makes it to be known ..., an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and three Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards. Early life Attaran was born in Mashhad on May 10, 1968. He has two older sisters and a younger brother and is the third child in the family. Attaran is originally from Kakhkand his mother died in an earthquake in Kakhk. Filmography Film Television Web Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Attaran, Raza 1968 births Living people Iranian comedians Iranian screenwriters Irania ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Accused Escaped
''The Accused Escaped'' (Persian: متهم گریخت, romanized: Motaham Gorikht) is an Iranian comedy-drama television series directed by Reza Attaran and written by Saeed Aghakhani, which aired on IRIB TV3 from 3 October to 4 November 2005 for 26 episodes. The series centers on Hashem, who migrates to Tehran with his family because of his heart problem, his wife's insistence, and the hope of a better job, but living in Tehran puts him and his family in a lot of trouble. In April 2021, after 15 years of the series airing, IRIB TV3 broadcast it again and it was one of the most-watched television series of the year, becoming one of the most popular television series of all time in Iran. Synopsis Hashem (Sirus Gorjestani) and his family live a simple life in a city not far away. Prior to his illness, he worked as an exhaust repairman in a rented shop, but doctors prevented him from doing heavy work due to his illness. For this reason, they decide to move to Tehran. Upon arriv ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Char Khooneh
''Char Khooneh'' or ''Charkhooneh'' ( fa, چارخونه, italic=yes, ''Tattersall'') is a 2007 Iranian television sitcom. It recounts life in the Jamali household and set in the four-unit apartment building they own. A total number of 108 episodes in Friday time 10:00 p.m. were aired. The Title The title is a pun: Char Khooneh means "plaid" as well as "four houses." In the first episode, Mrs. Shokouh Jamali and her daughter Parastoo live in one apartment, one apartment is for Mr. Mansour Jamali when he's in the doghouse with his wife, one apartment is for the Jamalis' daughter Rana and her husband Hamed, and one apartment is vacant. It is later revealed that the apartment Mr. Jamali stays in really belongs to his son Vahid who is at university abroad in Germany. Later the vacant apartment is occupied by Farzad Paknejad and his father Farokh. Plot Mansour works at an Egg and Hen Company where he is gunning for a promotion to manager. When he finally gets it, he runs into som ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soroush Sehhat
Soroush Sehhat ( fa, سروش صحت, born in Isfahan) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed number of Iranian TV series such as '' Char Khooneh'' and ''Iranian Dinner''. Selected filmography Acting * '' Cold Fever (TV series)'', 2004 * ''Ekbatan'', 2012 *''Bending the Rules'', 2013 *''Toward Freedom'', 2014 * '' Once Upon a Time in Iran'', 2021 Directing * '' Char Khooneh'', 2007 * '' Sakhtemane Pezeshkan'', 2011 * '' Pejman'',2013 * ''Bachelors'', 2016 - 2018 * '' Dance with Me,'' 2019 Writer * ''Under the City's Skin (TV series)'', 2001 * ''Without Description Without Description ( fa, بدون شرح) is an Iranian Comedy series. The series is directed by Mehdi Mazloumi. The series was rebroadcast in 2019 on the iFilm TV channel Storyline ''Without Description'' is the story of the office of a wee ...'' TV series, 2002 References External links * Living people 1965 births Islamic Azad University alumni Iranian male television ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iranian Television Actresses
Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian diaspora, Iranian people living outside Iran * Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia * Iranian foods, list of Iranian foods and dishes * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) * List of Iranians This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. * Hassan Rouhani, former president o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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