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Saeed Kangarani
Saeed Kangarani ( fa, سعید کنگرانی; 5 August 1954 – 14 September 2018), was an Iranian actor. He was a young actor during the pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema and didn't appear on the screens after the Iranian revolution until 2006 with the film, ''Marriage, Iranian Style''. He died of heart attack on 14 September 2018. Filmography * 2006 '' Marriage Iranian Style'' as Uncle Saeed * 1981 ''Bloody Season'' * 1981 ''Gerdab'' * 1980 ''Parvaz dar ghafas'' as Sohrab * 1978 '' The Cycle'' as Ali * 1978 '' Dar Emtedad-e Shab'' as Babak * 1976 '' My Uncle Napoleon'' (television series) as Saeed * 1976 ''The Custodian'' as Davood * 1970 ''Reza Motorcyclist ''Reza Motorcyclist'' ''(Persian title: Reza Motori; fa, رضا موتوری; English title alternative: Reza, the Motorcyclist)'' is a 1970 Iranian drama film directed by Masoud Kimiai and starring Behrouz Vossoughi, Fariba Khatami, Mahmoud Tehr ...'' References External links * Iranian male film actors ...
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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 ...
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Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time ...
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Pre-revolutionary Iranian Cinema
Pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema ( fa, سینمای ایران قبل از انقلاب) contains films and cinematic events made in Iran before Iranian Revolution era. Hooshang Kavoosi, an Iranian film critic first used term '' Filmfarsi'' ( fa, فیلمفارسی) to point to Iranian popular films before revolution. History The 1960s was a significant decade for Iranian cinema, with 25 commercial films produced annually on average throughout the early ‘60s, increasing to 65 by the end of the decade. The majority of production focused on melodrama and thrillers. From 1937 till 1947 because of the world economic conditions and then the involvement in World War Two, the motion picture industry in Iran did not produce a single film, but the flow of foreign film to Iran did not stop. In 1947, Esmail Koushan, with the help of some of his colleagues, established Mitra Films (1997), the first real film company in Tehran. Through their persistence, local feature film production was bo ...
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Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the replacement of his government with an Islamic republic under the rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a leader of one of the factions in the revolt. The revolution was supported by various leftist and Islamist organizations. After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, Pahlavi had aligned with the United States and the Western Bloc to rule more firmly as an authoritarian monarch. He relied heavily on support from the United States to hold on to power which he held for a further 26 years. This led to the 1963 White Revolution and the arrest and exile of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1964. Amidst massive tensions between Khomeini and the Shah, demonstrations began in October 1977, developing into a campaig ...
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Marriage, Iranian Style
''Marriage, Iranian Style'' ( fa, ازدواج به سبک ایرانی, italic=yes) is a 2006 Iranian romantic comedy film directed by Hassan Fathi. Plot It tells the story of love and eventual marriage of an Iranian girl named Shirin ( Shila Khodadad) and an American engineer working in Iran named David (Daniel E Holmes Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength ...). The screenplay was written by Minoo Farshchi. References External linksMarriage, Iranian Style* 2006 films 2000s Persian-language films 2006 romantic comedy films Iranian romantic comedy films {{2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub ...
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Heart Attack
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may travel into the shoulder, arm, back, neck or jaw. Often it occurs in the center or left side of the chest and lasts for more than a few minutes. The discomfort may occasionally feel like heartburn. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, nausea, feeling faint, a cold sweat or feeling tired. About 30% of people have atypical symptoms. Women more often present without chest pain and instead have neck pain, arm pain or feel tired. Among those over 75 years old, about 5% have had an MI with little or no history of symptoms. An MI may cause heart failure, an irregular heartbeat, cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. Most MIs occur due to coronary artery disease. Risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, lack ...
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The Cycle (1975 Film)
''The Cycle'' ( fa, دایرهٔ مینا, ''Dayereh-ye Mina'', also Romanized as ''Dāyere-ye Minā'') is a 1975 Iranian drama film directed and written by Dariush Mehrjui. It is about a young man who is trying to get money to pay for his ailing father's medical treatments and gets sucked into life on the margins of society, exploiting other poor and marginalized people for their blood. The film stars Saeed Kangarani, Ezzatollah Entezami, Ali Nassirian and Forouzan. After years of being banned, the film was released in Iran on April 12, 1978. It was Iran's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, the first year that Iran participated in the award. Plot A young man named Ali living along with his family in the suburbs of Tehran, takes his diseased father, Esmail, to a large hospital, but is unable to pay for Esmail's reception and spends a few days outside until he meets Doctor Sameri. Esmail requests Sameri's help; and the latter arranges a locat ...
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Dar Emtedade Shab
''Dar Emtedade Shab'' ( fa, در امتداد شب; literally: ''Throughout the Night'') is a 1977 Iranian drama film directed by Parviz Sayyad. It stars Iranian singer Googoosh and actor Saeed Kangarani. Plot Parvaneh (Googoosh), who is a famous singer and movie star, has an affair with Kaveh (naser Mamdouh) who has a family, after she gets divorced. A student named Baabak (Saeed Kangarani), who suffers from leukaemia, falls in love with Parvaneh and writes her letters expressing his love. They meet and have a good time together for a while. Parvaneh hears about Baabak's disease and decides to send him abroad for medical treatment. Cast *Googoosh as Parvaneh *Saeed Kangarani Saeed Kangarani ( fa, سعید کنگرانی; 5 August 1954 – 14 September 2018), was an Iranian actor. He was a young actor during the pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema and didn't appear on the screens after the Iranian revolution until 20 ... as Baabak *Malihe Nazari as Baabak's mother *Naser Mamdu ...
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My Uncle Napoleon
''My Uncle Napoleon'' ( fa, دایی جان ناپلئون, italic=yes, ''Dâ'i jân Nâpel'on'', literal translation: ''Dear Uncle Napoleon'') is a coming of age novel by Iranian author Iraj Pezeshkzad published in Tehran in Persian in 1973. The novel was adapted as a TV series in 1976, directed by Nasser Taghvai. Though the book and the TV series were briefly banned following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran, it remained popular. It is noted for its lampooning of the common social attitudes and beliefs in Iran during the period of Allied occupation of Iran. The novel has been translated by Dick Davis into English. Plot summary The story takes place at the time of Iran's occupation by the Allied forces during the Second World War. Most of the plot occurs in the narrator's home, a huge early 20th-century-style Iranian mansion in which three wealthy families live under the tyranny of a paranoid patriarch, Uncle. The Uncle—who in reality is a retired low-level office ...
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Reza Motorcyclist
''Reza Motorcyclist'' ''(Persian title: Reza Motori; fa, رضا موتوری; English title alternative: Reza, the Motorcyclist)'' is a 1970 Iranian drama film directed by Masoud Kimiai and starring Behrouz Vossoughi, Fariba Khatami, Mahmoud Tehrani, Jalal Pishvaian, Parvin Malakouti and Bahman Mofid. This film references Hollywood themes with a "noble rogue" character, which was common in 1970s Iranian films. Cast * Behrouz Vossoughi - Reza Motorcyclist * Fariba Khatami - Farangis * Hamideh Kheirabadi - Farangis's mother * Parvin Malakouti - Reza's mother * Bahman Mofid Bahman Mofid ( fa, بهمن مفید; 27 July 1942 – 16 August 2020) was an Iranian actor. Biography Bahman Mofid was born in Garakan, a village near Arak, to father Gholam-Hossein Mofid a stage director and actor. His siblings included Bi ... - Abbas Ghorazeh References External links * 1970 films 1970 crime drama films 1970s Persian-language films Films directed by Masoud Kimiai I ...
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Iranian Male Film Actors
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