Khosrow Shakibai (; March 27, 1944 – July 18, 2008) was an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including three

Crystal Simorgh The Crystal Simorgh () is an award given by Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's major annual film festival. It is awarded in several categories of International Competition as well as Iranian Cinema Competition. The award's name comes from ...

, a Hafez Award, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

Career

He ranks amongst the most accomplished actors of his generation. Khosrow Shakibai was born to Colonel Ahmad Shakibāi and Ms Farideh Khātami. His father, who was an army

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, died from

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when Khosrow (called ''Mahmoud'' by family and close friends) was only fourteen. Khosrow studied acting at Faculty of Fine Arts of

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. He began his stage career in 1963 and branched out his activities into film dubbing in 1968. Shakibā'í initiated his film acting in 1982 with ''Khatt-e Ghermez'' (The Red Line), directed by

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. He had played in seven

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when the film director

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offered him the title role of '' Hamoun'', a film that over time has achieved a cult status. Shakibai's performance in ''Hamoun'' marked a turning point in his career. He received a

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for his portrayal of ''Hamoun'', a literary intellectual who gradually loses his touch with reality and becomes entrapped into an obsessive and destructive conflict with his estranged wife whom he deeply loves. Shakibai played also in some major television series. He won a Crystal Phoenix for ''Kimiā'' (The Philosopher's Stone) (1994) directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish. Shakibai found also a considerable following for his voice, brought about through publication of the recordings of his readings of poems by contributors to modern Persian poetry including

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and

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. Shakibai is credited for helping to raise the stature of performing arts in Iran by the end of the 1980s, when the authorities in charge tended to neglect this area of cultural activities. He married twice. From his first marriage with the actress Tānyā Joharí he has one daughter named Poupak, and from his second marriage with Parvin Koush'yār one son named Pouria.

Death

Khosrow Shakibai died at 6 am on July 18, 2008, of

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in ''Pārsiān Hospital'' in Tehran. Earlier it had been reported that Shakibai's death had been a consequence of his heart failure. It has further been reported that on October 5, 2007, Khosrow Shakibai had been admitted to a hospital for suffering from

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, however on his explicit request the press had withheld this information from public. On Sunday, July 20, 2008, the body of Khosrow Shakibai was laid to rest in The Artists Section of

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Cemetery in Tehran. His funeral procession began at 9 am from

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(''Tālār-e Vahdat''),

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Street, in Tehran and Shahab Moradi was the speaker of his memorial ceremony.

Filmography

Film

Television

* ''Roozi Roozegari'' (Once Upon A Time), directed by Amrollah Ahmadjoo, 1989 (1368 AH) ▪ Role: Moraad Beig * ''Modarres'' (The Teacher), ???, ??? ▪ Role: Modarres * ''Khaneh-ye Sabz'' (The Green House), directed by Bijan Birang and Masoud Resām, 1996 (1375 AH) ▪ Role: Reza Sabaahi * ''Kaktus'' (

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), directed by Mohammd-Reza Honarmand, 1998 (1377 AH) * '' Tofange Sar-por'' ( The Gun Loaded), directed by Amrollah Ahmadjoo, 2002/2003 (1381/1382 AH) ▪ Role: Agha-seyed * ''Dar Kenar-e Ham'' (Being Together), directed by Fat'h-Ali Oveisi, 2002 (1381 AH) ▪ Role: Mr. Rokn Abadi * ''Sarzamin-e Sabz'' (The Green land), directed by Bijan Birang and Masoud Resām, 1997 (1376 AH) ▪ Role: Reza Sabaahi * ''Miras'' (Inheritance), directed by Mohammad-Hossein Zeyn'ali, 2007 (1386 AH) ▪ Role: Reza * ''Sheikh Bahai'' (see Sheykh Bahaee, aka Baha' al-Din al-'Amili), directed by Shahrām Asadi, 2008 (1387 AH) ▪ Role: Sheykh Bahaee's father

Discography

Spoken word albums

* ''Nāmeh-hā'' (The Letters), poems by '' Sayyed-Ali Sālehi'' * ''Sedaye paye ab '' ( The sound of the water's foodsteps ), poems by

* ''Neshāni-hā'' (The Addresses), poems by ''Sayyed-Ali Sālehi'' * ''Mehrabāni'' (Kindness), poems by ''Mohammad Reza Abdolmalekian'' * ''Hajm-e Sabz'' (The Green Volume), poems by

* ''Pari Khāni'' (Reading the AngelsA reference perhaps to "My Little Angle", ''Pari-ye Kuchak-e Man'', in Farrokhzad's celebrated poem "Another Birth", ''Tavallodi Digar''.), poems by

* ''Albom-e Sohrāb'' (Shohrab's Album), poems by Sohrab Sepehri

Awards and nominations

Awards

* Crystal Simorgh at the 8th Fajr International Film Festival, 1989 (1368 AH), for his main role in '' Hamoun'' * Crystal Simorgh at the 13th Fajr International Film Festival, 1993 (1373 AH), for his main role in ''Kimiā'' (The Philosopher's Stone) * Golden Tablet by the ''Iran Actor'' Site, 2003 (1382 AH), the 3rd Series, for '' Kāghaz-e bi Khatt'' (Unruled Paper) * Crystal Simorgh at the 23rd Fajr International Film Festival, 2004 (1383 AH), for his supporting role in ''Sālād-e Fasl'' (The Garden Salad) * Certificate of Honour at the 25th Fajr International Film Festival, 2006 (1385 AH), for his main role in ''Otobus-e Shab'' (

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) * Second best Actor in the category of men, for '' Kāghaz-e bi Khatt'' (Unruled Paper), during the 17th sequence, 2002 (1381 AH), by Writers and Critics

Nominations

* Crystal Simorgh at the 11th Fajr International Film Festival, 1992 (1371 AH), for his main role in ''Yek'bār Barāy-e Hamisheh'' (Once and for Ever) * Crystal Simorgh at the 15th Fajr International Film Festival, 1996 (1375 AH), for his main role in ''Sāyeh be Sāyeh'' (In Close Pursuit) * Crystal Simorgh at the 20th Fajr International Film Festival, 2001 (1380 AH), for his main role in '' Kāghaz-e bi Khatt'' (Unruled Paper) * Golden Tablet by the ''Iran Actor'' Site, 2005 (1384 AH), the 6th Series, for ''Sālād-e Fasl'' (The Garden Salad) * Golden Tablet by the ''Iran Actor'' Site, 2005 (1384 AH), the 6th Series, for ''Hokm'' (The Verdict) * Golden Image (''Tandis-e Zarrin''), 2006 (1385 AH), for the best main role in the category of men in the feature film ''Che Kasi Amir rā Kosht?'' (Who Killed Amir?)

References

* ''Kosrow Shakibā'i'', in Persian, a concise artistic biography of Kosrow Shakibā'i
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* Parviz Jāhed, ''Bāzi tamām shodeh ast'' (The Play is Over), in Persian, Radio Zamāneh, July 19, 2008

* ''The body of Kosrow Shakibā'i is laid to rest'' (''Paykar-e Kosrow Shakibā'i Tash'ee Shod''), in Persian, Jām-e Jam, July 20, 2008

* ''Kosrow Shakibā'i from Vahdat Hall to the Eternal House'' (''Kosrow Shakibā'i az Tālār-e Vahdat tā Khāneh-ye Abadi''), in Persian, Jām-e Jam, July 20, 2008

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External links

*
Khosrow Shakibai
On :fa:سوره‌سینما, SourehCinema (in Persian) * ''Kosrow Shakibā'i Died'', in Persian, Āftāb, July 18, 2008

* ''Kosrow Shakibā'i Died'', in Persian, Radio Zamaneh, July 18, 2008

* ''Kosrow Shakibā'i Died'', in Persian, BBC Persian, July 18, 2008

* Reminiscences of some prominent film directors of artists, in Persian, ISNA, July 18, 2008

* A gallery of twenty-two photographs of Kosrow Shakibā'i:
''Fars News Agency''
* Two short excerpts, consisting of monologues of Kosrow Shakibā'i, of the motion picture Who Killed Amir? (''Che Kasi Amir rā Kosht?'') (2006) directed by Mehdi Karampour, YouTube: (2 min 46 sec), (6 min 22 sec). * Kosrow Shakibā'i reads Forough Farrokhzad's ''Negāh Kon'' (Look On!), YouTube: (the initial 3 min 40 sec). * Shahāb Mirzāi, ''Hamid Hamoun Has Died'', in Persian, Jadid Online, 2008

''Akbar'' talking in ''Who Killed Amir?'', Jadid Online, 2008

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