Mohamad Ali Fardin
Mohammad Ali Fardin (Persian: محمدعلی فردین, 4 February 1931 – 6 April 2000) was an Prominent Iranian actor, film director and freestyle wrestler. Fardin was born and raised in a poor area in southern Tehran. He was the eldest of three children.[1] After graduating from high school, Fardin joined the Air Force and became a freestyle wrestler in his twenties; he won a silver medal at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships and placed fourth in 1957. He was a popular lead actor in Iranian cinema, and was known by the title, King of Hearts, after his lead role in an Iranian film of the same title (Soltane Ghalbha). He rose to fame in the 1960s. For the average Iranian, he was a heroic figure who served as an alternative to non Iranian movie stars. He was stereotypically cast as the poor tough guy with the heart of gold who got the girl at the end. His films include, Behesht Door Nist, Ghazal, and Ganje Qarun. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he starred in only two more films, Bar Faraz -e- Asemanha and Barzakhiha. He also acted in the Indo Iranian Bollywood film Subah O Sham (1972) starring alongside Waheeda Rehman, Sanjeev Kapoor, Simin Ghaffari and Azar. The film was directed by Tapi Chanakya. His voice in the film was dubbed by Satyen Kappu. Fardin died as a result of cardiac arrest on 6 April 2000 at the age of 69. The news of his death was largely ignored by state radio and television, which was run according to the dictates of the Islamic establishment, who had disapproved of his acting career and had banned his films post the 1979 revolution. He was buried in the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery in Tehran. More than 20,000 mourners attended his funeral in Tehran.
Baba Shamal
as Baba ShamalBaba Shamal and Looti Heydar, two community leaders of adjacent neighbourhoods make a pact of...
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The Imperilled
as Seyyed YaqubDuring Iranian revolution some prisoners manage to escape the prison. In a border village they...
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Invincible
as AkbarBecause of a of a medical negligence Akbar’s father has passed away. He prepares everything for...
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King of Hearts
as SaeedA little girl with a blind mother accidentally becomes friends with a rich and famous singer who...
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Filmfarsi
as (archive footage)A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed...
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Amir Arsalan-e Namdar
as Amir ArsalanRoum was conquered by European invaders, and its pregnant Banu (lady) forced to flee for her...
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Ghazal
as HojjatTwo brothers Hojjat and Zein-Ala'bedin are the guards of the jungle and live alone by...
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Alley of Valiants
as uncreditedAli and Hassan are two intimate friends but when a woman Aghdas is intervening in between...
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The Rotation of the Firmament
as Mamal FeshfeshehMamal Feshfesheh is a pickpocket who is in love with a rich girl named Parvin. Parvin decides to...
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The Bitter Land
as JamalIn a barren land, a family lives. The three older brothers of the family decide to take over the...
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Homaye Sa'adat
as AramAram falls in love with a beautiful dancer Shirin. Due to her dubious profession, Aram and his...
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The Golden Palace
as uncreditedA rich and arrogant man becomes aware that his two sons are married to two girls from poor...
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And Now... Make Your Peace with God
as Stanley MaserickTwo men are on their way to Denver City to settle a personal score. One is looking for the...
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Qarun's Treasure
as Ali bighamQarun, a rich man who has decided to suicide is saved by two penniless people, Ali Bigham and...
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Sekke-ye shans
as uncreditedTwo brothers fall in love with the same girl. Nevertheless, the girl likes the older brother. A...
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Sahel-e Entezar
as AhmadGhasem Khan thought he owned part of the sea and got into a clash with some fishermen over...
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Storm Over Petra
as uncreditedThe bandit band led by Luichi Pam Pek, who is the number two guerrillas of the group, captures a...
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The Chivalrous
as Amir PalangTwo friends named Amir Palang and Ahmad Nane Baba Jegaraki are interested in Asieh ; But Asieh...
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Valley of Death
as Detective / Sepehr SamanThe Iranian police sends a detective to Beirut cooperating the international police to identify...
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Mard-e hezar labkhand
as Hassan KababiHassan Kababi and his friend "Esmall" do not compete in gambling ...
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The Roar of the Storm
as uncreditedA young fisherman lives a quiet life with his wife until a group of cameramen go to his village.
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Jahan Pahlavan
as uncreditedFaramarz, the son of the Servant Divan family, marries a girl from the village of Mary, who owns...
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Ayyoob
as AyyoobAyyoob marries a girl who has lost her memory in a car accident with him. The question of girl's...
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A Man from the South of the City
as HabibEhtsham plans to take back the place he rented as a cabaret from Atash, and for this purpose, he...
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Salam bar Eshgh
as Habib Khalkoub / IrajHabib Khalkoub is released from prison and marries Zari, who is a singer; Amir Khan, who is the...
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The Champion of Champions
as uncreditedYoung driver and her sister who sings in Cabaret are trying to earn money and treat their brother.
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Hell + Me
as FereydounIn a bus travelling to Mashhad few people and a prisoner are together. But when the prisoner...
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Mr. Twentieth Century
as Dash HabibDash Habib who lives with his sick mother alone is a thief who helps the poor all the time. One...
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The Mountain Tiger
as MajidManouchehr Khan and his fiancée injure an old woman in a village in a car, and when she escapes,...
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Up in the Sky
as Ramin / ShahinA young pilots is in love with a young girl and plans to marry her, but he has an accident...
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The Midnight Terror
as AmirAmir who needs money to marry with his fiance Maryam begins to do illegal working in a gang of a...
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The Humans
as AmirThree poor men encounter a blind girl, and because the girl doesn't have any acquaintance they...
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White Gold
as uncreditedEtemad owns a cabaret in which they smuggle drugs too. Husband of Fariba the singer of the...
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The Big Appointment
as AmirAmir and Reza Sooti in their youth promise to meet each other 20 years later on a special day...
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Furious Men
as NasirAyaz who has a feud with Nasir's family makes a plan and manages to get their father arrested....
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Tomorrow Is Bright
as 2When a woman finds out that her husband has been influenced by a cabaret singer, she changes her...
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Women Are Angels
as uncreditedAs a result of a misunderstanding, a man gets suspicious of his wife for cheating on him and...
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The Golden Village
as uncreditedA fortuneteller is under the support and respect of the people of his village. He is practically...
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Tehran, an Unfinished History
as uncreditedTehran's untold sociopolitical history through rare, unseen film archives spanning over a century.
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