Archive for the ‘Iranian Cinema’ Category
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Sara (1993)
Dariush Mehrjui is one of the most accomplished filmmakers of Iran, and earned international recognition in the 1970s with Gav / The Cow (1969) which heralded the Iranian New Wave. Mehrjui gained the reputation as a ‘women’s filmmaker’ in the 1990s with films such as Sara (1993), Pari (1995), Leila (1997) and Bemani (2002), ...
Two Women (1998)
Two Women tells the story of two school friends, intelligent and beautiful Fereshteh from a modest background and the more privileged Roya. (Their names, respectively, mean ‘angel’ and ‘dream’ in Farsi.) Fereshteh’s student life in Tehran becomes a nightmare when a demented stalker carrying a knife and a vial of acid begins to harass ...
Random Profiles
Ghulam Haider : Ghulam Haider
Music composer born in Hyderabad (Sind, Pakistan). Studied dentistry. Leading composer
Saloni : Saloni
When one recount Saloni’s name a couple of times, one is instantly
Amjad Bobby : Amjad Bobby
The life of a film musician is like that of the
Sudha Malhotra : Sudha Malhotra
Sudha Malhotra was born in New Delhi in 1936, and she
Random Reviews
Mughal-e-Azam (1960):
Mughal-e Azam tells the story of the Great Mughal, Akbar (r. 1556-1605). The...
Zehr-e-Ishq (1958):
Zehr-e-Ishq is a bold experiment in finding new and better values for the Pa...
Madhumati (1958):
Madhumati was the biggest hit of director Bimal Roy. His hallmark neor...
Jago Hua Savera (1959):
A.J. Kardar's featurised documentary Jago Hua Savera (released abroad titled...