Shahrzad (TV Series 2015-)
| Shahrzad | |
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| Genre |
Drama Romance Action Mystery |
| Written by |
Hassan Fathi Naghmeh Samini |
| Directed by | Hassan Fathi |
| Starring |
Ali Nasirian Taraneh Alidoosti Shahab Hosseini Mostafa Zamani Parinaz Izadyar Mehdi Soltani Mahmoud Pak Niat Abolfazl Poorarab Jamshid Hashempour |
| Theme music composer | Fardin Khalatbari Amir Tavassoli |
| Country of origin |
 Iran
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| Original language(s) | Persian |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Mohammad Emami Hadi Razavi |
| Location(s) | Tehran |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Fatemi Group Asiatech Moshaveranibs |
| Distributor | EM Film (Universal) Film Net (Iran) Tasvir Gostar Pasargad (Iran) XVIII Entertainment (USA) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Video Rental Services |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 12 October 2015 – 9 May 2016 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Shahrzad (Persian: شهرزاد shahrzād) is an Iranian romantic and historical series. The series is written by Hassan Fathi and Naghmeh Samini and directed by Hassan Fathi The storyline is set around and after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état. The Shahrzad series is licensed by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran and available online and in CDs around the country. It aired on cable network Film Net on Mondays at 22:00 (IST) for 28 episodes from October 2015 to May 9, 2016. Due to its international popularity, it has been dubbed and aired in Urdu, Arabic, French and Spanish. Shahrzad is preferable series a romantic drama in the political climate.
The bureaucrat, Bozorg Agha is the head of a very powerful mafia syndicate who had a strong role in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état against Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh legal governmental administration on 18 August 1953. The son and daughter of two of Bozorg Agha henchmen, Shahrzad and Farhad, are about to get married. During the coup chaos, Farhad gets arrested and sentenced to death. Bozorg Agha uses the influence he has amongst the coup heads to set Farhad free on the condition that Shahrzad agrees to break her engagement to him and marry the nephew of Bozorg Agha, Ghobad. Ghobad is already married to the sterile daughter of Bozorg Agha, Shirin, who does not take kindly to her husband's growing love for his second wife. The conflict created by these circumstances as well as the political activities of Farhad set the background for the story. The series follows the troubled lives of the people under the control of Bozorg Agha's rule as well as the ongoing rivalry between Bozorg Agha and other corrupt political leaders of the time.
The cast of the 28-episode series includes over 200 artists. Considering the professional team behind the camera plus two years spent on pre-production and four months of shooting, it is the biggest project by the private sector for the home video network.
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