Iran film starts shooting

The shooting for Iranian movie ‘Blade and Cashmere’ has kicked off.

Directed by Kioumars Pourahmad, the film has started shooting stage.

Popular ifilm stars Houman Barghnavard, Pejman Bazeghi and Mehran Rajabi are the main cast of the film.

Pourahmad’s latest directing experience is planned to be ready for the 37th edition of Fajr Film Festival.

Born in 1949, Iranian director, playwright, producer and editor Kioumars Pourahmad entered film industry by writing the screenplay for a movie made by Mohsen Taqvaee which was produced for children.

His other memorable movies include ‘Shame’ (1991), ‘Winter Solstice’ (2001), ‘Ice Flower’ (2004) and ‘The Night Bus’ (2006).

His most popular series ‘The Stories of Majid’ (1991) was originally produced for young audience, but quickly became a national hit among all age groups. It was through this series that his mother, Parvindokht Yazdanian launched her acting career as the loveable grandmother “Bibi”.

Pourahmad has also directed other popular television series ‘Clue’ (1996) and ‘Open Parenthesis’ (2009-2010).

He won a Crystal Simorgh from the 14th Fajr Film Festival for directing ‘Strange Sisters’ (2005).

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