iFilm TV to air biopic ‘Gharib’s World’

iFilm’s series ‘Gharib’s World’ has been scheduled to go on the TV’s antenna from Monday night.

Directed by Kianoush Ayyari, the first episode of the biopic will hit the air at 23:00 GMT on September 19, 2022.

‘Gharib’s World’ has a look at the life and times of Doctor Mohammad Gharib, from the time he was born to the very end of his life.

The doctor was a famous pediatrician who is known as founder of pediatric practice in Iran and established a specialized hospital to cure children.

Sick, on a hospital bed, Doctor Gharib takes us back to his childhood, youth and later years.

While doing so, he gives us an insight about Iran’s political and economic situation at the time.

Notable on the cast list are Reza Babak, Mehran Rajabi, Mehdi Hashemi, Maryam Kaviani, Shahab Kasraee, Farahnaz Manafi-Zaher, Bahareh Afshari, Reza Kianian, Elnaz Habibi, Saba Kamali, Amir-Hossein Seddiq, Maryam Soltani, and the late Hossein Panahi.

The new show, replacing ‘Amir Kabir’, will be screened on iFilm English channel for 37 nights.

Each episode will be repeated the next day at 05:00, 11:00 and 17:00.

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