Top 5 films at Iran box office out

Top five hits at Iranian box office from Saturday through Wednesday are unveiled, with Mehran Moridi’s ‘5 PM’ doing the best business at the ticket window.

Rounding out top five movies at the Iranian box office this week from July 26 through August 2 were Pouran Derakhshandeh’s ‘Under the Smokey Roof’ (1,672,040,000 rials), ‘Subdued' by Hamid Nematollah (3,170,490,000 rials) Saman Moghadam’s ‘Sperm Whale 2’ (3,490,450,000 rials), ‘Oxidan’ by Hamed Mohammadi (8,143,390,000 rials) and‘5 PM’ by Mehran Modiri (18,826,490,000 rials).

Running for 95 minutes, the social comedy ‘5 PM’ tells the story of a lawyer (played by Siamak Ansari) in Tehran from 7 am to 5 pm. He needs to go to the bank before 5 pm to avert a bad situation.

Modiri, 50, began his artistic career when he was a teenager acting in theater plays. Later he wrote scripts for and participating in various comedy skits aired by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) channels.

Modiri has appeared in several series such as 'Little Punches' (1992), 'Nowruz 72' (1993), 'The Cherry Orchard' (1993), 'Flight 57' (1993), 'Nowruz 76' (1997), 'Excuse Me, You Are?' (1999), '90 Nights' (2000), 'Parents' Problems' (2001), 'Dotted Line' (2004), 'The Grand Prize' (2005), 'Barareh Nights' (2005), 'Mozaffar’s Garden' (2006), 'Mozaffar's Treasure' (2006), 'The Man of a Thousand Faces' (2007), 'The Man of Two Thousand Faces' (2008), 'Bitter Coffee' (2009-2012), 'Heart of Ice 3' (2012), 'My Villa' (2012), 'I'm Just Kidding' (2013), 'In Hashieh' (2014), and 'Sneeze' (2015).

He has directed many of the mentioned series such as 'Flight 57', 'Happy Hour', 'Nowruz 76', 'Excuse Me, You Are?', 'Number 14', '90 Nights', 'Dotted Line', 'The Grand Prize', 'Barareh Nights', 'Mozaffar’s Garden', 'Mozaffar's Treasure', 'The Man of a Thousand Faces', 'The Man of Two Thousand Faces', 'Bitter Coffee', 'My Villa', 'I'm Just Kidding', 'In Hashieh', and 'Sneeze'.

He has also acted in some movies such as 'The Meeting' (Visit) (1994), 'Tokyo Non-stop' (2002), 'There's Always a Woman Involved' (There's Always a Woman in Between) (2007), 'Tambourine' (2007), 'Tehran 1500' (2011), and 'The Wooden Bridge' (2011).

Modiri released his first music album in 2000.

His appearance in 'There is Always a Woman Involved' won a Crystal Simorgh nom for Best Actor in a Supporting Role from Fajr International Film Festival in 2007.

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