Great actor joins Iran new series

Great Iranian thespian Amin Tarokh joins new series project ‘Canopy’, local media reports.

Being one of the main stars, Tarokh started shooting for the series as of Monday.

Directed by Mahmoudi brothers, the filming stage of ‘Canopy’ started a month back in Iranian capital city of Tehran.

The series is about two friends who live in a run-down neighborhood, leveling their best not to lose faith in confrontation with destiny.

Besides Tarokh,  some other names on the series cast list include Azita Hajian, Roya Teymourian, Behzad Farahani and Ali Osivand.

With years of experience, Tarokh is one of the most successful and popular Iranian actors who has performed in numerous movies, series and plays.

He founded the Independent Acting Workshop, the first acting school, in Tehran in 1994.

In 1997, he won the Fajr International Film Festival Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for ‘The Moon and the Sun’ (1995) .

He has acted in movies such as ‘The Death of Yazdgerd’ (1982), ‘Little Bird of Happiness’ (1987), ‘Mother’ (1988), ‘The Devoted’ (1991), ‘Sheikh Mofid’ (1995), ‘Conspiracy’ (1995), ‘Seven Stones’ (1997), ‘Rules of the Game’ (1997), ‘Saghar’ (1997), ‘Barefoot in Heaven’ (2005), 'The 25th Hour' (2006), 'The Boss' (2006), 'Extreme Cold' (2009) and 'Red Garden' (2009).

The most popular series that Tarokh has appeared in are ‘Sarbedaran’ (1985), ‘The Green Journey’ (2000), ‘Coma’ (2007), ‘Injury’ (2010), 'Milky Way' (2014), and 'Look Back Sometimes' (2015).

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