Iranian actor Mohsen Tanabandeh wins award in India

Iranian actor Mohsen Tanabandeh wins an award at the 2019 Diorama International Film Festival in India.

The Iranian star took home Best Actor award from the 19th edition of the Indian film event for his role in Iran-Afghanistan joint production ‘Rona, Azim’s Mother’ directed by Jamshid Mahmoudi.’

Besides being an actor, Tanabandeh has worked on developing screenplays for some films and TV series. Two of the series he has penned, ‘The Bounced Check’ and ‘A Message from the Afterlife’, have been aired by ifilm.

The 89-minute family drama ‘Rona, Azim’s Mother’ shows an Afghan family that has lived in Iran for around 15 years as refugees. Azim as the eldest son is considered to be the family’s head and he has all the responsibilities for his folk.

The movie depicts how Azim’s brother is about to illegally enter Germany leaving his mother who is recently diagnosed with diabetes behind. Once again the burden falls on Azim to take care of his ailing mother.

The film acutely presents distressing situation shared by many Afghans around the world today.

The flick enjoys a number of Afghan and Iranian cast members, including Mojtaba Pirzadeh, Fatemeh Hosseini, Fereshteh Hosseini, Fatemeh Mirzaee, Alireza Ostadi, and Saeed Changizian.

‘Rona, Azim’s Mother’ was selected as Afghan Cinema's Oscars entry in 2019.

The Diorama International Film Festival aims to “redefine Film Festivals by introducing meaningful film sections, real entertainment, business of cinema and education,” the official website for the festival writes.

The latest edition of the film festival was held on January 14-20, 2019, in the Indian capital city of New Delhi.

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