New docudrama on Mirza Kuchak Khan underway

New docudrama on the Jungle Movement of Gilan and its leader, Mirza Koochak Khan Jangali, is under production.  

Directed by Ardalan Ashouri, the 7-episode miniseries named ‘Gileva’ is scheduled to be broadcast from IRIB Channel 3 after the holy month of Ramadan.

The filming location is set in Tehran and the northern Iranian towns of Siahkal and Kiashahr. 

ifilm director/ actor Behrouz Shoeibi has appeared as Mirza Khoochak Khan.

Other cast members include Hamidreza Pegah, Setareh Eskandari, Mehran Rajabi and Amir-Hossein Seddiq.

Mirza Koochack Khan is not a strange name to ifilmers as they watched a TV series with the same name by Behrouz Afkhami on ifilm small screen. The series chronicled the Jangali Movement during the 1980s.  

Tehran-based Owj Arts and Media Organization is the producer of ‘Gileva’, having a long history in producing revolutionary works in art and cinema.

The Jungle Movement of Gilan (1915-1920) took place in response to the period of political decay brought about by the advent of World War I and the occupation of Iran by Anglo-Russian and Ottoman troops.

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