Mohamad Ali Fardin
Acting
Biography
Mohammad Ali Fardin (Persian: محمدعلی فردین, 4 February 1931 – 6 April 2000) was an Prominent Iranian actor, film director and freestyle wrestler. Fardin was born and raised in a poor area in southern Tehran. He was the eldest of three children.[1] After graduating from high school, Fardin joined the Air Force and became a freestyle wrestler in his twenties; he won a silver medal at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships and placed fourth in 1957. He was a popular lead actor in Iranian cinema, and was known by the title, King of Hearts, after his lead role in an Iranian film of the same title (Soltane Ghalbha). He rose to fame in the 1960s. For the average Iranian, he was a heroic figure who served as an alternative to non Iranian movie stars. He was stereotypically cast as the poor tough guy with the heart of gold who got the girl at the end. His films include, Behesht Door Nist, Ghazal, and Ganje Qarun. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he starred in only two more films, Bar Faraz -e- Asemanha and Barzakhiha. He also acted in the Indo Iranian Bollywood film Subah O Sham (1972) starring alongside Waheeda Rehman, Sanjeev Kapoor, Simin Ghaffari and Azar. The film was directed by Tapi Chanakya. His voice in the film was dubbed by Satyen Kappu. Fardin died as a result of cardiac arrest on 6 April 2000 at the age of 69. The news of his death was largely ignored by state radio and television, which was run according to the dictates of the Islamic establishment, who had disapproved of his acting career and had banned his films post the 1979 revolution. He was buried in the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery in Tehran. More than 20,000 mourners attended his funeral in Tehran.
Known For
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Three-Eyed Ruby
During Iranian revolution some prisoners manage to escape the prison. In a border village they meet a man Yaqub who wants to convince them not to escape. They first mocking at him not ...
The Imperilled
A rich and arrogant man becomes aware that his two sons are married to two girls from poor families. He refuses that causing his two sons to leave him in his palace alone. But that cause ...
The Golden Palace
Amir who needs money to marry with his fiance Maryam begins to do illegal working in a gang of a guy Afshar. Afshar's wife falls in love with Amir but he doesn't care for her. One day Afshar sees them alone and becomes suspicious.
The Midnight Terror
Ali and Hassan are two intimate friends but when a woman Aghdas is intervening in between everything is change.
Alley of Valiants
Farhad and his friend Shirali are partners in a car exhibition. After treating his wife, they receive the news that she is pregnant, bringing a fresh vibrancy to their lives. However, during this time, a woman named Shahnaz, who was acquainted with Farhad in his youth, comes to Tehran and causes their lives to fall apart...
Take Care of Your Hat
A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed following the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Filmfarsi
Two brothers fall in love with the same girl. Nevertheless, the girl likes the older brother. A guy tries to set these two brothers apart and make the younger one addicted to gambling. He wins everything the father of the girl has in a bet and says that he will give back all of it if he agrees to make his daughter marry him. The father accepts. But the younger brother finds out that you can't buy love, and lets the older brother to have her.
Sekke-ye shans
Reza Bazaarcheh, who is involved in smuggling with his friend Ghafour, delivers a shipment to Salman. Reza is arrested by the gendarmes, and Ghafour demands the bag containing the smuggled money from Salman. Salman has given the bag to a woman, and Ghafour and Bashir retrieve the bag from her, with Bashir committing an act of disrespect towards the woman. Sahar tells her husband Islam that one of the assailants was Reza Bazaarcheh...
The Crookes
A young fisherman lives a quiet life with his wife until a group of cameramen go to his village.
The Roar of the Storm
1934. A barber is suffering from high prices and his difficult situation. He has eleven children, and his pregnant wife gives birth to twins. The man, who believes in the bad luck of the number thirteen, leaves one of the twins in the car of a young couple, unaware that his thirteenth child has remained with him. The young couple adopts the baby and takes it to Abadan.
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A World Full of Hope
Baba Shamal and Looti Heydar, two community leaders of adjacent neighbourhoods make a pact of fraternity. Baba Shamal's high attitude of Heydar however dramatically changes when he is told that Heydar has been enamoured with Shokat, the girl Baba Shamal has just wed,...
Baba Shamal
Habib Khalkoub is released from prison and marries Zari, who is a singer; Amir Khan, who is the manager of the cafe, fights with Habib to take back Zari; But he is shot by an unknown person. Habib is convicted and taken to the central prison by train. The train derails and Habib runs away. But in the newspapers is written that Habib was killed.
Salam bar Eshgh
Dash Habib who lives with his sick mother alone is a thief who helps the poor all the time. One night he saves a rich girl Setareh from some scoundrels. But this is only the beginning of the troubles and romance for Habib.
Mr. Twentieth Century
The bandit band led by Luichi Pam Pek, who is the number two guerrillas of the group, captures a mine owner's safekeeper ...
Storm Over Petra
When a woman finds out that her husband has been influenced by a cabaret singer, she changes her appearance and behavior and once again approaches her runaway wife and tries to lead her to family life. With the help of her staff, the cabaret singer takes the woman, and the husband, with the help of the police, catches them and begins a new life with his wife.
Tomorrow Is Bright
Because of a of a medical negligence Akbar’s father has passed away. He prepares everything for his little brother "Abbas" so that he can study hard in order to become a doctor.
Invincible
Two men are on their way to Denver City to settle a personal score. One is looking for the murderer of his father, the other for a former friend who stole his gold. They're joined by a third person, a mysterious pistolero.
And Now... Make Your Peace with God
A little girl with a blind mother accidentally becomes friends with a rich and famous singer who decides to help her.