Golshifteh Farahani: Best Iranian Actress in Hollywood

Original name: Rahavard Farahani
Field of activity: Cinema and theater
Birth: July 10, 1983
Parents: Behzad Farahani, Fahimeh Rahimonia
Nationality: Iran
Profession: Acting, playing and singing
Years of activity: 1997 until now
Spouse (s): Amin Mahdavi (2005-present)

Rahavard (Golshifteh) Farahani was born on July 10, 1983 in Tehran to an artist family. He has a sister (Shaghayegh Farahani, bachelor of painting, actor) and a brother (Azarakhsh, bachelor of music, cartoonist). The Farahani family also has a famous adopted child. Ardeshir Rostami is a cartoonist, illustrator, sculptor, architect, costume designer, poet and actor.
He recently played the role of a famous Azeri poet in the series Shahriyar. His father, Behzad Farahani, born in 1323, is originally from Farahani (Arak) and is one of the prominent actors in the country’s theater and cinema before and after the revolution. He spent his life on the radio. From the university. D.E.A Humanities is Strasbourg, France. He started his artistic activity in 1347 in the National Art Group and his cinematic activity in 1349 as an actor in the film “Rape”.

Marital status

By the time Golshifteh was born, the Farahani family had not long since returned to Iran. Behzad Farahani emigrated to France in 1953 due to the difficulties he saw in continuing his work in Iran and because of his political views, and returned to Iran after the revolution, but the space was not yet open for the left-wing political artist.
The family was in dire financial straits, and the father of the family tried to turn the wheel of the family life through various tasks, including traveling or translating. Golshifteh’s name was registered in “Rahavard” identity card, this is because Golshifteh’s name was not considered appropriate by the registry office at that time. She is called Goli at home and among friends, but she became known as Golshifteh in Iran. He spent his childhood in Yusufabad, where he began teaching music and piano at the age of five.

From interest in music to playing the role of a pear tree
He was a very active and naughty child, but he had a special interest in music. In 1968, when his father was able to re-enter the field of cinema-theater, he also acted in several puppet theaters with his father. He went to music conservatory at the age of 12. He was cast for the first time at the age of 14 to play the role of “Meem” in Dariush Mehrjoui’s “Pear Tree”.
The year before, his older sister Shaghayegh had starred in Dariush Mehrjoui’s “Leila”. Mohammad Reza Sharifinia played an effective role in playing these two young men, and as an assistant director, he introduced the actors to Mehrjui.

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Golshifteh won the Best Actress award in the international section of the 16th Fajr Film Festival (1976) for her role in the same film, The Pear Tree. An award that completely affected his fate.
As he said, he was given only one tape recorder as a salary. He then turned to music, although in 1979 he played a role in the film Seven Curtains directed by Farzad Motman. After graduating, he received a scholarship to the Vienna Conservatory and, as he puts it, decided to spend the rest of his life in the cinema while holding a Vienna ticket. In the meantime, he continued to study music and soon after entered the Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences and graduated in music. Golshfita Farahani is familiar with English and French.

Married to Amin Mohammad Mahdavi

In 1982, he met his future wife during the film Baba Aziz. Amin Mohammad Mahdavi, who was one of the actors in this film, was present as a translator along with other actors. This acquaintance sparked in the movie “Baba Aziz”, they got married a little later and in the same year, 1982. Amin Mohammad Mahdavi, born on December 6, 1981, is a translator of English into French and is fluent in Arabic and Spanish.

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Work record with a bright start

Pear Tree-1997 directed by Dariush Mehrjoui; Golshifteh Farahani, who plays the role of the main actress’ cousin in Flashback (actor’s youthful memories) in this film. He appeared so powerful in this role that he changed his future. The story of the film is as follows; Mahmoud is a writer who took refuge in his father’s garden in Damavand to write the rest of his new book.
But in the garden of the old pear tree, which is full of memories for Mahmoud, it does not bear fruit, and the gardeners ask him to participate in a ritual ceremony to scare the tree and bring it back to fruition, and Mahmoud accepts, and in the meantime he gradually He recounts his teenage memories, when he fell in love with his cousin and expressed his love for her, recited love poems to her, and performed various plays with her in the garden for hours, but one day the girl said goodbye. He comes because he intends to go to his father, who is abroad, and Mahmoud asks him to wait and accept the girl, but years later, when Mahmoud enters the political arena, he does not answer the girl’s letters and leaves. Tarikh later postpones it until he is imprisoned due to his political activities, and there, after seeing one of the girl’s relatives, he receives the news of her death.

A busy year

Golshifteh Farahani is starring in 6 films this year, three of which are among her best works. Wig Cut – 2006 directed by Jamshid Heidari is the story of a young girl named Maryam (Golshifteh Farahani) who rebels against her father’s unreasonable expectations and this is the beginning of a conflict that involves other family members in adventures.

New Mang – 2006 directed by Bahman Ghobadi about “Mamo”, an old and famous musician of Kurdistan, starts a trip with his children to perform a concert in post-Saddam Iraq. On this trip, Kaku accompanies the middle-aged man, who considers himself devoted to Mamu, as his driver. Mamo gathers her children who live in different areas. Golshifteh plays the role of New Mang, one of the old man’s children, in this film.

Filmography

• Pear tree – 1997
  -Seven curtains -1379
  -Time -1380
  -Two-angels -1381
• Elsewhere – 1381
  -Boutique, Baba Aziz and cold tears -2003
• Fish fall in love – 2004
• In the name of the father – 2005
  -Niveh Mang, wig cut, meme like mother, santouri, chariot of death and a ray of hope -2006
• A woman’s foot is always in the middle and the wall – 2007
  -About until -2008
• A handful of lies – 2008

Theater Studies
-Maryam and Mardavij -2003

• Black Narcissus – 2004

Awards
Winner of Crystal Simorgh Best Actor from the International Section of the 16th Fajr Film Festival

• The best actor of the 22nd Fajr Film Festival for his dazzling performances in two films – Boutique and Cold Tears selected by writers and critics
  Winner of the Golden Statue of the 8th Cinema House Festival to play in the movie Cold Tears

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Golshifteh’s explanations about the publication of her nude pictures in French magazines
Golshifteh Farahani, a former Iranian actress who has been living abroad for several years, has played an immoral role in several films and published nude pictures of herself in French magazines. In her latest interview with a television network, Justify your actions.
Farahani said in the interview that he never intended to shock or provoke the Iranians. “I hate politics,” he said. This is not my job. It’s always like that, you do something and suddenly it becomes political. I knew it was difficult. But I live in France now and I have to work here. After all, I am either here or I am not. This was a shock to me and my family and to the whole of Iranian society.

Good question! That is, there was a debate that would never have happened otherwise. I saw people insulting me, some responding to them, some defending me, and some insulting me again.
“There were a lot of conflicts between families.” He goes on to describe his family’s situation: “It was very bad. This was the first time they could not defend me. The fire was so extensive that it engulfed them. I have to be more careful. Because I know they are hostages! they take…

But after a while, because of my father’s background – who rose from the lower classes of society – their feelings changed. My father was afraid that I would lose the support of the people. Because people were very important to him. He fought for the people all his life and did everything for them tomorrow. But after a month or two, he realized that people respect me more and he was happy !!! . I am proud to be an Iranian. Especially Iranian women !!! “

Golshifteh Farahani and Kambiz Hosseini in the political program

Last month, he appeared on the political program (a video program performed by Kambiz Hosseini), in response to the question that if in a movie; There should be a scene where you have to portray marital relationships; Does the presence of this scene affect your choice to play in that role and in that movie; He replied: No, never! If the film has a story that should be told in this world and conveyed to the viewer, I will do it with a clear mind !!!

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Interview with Golshifteh Farahani
What was the name of the last movie you saw and with whom did you watch it?

• Only Lovers Stay Alive by Jim Jarmusch, watching such an emotional and passionate love story starring two great actors and a very clever filmmaker was exciting. It made me want to fall in love and be killed by charming vampires.

A movie that your parents did not allow you to watch? Or the movie behind you?

• Michael Jackson’s “Bad” music video. Because he was 3 or 4 years old

What kind of movies do you not like to watch?
Content love story. Ordinary romantic comedy with a hilarious structure and stereotypical dialogues. More clichéd intimate moments. Ah! It ‘s nauseating.

A movie or sequence that distracts you from chatting with your neighbor?

• We are not supposed to know our neighbors here in Paris. There is no such thing as talking to them or lending them eggs when you need them. But when I think about it… even when I’m with a friend… nothing comes to mind…

A dream that could be the beginning of a scenario?

• Almost all my dreams. My dreams are normally structured. They are full of different characters, events and structures. Because three times a week I die in my dreams. People want to kill me and I wake up upset to escape or I am sad to die!

Your favorite place in the cinema? A religion?
-In the middle (hall); Not too far from the curtain, sixth or seventh row. Depends on the size of the hall. See you soon.

Which movie character are you going to a remote island with?

• With Lawrence of Arabia or James Bond because it’s funny. I know the island first, then we get along.

A monster or a psychological movie that you feel close to?
Instinctual killers. They make me want to kill.

If your life is going to turn into a movie, who will play your role and which director?
Soko (singer and actor). I can not take my eyes off his eyes. It has an incredible depth. Behind the camera: Kasavits.

Which male and female actor would you like to be?
“Marlene Dietrich” I love all her roles. The roles she chose were a mixture of absolute femininity and power. And actor: Leonardo DiCaprio

Cinema is gone forever. A tombstone…
It is better for me to commit suicide as soon as possible and join him (cinema) in the grave.

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Source: Adapted from Wikipedia