Shabhaye Barareh (English Only!)

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Description

Description

The show is set in the fictional village of Barareh in the 1940s in Iran, during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi, whose picture can be seen on the set. The village people have their own Persian dialect which humourously modifies the language. In addition to this, the Barareans also have certain customs and rituals which at times are comical, such as their method of eating chick peas -- by slapping individual peas from palm into mouth. The village of Barareh is believed by many be a microcosm of Iran itself. The town is split along the lines of Upper and Lower Barareh, which allegedly mimics the difference between the classes in modern day Iran. Events in the village, such as football ("darbid") matches, village council elections and marriage all also closely mirror today's Iran.

The show stars Mehran Modiri, as Shir Farhad, the son of Lower Barareh's khan, or leader. He lives with his sister, Saharnaz; mother, Shadoneh; and father, Salar Khan. The show begins when a journalist, Kiyanoush, from Tehran is arrested for writing an article criticizing the government, escapes capture, and then is promptly bitten by a snake. Shir Farhad finds him collapsed and brings him to the village of Barareh, nurtures him to health, and gradually introduces him to the town and the other characters in the show, such as the families of Upper and Lower Barareh's Khans, as well as the flamboyant village poet, Bagoori, and village doctor. Later in the series, new characters such as the village gendarme and Upper Barareh's Khan's son and daughter, Keivoon and Leiloon, join the cast.

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Related series

Shabhaye Barareh is the prequel to Mehran Modiri's 2002/03 serial, Pavarchin. Whilst not taking place in Barareh, Pavarchin introduced the oddities and strange behaviours of Barareans. The series also has many of the cast members from Modiri's earlier works such as Pavarchin, Noghtechin, and Jayezeye Bozorg.

Regular cast

Lower Barareh
Siamak Ansari - Kiyanoush Esteghrarzadeh (the journalist from Tehran, and subsequently the son-in-law of the Lower Barareh's khan)
Shaghayegh Dehghan - Saharnaz (the Lower Barareh Khan's daughter)
Falamak Jonaidi - Shadoneh Khanoum (the Lower Barareh Khan's wife)
Mehran Modiri - Shir Farhad (the Lower Barareh Khan's son)
Mohammad Shiri - Salar Khan (the Khan of Lower Barareh)

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Upper Barareh

Behnoush Bakhtiari - Leiloon (the Upper Barareh Khan's daughter)
Fatemeh Hashemi - Shakheh Shemshad Khanoum (the Upper Barareh Khan's wife)
Saed Hedayati - Jan Nesar (the Upper Barareh Khan's quasi-servant, whose sole purpose is to compliment and cajole him)
Hadi Kazemi - Nezam Du Barareh (the Upper Barareh Khan's nephew)
Saeid Pirdoost - Sardar Khan (the Khan of Upper Barareh)
Reza Shafie-Jam - Keivoon (the Upper Barareh Khan's son)

Not from the Village

Mohammad-Reza Hedayati - Yavar Toghrol (Barareh's gendarme)

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Recurring Supporting Cast

Shayan Ahadifar - Village jester
Asghar Heidari - Village doctor/barber/banker
Ali Kazemi - Bagoori, the village poet
Mokhtar Saegi - Gendarme's assistant

More Info :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493331/

http://www.tapesh.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1928&highlight=mehran+modiri

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TV comedy raises tough issues in Iran

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thanks red win jan

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thanks red win jan

Then you like shabhayeh barareh,isn't ?