A tribute to Dariush Mehrjui, Khosrow Shakibai and Bita Farrahi
The staged reading performance of "Hamoun" to produce
Iran Theater- The staged reading performance of "Hamoun" will be performed at one of the Tehran’s theater halls as a tribute to Dariush Mehrjui, Khosrow Shakibai and Bita Farrahi.
The play "Hamoun" is written by Moslem Aeini and directed by Nima Zaker will be go on stage very soon.
Hamoun is a 1989 psychological drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. The film tells the story of a middle-class Iranian — Hamid Hamoun, played by Khosrow Shakibai — and his struggle after his femme fatale wife, Mahshid, played by Bita Farrahi, demands a divorce from him. Hamoun has since gained a cult following in Iran. Due to its dream like sequences and the treatment, Hamoun has been described as having a Federico Fellini touch.In 1997, Hamoun was voted the best Iranian film ever made by a survey of Iranian film critics. The Cow by the same director had previously held that honor.
With the original idea of Nima Zaker under the guidance of the late Dariush Mehrjui , The play "Hamoun" was written several times by Muslim Aieni from 2013 to 2018 and was finally published in Nazerzadeh Kermani publishing house in 2019.
On 14 October 2023, Mehrjui and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, were found stabbed to death in their home in the city of Karaj, near Tehran. Bita Farrahi died of complications from heart and lung disease on 25 November 2023, at the age of 64.