Love-stricken (in

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:''دل‌شدگان'';) is a 1992

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historical drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The movie is mainly about some

classical musicians in Ghajar era and their struggle to release their first Record which takes them on a journey to France. The film uses many notable Iranian actors and actresses. Among them are: Amin Tarokh, Akbar Abdi,

Saeed Poursamimi Saeed Poursamimi (Persian: سعید پورصمیمی, born February 29, 1944) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including three Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor, making him the only actor to have three wins in that ...

Mohamad Ali Keshavarz Mohamad-Ali Keshavarz ( fa, محمدعلی کشاورز; April 15, 1930 – June 14, 2020) was an Iranian cinema and theater actor. Early life He was born on 15 April 1930 in Sichan (neighbourhood), Isfahan. He was the second child of the family ...

Jamshid Hashempour Jamshid Hashempour ( fa, جمشید هاشم‌پور; born March 23, 1944), birth name Jamshid Arya (), is an Iranian actor. Jamshid Hashempour has starred in action and thriller movies and has performed in more than 80 films. Filmography * ''Da ...

Hamid Jebelli Hamid Jebelli ( fa, حمید جبلی; born ) is an Iranian stage and film actor and director. He was born in Tehran, Iran. He has directed two films; Khab-e Sefid (White Dream) and Pesar-e Maryam (son of Mary). He is also the voice actor of Ira ...

Fathali Oveisi Fathali Oveisi ( fa, فتحعلی اویسی; 11 January 1946 – 5 October 2021) was an Iranian actor and director. Biography He is best known for '' Captain Khorshid'' (1987), ''Baanoo'' (1999), '' Hamoun'' (1990), ''Love-stricken'' (1992) an ...

, Shahla Riahi, Leili Rashidi,

Leila Hatami Leila Hatami ( fa, لیلا حاتمی; born October 1, 1972) is an Iranian actress. She has received numerous accolades, including a Silver Bear, two Crystal Simorghs, two Hafez Awards, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and three Iran's Film ...

, and Anna Borkowska. Love-stricken is in celebration and praise of

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. At the beginning of the film an

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is seen which says: "This film is dedicated to The Great Masters of Iranian Music in the millennium anniversary of

Barbad Barbad or Bārbad ( fa, باربد; various other names; ) was a Persian poet-musician, lutenist, music theorist and composer of Sasanian music who served as chief minstrel-poet under Shahanshah Khosrow II (). A '' barbat'' player, he is among ...

". The film music was composed by famous Iranian musicians such as Hussein Alizadeh as composer and

Mohammad Reza Shajarian Mohammad-Reza Shajarian ( fa, محمدرضا شجريان; , 23 September 1940 – 8 October 2020) was an Iranian singer and master (''Ostad'') of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitari ...

as singer. Love-stricken was 13th film of Ali Hatami after some both commercial and artistic successes of his previous films like:

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Sooteh-Delan Sooteh-Delan (meaning broken-hearted people) ( fa, سوته دلان) is a 1977 Iranian film directed and written by Ali Hatami, produced by Ali Abbasi and starring Behrouz Vosoughi. The film is the story of an old family in Tehran, in which Jams ...

, Sattar Khan,

Hajji Washington ''Hajji Washington'' ( fa, حاجی واشنگتن, italic=yes) is an Iranian comedy/drama film directed by Ali Hatami. The film is a fictionalized account of Iran's first ambassador to the United States, Hajji Washington. Filmed in Italy (filli ...

and

Kamalolmolk Mohammad Ghaffari ( fa, محمد غفاری), better known as Kamal-ol-Molk (), was an Iranian painter and part of the Ghaffari family in Kashan. Biography Mohammad Ghaffari, better known as Kamal-ol-Molk, born in Kashan in 1848, to a family w ...

Title

According to

Dehkhoda Allameh Ali Akbar Dehkhodā ( fa, علی‌اکبر دهخدا; 1879–March 9, 1956) was a prominent Iranian linguist and lexicographer. He was the author of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, the most extensive dictionary of the Persian language pu ...

dictionary, the word "Del Shodegan" is the

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form of "Delshodeh". In

it means "the lovelorn" or "worried" people. "love-stricken" or "love-struck" is another translation.

Plot

His imperial majesty

Ahmad Shah Qajar Ahmad Shah Qajar ( fa, احمد شاه قاجار; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was Shah of Persia (Iran) from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty. Ahmad Shah was born in Tabriz on 21 Januar ...

asks a group of Iranian musicians, unaffiliated with the royal court, to record a sample of

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on newly invented gramophone at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

. A group of best musicians gather under the direction of

Maestro Maestro (; from the Italian '' maestro'' , meaning "master" or "teacher") is an honorific title of respect (plural: maestros or maestri). The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera, in line with the ubiqu ...

Delnavaz. A singer named Taher (Amin Tarokh) also accompanies them to the journey to Paris. They can record several

gramophone disc A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), or simply a record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near ...

s after a lot of troubles. Taher who has fallen in love with a blind Turkish princess dies of an illness. As the others decide to come back to

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, one of them says he wants to stay in Europe and learn "scientific music". Other members return to Iran with broken hearts, their friend's corpse and some recorded gramophone discs of Iranian treasure.

Cast

*Faramarz Sadighi as Maestro Delnavaz * Amin Tarokh as Taher Khan Bahr-eh Nour * Akbar Abdi as Agha Faraj Boulsik * Jamshid Hashempur as Iran's Ambassador to France * Shahla Riahi as Delnavaz's Wife *

as Naser-Khan Deylaman *

as Mirza Mahmoud * Hamid Jebeli as Khosro Khan Rahabi *

as Leila * Leili Rashidi as Agha Faraj's Wife * Anna Borkowska as Madam *Saeed Amir Soleymani as Nayeb Al-saltaneh *Jalal Moghadam as Eesa-khan-e Vazir *Rogheyeh Chehreh-Azad as Dayeh *Turan Mehrzad as Naser Khan's Wife *

Mehri Vadadian Mehri Vadadian (–) was an Iranian actress, known for her roles in numerous films and TV dramas. Among her films such as ''Shazdeh Ehtejab'' (dir. Bahman Farmanara), ''Downpour'' (dir. Bahram Beizai), ''The Morning of the Fourth Day'' (dir. Kam ...

as Faraj's Mother *Soroor Nejatollahi as Khosor Khan's Wife *Hooshang Beheshti as Haj Agha Monfared Nabatriz *Ali Asghar Garmsiri as Ostad Yousef *Babak Eskandari as Ahmad Shah *Elmira Abdi as Agha Faraj Daughter *Foad Chavmeh as Taher's Childhood *Rashid Aslani as Afandi

Production

Ali Hatami wrote about 4 hours of

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for Love-stricken. Although all of the script was shot, but they had to edit it to a normal 90 minutes film. the actual film was shot in 19 acts, but Hatami cut out about 10 acts of it in the editing room.

Music

Music of the film is composed by Hossein Alizadeh (

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Saeed Farajpouri Saeed Farajpouri, was born on February 20, 1961 in Sanadaj, Iran. He is a composer, performer and an instructor of a classical Iranian instrument called Kamancheh or Spike Fiddle. He started learning music at age 9 under Maestro Hassan Kamkar, a ...

(

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), Arshad Tahmasebi (tar) and

Dariush Zargari Dariush ( fa, داریوش; also spelled ''Darioush'', ''Daryoush'' or ''Daryoosh'') is a common Persian language, Persian male given name in Iran. Dariush is composed of ''dāraya-'' old+ ''vash-''

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meaning "holding firm the good". It ...

( santur).

is the lead singer of the score. Although at first Hatami wanted Hossein Dehlavi to cooperate with Alizadeh but Dehlavi thought it would be better if Alizadeh worked on the tracks alne. For the lyrics different poems of Hafiz, Fereydun Moshiri and Ali Hatami was used. ٰThe soundtrack is dedicated to The Great Masters of Iranian Music in the millennium anniversary of

Track listing

Other personnel

*Aziz Sa'ati – still photographer *

Morteza Momayez Morteza Momayez ( fa, مرتضی ممیز; August 26, 1936 – October 25, 2005) was an Iranian graphic designer. He was one of the founders of Iranian Graphic Design Society (IGDS) and held a membership to Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) ...

– title *Abdollah Eskandari – makeup artist *Ali Hatami – art direction *Ali Hatami – costume design *

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– assistant director *Noor Mohammad Najjari – assistant director *

Hassan Yektapanah Hassan Yektapanah (born 1963, in Tehran) is an Iranian (Persian) filmmaker and screenwriter. He started his career as an assistant director, first with Jafar Panahi on " The Mirror" (1997) and then on Abbas Kiarostami's film " Taste of Cherry" ( ...

– assistant director

Awards and nominations

Love-stricken was nominated in three categories in 1992 Fajr Film Festival as follows: *Best Sound Recorder *Best Sound Mix *Best Music It was also nominated in 2001

Three Continents Festival The Festival des 3 Continents is an annual film festival held since 1979 in Nantes, France, and is devoted to the cinemas of Asia, and Africa and Latin America. It was founded by Philippe and Alain Jalladeau.

References

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External links

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