''Mozaffar's Garden'' ( fa, باغ مظفر) is a 2006

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television series. It was directed by

Mehran Modiri Mehran Modiri ( fa, مهران مدیری; born 7 April 1967) is an Iranian director, producer, actor, and singer. He is considered to be the leading artist in social satire in Iran. His various series, which have been broadcast through IRIB hav ...

, who also narrates and stars as the title character. It ran from 1 September to 15 October 2006, with reruns continuing through 2007.

Plot

Siamak Ansari Siamak Ansari ( fa, سیامک انصاری; born 3 August 1968) is an Iranian actor and director mostly known for his appearances in sitcom comedy series. He has many feature films in his career and has worked with major Iranian film directors. ...

stars as Kamran, a strange young man who works at a transportation company run by Mr. Bordbaar, a fat man who is easily amused by everything. Mr. Bordbaar and his son are careless people, and Kamran is the only person who does any work at the company. Kamran is shy, hard-working, and a stranger to the Bordbaar family. Kamran is also in love with Nazi, Mr. Bordbaar's daughter, who still has feelings for her old fiancé. Kamran is too shy to show his feelings for Nazi. Kamran's father, "Mozaffar Khan Zargande," is a Khan who lives his life like old Tehran Khans. Kamran has a sister, Forough Khanoom. She is snobby, spoiled, and does whatever she likes to do. She is a widow, and her past husbands have been killed by strange accidents that have something to do with how mean she is. The family has a servant named Heif-e-nan, which means "worthless". He craves abuse from his masters. They also have a sloppy, worthless lawyer named Jamshid, who is trying to get the family to sell the garden. According to Jamshid, Tehran is going to have a highway that runs through the garden and they should sell it before the price drops drastically. The Zargande family live in a huge garden which is shared by Mozaffar Khan's Cousin, Mansour Khan. Mansour Khan, suffers from short term memory-loss, hates his cousin, and is old with no family of his own. As the story progresses, Kamran pursues his love while juggling his odd family responsibilities. Mozaffar's Garden on Archive News
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Cast

Garden residents

as Mozaffar Khan and the narrator *

as Kamran * Mohammad-Reza Hedayati as Mansoor Khan * Sahar Jafari Jozani as Forough Khanoom * Nasrollah Radesh as Heif-e-nan * Ali Lakpourian as Jamshid * Reza Shafiei Jam as Gholmorad

The Bordbaars

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as Mr. Mehrdad Bordbaar * Elika Abdolrazaghi as Mrs. Mahnaz Bordbaar * Shaghayegh Dehghan as Nazi Bordbaar

Recurring

* Behnoosh Bakhtiari as Sheida and Ashraf *

Hadi Kazemi Hadi Kazemi ( fa, هادی کاظمی; b. 1976) is an Iranian actor, narrator, sculptor, painter and photographer. He is known for his roles as '' Nezam Du Barareh'' in comedy series '' Barareh Nights'', and ''Baba Shah'' in '' Bitter Coffee'', ...

as Nima *

Saeid Pirdoost Saeid Pirdoost (Persian: سعید پیردوست) is born January 6, 1941 Tehran, Iran. He is an Iranian actor. Filmography *Gavazn-ha '' (The Deer) '' *Snake Fang *Dast-haye Aloode *Delbar-e Ahani *Karagah Alavi ''(Detective Alavi)'' *Dokhtar-e ...

as Kambiz * Saed Hedayati as Parviz

References

External links

* {{Mehran Modiri Iranian television series 2000s Iranian television series 2006 Iranian television series debuts 2007 Iranian television series endings Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting original programming Persian-language television shows