''The Heroes'' (
Persian
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: پهلوانان,
romanized
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: ''Pahlevānān'', meaning ''The Champions'')) is a title give to a moral hero that is also an athlete. A good supporter for weak and poor people against cruel people. ''Pahlevanan'' is plural of Pahlevan. is an
Iran
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ian animated television series written and directed by Siavash Zarrinabadi and produced by Alireza Golpayegani from Harekat-e Kelidi Company and Saba Animation Center. This series is also dubbed in
Arabic
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and
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.
The first season aired in March 2008 on
IRIB TV2
IRIB TV2 ( fa, شبكه دو, ''Shabakeh-ye Do'', lit. Channel 2) is one of the 40 national television channels in Iran. It broadcasts to the Persian-speaking areas of the Middle East and is headquartered in Tehran.
The Islamic Republic of Iran ...
and the last season aired in April 2022 on
IRIB TV1
IRIB TV1 ( fa, شبکه یک, ''Shabakeh-e Yek'', lit. Channel 1) is one of the 40 national television channels in Iran.
IRIB TV1 was the first national television channel in Iran, and is now the oldest Iranian television channel having been es ...
. This series was rebroadcast many times by
IRIB Pooya & Nahal
IRIB Pooya & Nahal (شبکه کودک و نوجوان, ''Shibkâh-e Kudâk vâ Nuju'l'', in Persian), is an Iranian state-owned children's Television channel owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. History of the Channel
The channe ...
. The series focuses on fight of
Pourya-ye Vali's students against Eskandar Khan and admonishes of Pourya-ye Vali in 13th century.
Plot
Pahlavan
Pourya-ye Vali
Pahlavān Mahmoud, more commonly known as Pouryā-ye Vali (died 1322 CE), was a Persian pahlevani champion and poet.
The nickname Pouryā-ye Vali has been attributed to Pahlavān Mahmoud in Khwarazm. The location of his tomb is in Khoy of Ira ...
, a blacksmith and master of Pahlevan Haydar Khorasani's
Zoorkhaneh, with the ingenuity and cooperation of his students: Pahlavan Yavar, who is like Pouria in blacksmithing, Pahlavan Safi, who was formerly one of the ruling armies of
Balkh
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, has now engaged in
felt-making and Pahlavan Mofrad, who was
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*Ayyār, a person associated with a class of warriors in Iraq and Iran from the 9th to the 12th cen ...
, has now set up a barber shop in the city square, fights against the trickery of Eskandar Khan, the greedy and ambitious
Darughachi
''Darughachi'' (Mongol form) or ''Basqaq'' (Turkic form) were originally designated officials in the Mongol Empire that were in charge of taxes and administration in a certain province. The plural form of the Mongolian word is ''darugha''. They w ...
of the city. The lazy and stingy king of city is also present in the series. The story of this collection takes place in the city of
Khwarazm
Khwarazm (; Old Persian: ''Hwârazmiya''; fa, خوارزم, ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the ea ...
, one of the cities of
Greater Khorasan
Greater Khorāsān,Dabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 or Khorāsān ( pal, Xwarāsān; fa, خراسان ), is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plate ...
, in the 13th century. Each episode has a separate story that ends in the same episode.
Voice cast
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Ali Hemat Momivand as Eskandar
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Bijan Ali Mohammadi as Pourya-ye Vali(Season 1,2,3,4)
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Amir Mohammad Samsami as Yavar
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Zafar Geraei as Mofrad(Season 1,2,3,4)
*
Hamidreza Ashtianipour as Safi and Pourya-ye Vali(Season 5)
*
Shahrouz Malekarayi as Teymour(Season 1,2,3,4)
*
Touraj Nasr as Tooti and Toghrol
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Saeid Sheikh Zadeh as Mofrad(Season 5)
*
Shahrad Banki as Teymour(Season 5)
*
Mina Ghiaspour as Golrokh
*
Hossein Khodadad Beygi
*
Valiollah Momeni as Gholam(Season 1,2)
*
Siamak Atlasi
Ezzat Atlasifar ( fa, عزت اطلسیفر; 24 June 1936 – 26 September 2021), known professionally as Siamak Atlasi ( fa, سیامک اطلسی), was an Iranian actor and film director.
Biography
Atlasi started his artistic career in 19 ...
as Khajeh
*
Akbar Manani
*
Zhila Ashkan
*
Shayesteh Tajbakhsh
*
Hadi Jalili
*
Amir Manouchehri
*
Ali Asghar Rezaeinik
*
Naser Khishtandar
*
Maryam Nouri Derakhshan
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* Maryam, Iran, a villag ...
*
Mojtaba Fathollahi
*
Hasan Kakhi
Production
Alireza Golpayegani described the production of the first season as follows:
Siavash Zarrinabadi stated the reason for choosing to make the series 2D:
Episode list
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Reception
Awards
* The award for the best director of the series in the third
Jam-e-Jam Television Festival
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The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; fa, صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلام ...
(Siavash Zarrinabadi)
Notes
References
External links
*
''The Heroes''on Harekat-e Kelidi website
''The Heroes''on Saba Animation Center
''The Heroes''in Telewebion Plus
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Iranian animated television series
Persian-language television shows
2008 television series debuts
Television series set in the 13th century
Animation based on real people