''Roozegar-e Gharib'' ( fa, روزگار قریب, italic=yes, literally "Gharib's Story") is an Iranian

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about Dr.

Mohammad Gharib Mohammad Gharib ( fa, محمد قریب‎; 5 July 1909 – 20 January 1975) was an Iranian physician, clinician, distinguished university professor and a pioneer of pediatrics in Iran. Gharib is known as the father of pediatrics in Iran. ...

, the father of

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directed by

Kianoush Ayari Kianoush Ayari ( fa, کیانوش عیاری; born May 14, 1951) is an Iranian director and screenwriter. He is famous for his realistic style and unique stories like heart transplantation in his movie ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1998) or fate of a te ...

Story

Ayyari wrote the

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and the film reveals the story of Dr. Gharib's life from his childhood to the death. It also deals with

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during 1905–1975.

Properties

Filming began at the end of 2002 and ended in the fall of 2007. *Time: 36 episodes, each episode 60 minutes approximately.

First role performers

Five actors act in the role of Dr. Gharib from his childhood to the elderness. Parham Karami, Kaveh Ahangar, Shahab Kasraie, Naser Hashemi, and

Mehdi Hashemi Mehdi Hashemi (1944 – 28 September 1987) was an Iranian Shi'a cleric who was defrocked by the Special Clerical Court. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he became a senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards; he was executed by the Is ...

act in the first role of the Series.

Cast and crews

: Old Dr. Gharib * Naser Hashemi: Adult Dr. Gharib * Shahab Kasraei: Young Dr. Gharib *Kaveh Ahangar: Dr. Gharib at the age of 12 *Parham Karami: Dr. Gharib at the age of 7 * Mehran Rajabi: Dr. Gharib's father * Afarin Obeysi: Dr. Gharib's wife *

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: Lotf-Ali *

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Firoozabadi * Farahnaz Manafi Zaher: Dr. Gharib's Mother * Reza Babak:

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* Amir Hossein Seddigh: Seyyed Ahmad Tabib *

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: Seyyed Ahmad Tabib's wife *

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: Dr.Fotohi *

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:Uncle Dr. Gharib * Maryam Soltani: Afrashteh (Mother of Shaden)

References

External links

* Iranian television series 2000s Iranian television series 2007 Iranian television series debuts Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting original programming {{Iran-stub