Azar Shiva
Azar Shiva was born in 1941, in the city of Tehran. She began her career working with Tehran Radio before later doing dubbing as a voice artist. Invited to work with Majid Mohseni, she shot her first film in 1962 titled "Song of the Village". In one decade, she acted in twenty one Iranian films, of the likes of "Sultan of Hearts" and "The Prostitute". Her career came to a close in 1972 with the rise of the Iranian Revolution, selling chewing gum as a form of protest at Tehran University for the way her film studio had commercialized the female body.
The Champion of Champions (1965)
Young driver and her sister who sings in Cabaret are trying to earn money and treat their brother. (more)
Young driver and her sister who sings in Cabaret are trying to earn money and treat their brother. (more)
King of Hearts (1968)
A little girl with a blind mother accidentally becomes friends with a rich and famous singer who decides to help her. (more)
A little girl with a blind mother accidentally becomes friends with a rich and famous singer who decides to help her. (more)
The Rotation of the Firmament (1967)
Mamal Feshfesheh is a pickpocket who is in love with a rich girl named Parvin. Parvin decides to help Mamal to live an honest straight life. Her uncle disapproves of their relationship and ... (more)
Mamal Feshfesheh is a pickpocket who is in love with a rich girl named Parvin. Parvin decides to help Mamal to live an honest straight life. Her uncle disapproves of their relationship and ... (more)
Women According to Men (2023)
Before the Islamic Revolution in Iran, women's lives were strongly determined by two contradictory factors: the traditional patriarchy and the shah's modernisation policies. This film-excerpt collage starts in 1932 – the year the first Iranian film with sound was ... (more)
Before the Islamic Revolution in Iran, women's lives were strongly determined by two contradictory factors: the traditional patriarchy and the shah's modernisation policies. This film-excerpt collage starts in 1932 – the year the first Iranian film with sound was ... (more)
Ghatelin ham Migeryand (1969)
A girl who loves a wealthy young man is opposed by her father, and after being disappointed in her relationship with her beloved man, she realizes that her mother is abusive. (more)
A girl who loves a wealthy young man is opposed by her father, and after being disappointed in her relationship with her beloved man, she realizes that her mother is abusive. (more)
Hengameh (1968)
Two sisters from an aristocrat family fall in love with the son of their driver. Finally the little sister retreat for the oldest sister to get marry with him. (more)
Two sisters from an aristocrat family fall in love with the son of their driver. Finally the little sister retreat for the oldest sister to get marry with him. (more)
The Golden Palace (1969)
A rich and arrogant man becomes aware that his two sons are married to two girls from poor families. He refuses that causing his two sons to leave him in his palace alone. But that cause ... (more)
A rich and arrogant man becomes aware that his two sons are married to two girls from poor families. He refuses that causing his two sons to leave him in his palace alone. But that cause ... (more)
Prostitute (1969)
Shaahin finds a talented young woman named Atash . Shaahin tries to make Atash a good and very famous singer by letting her perform in his cabarets. (more)
Shaahin finds a talented young woman named Atash . Shaahin tries to make Atash a good and very famous singer by letting her perform in his cabarets. (more)