The glory of old Persia

Well, I don't like music. But Dariush is a good singer. And his songs are quite thoughtful... sometimes revolutionary. He was also in prison in Pahlavi period for political reasons.

after all, I don't like his voice! Too saaaaaaaaad!

he even has a song about Azerbaijan

yeah it is sad but passionate too maybe?

Oh he's a GREAT singer! his musics are very meaningful. It's a shame that our best singers can't sing (or even live) in Iran Most of them are in LA. Btw, does anyone have seen "House of Fog and Sand" movie?

does anyone here like Googosh? .

Also nah I haven't seen that film.

Hah I respect her as an Iranian singer but I don't like her musics.

Understandable

well the singer who I do like is Arash, you must like him!

He is in bollywood too haha isn't he? I wonder how he's a well-known singer, probably the most known Iranian singer in outside of Iran. Yep he's a nice singer. He can sing both Iranian and Indian plus with Russian lol.
What about Indian artists? I like Shahrukh Khan.

I think so with that girl, Aneela?.And it aint "Indian" it's Urdu or Hindi .

Shahrukh Khan doesn't sing his own songs, he merely mimes them , my dad is really good friends with him so I know.The artist who does the singing lately is Sukhwinder Singh who sung the oscar winning song "Jai Ho".

lol well Urdu.

Do all of the actors in Indian movies mime the songs in the movie?

yuh

are the films allowed in Iran though?.

Are there good Persian films?

Yeah, films are allowed in Iran!

Yes, there are good Persian films. look at this film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Elly
it has won the silver bear award.

btw, sex or violent scenes of films are cut off the foreign films by government.

I didn't mean are films allowed in Iran

I meant are Bollywood films allowed?

The thing is in India our censors are very strict so I doubt it would be offensive in Iran.

Did anyone see the film "Persepolis?"

Yep, the most films that are being showed here after Persian ones, are the Bollywood movies.
No I haven't seen it. You mean that animation movie right?

The movie that I said "House of Sand and Fog" is awesome, it's about an Iranian family whom move to USA after the revolution it Iran. Ben Kingsley plays as the father of that family who was a general in shah's regime and Shohre Aghdashloo شهره آغداشلو as his wife (such a beautiful voice she has). It's so fun to hear some Persian dialogues in a Hollywood movie.

Yeah, Bollywood is popular in Iran? But I really don't like it! Always Ending well with finding out that the two men were brothers or something like this!

I have seen some scenes of Perspolis. It's really interesting and correct. I plan to take the full movie from my cousin.

the music is good! though as R-Teen has discovered

Persepolis is very good, I recommend it for everyone.

found this btw, I hope it doesn't offend anyone :

Originally Posted by Encyclopedia Iranica

The amount of Persian literature composed in the Indian subcontinent up to the 19th century is larger than that produced in Iran proper during the same period (Schimmel, p. 1). From the very beginning of the Muslim invasion of northern India, Persian, as the language of the Ghaznavid court, gradually achieved the status of the most prestigious language of an increasingly large region, whose subjects were mostly Indian and the rulers predominantly Turkish.

I think it is yet more proof of our strong historical links

Persian literature is awesome but the thing is there is a minority which I can't post since it would conflict with ToS (it is that explicit lol).

No comrade why be offended? good find.
Btw what does ToS stands for? (Oh thanks for the pics you uploaded, our group is the no.1 in pictures. )

thanks

ToS is like the member agreement, it sets out the rules of the forum.