Ismail Shangleh rested next to his friends
The body of Ismail Shangleh, a director and actor with a history of theater, cinema and television, was buried this morning, Sunday, July 26, in the artists’ plot of Behesht Zahra (S).
Charso Press: This artist, who passed away due to Corona virus, rested near the graves of his friends, the survivors of Homa Rusta and Hamid Zahrayan in the artist’s plot of Behesht Zahra, and his 60-year friendship with Mohammad Ali Keshavarz was completed.
At the request of his family due to the resurgence of Corona, Shangleh’s funeral was held privately and only his family and a few of his friends participated in it.
Ismail Shangleh, the veteran actor of our country, died in the evening of July 24th due to cancer and finally complications from corona virus at the age of 86.
Two years ago, at the funeral of Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, his long-time colleague and friend, he spoke with a bitter voice and said about his 64-year friendship with Keshavarz: My acquaintance with this deceased began 64 years ago. In 1335, we met each other in the Tehran Academy of Arts, and by chance we realized that we were neighbors, and our friendship was formed from that time, and it continued like that, and gradually it became like a waterway, and then it turned into a river that drew us both. .
At that time, Shangleh said about his first collaboration with Keshavarz in the show “Sarbazan Javidan” that its performance dates back to 1336 and 1937, when both were students of the acting academy.
He recalled a period when there were not many theaters in the country’s theater for activities and not many books to read and he said: Around 1338, we were all employees of the Department of Dramatic Arts and had no other titles because there was no theatrical activity at all. We had a hall and no facilities to perform theater. Only a series of bi-weekly publications were published that reflected the various developments of world theater and we got to know about world theater, but there were no books on theater. The first book that was published was written by Dr. Jannati Atai and he wrote a very brief history of theater in Iran until 1332. After that, another book by Dr. Jahanbelgu came out, which has been published twenty times by different publishers.
Shangleh said: The only chance we had was that we suddenly realized that the fine arts of that time were performing a weekly music program on TV. Mr. Javanmard, head of the National Art Group, suggested that we do a short play one day a week. With this proposal, we agreed and the work of our TV show began. After some time, Hamid Saarigian came from abroad with a bag of new theater culture that we didn’t know about. Ishan was against television and his dream was to work in theater one day.
He said the following about the difficulty of performing theater in that period: We worked hard for one performance a year. We were happy that during those years my friendship with the late farmer became closer day by day and we were together in almost all activities. In 1940, I left Iran to continue my studies, and there was a little distance between us, but we met each other through letters and occasional visits. Until 1948, when I returned, and less than a month later, we prepared two one-act plays together with the sailors, farmers and other friends, and since we did not have a hall, we performed in the museum hall, which was a large hall, and our friendship continued. We were together in most of the work and these sixty years were not supposed to end in one day. We were supposed to be together, but now I am left alone, and when we will be together, it is up to God.”
Ismail Shenalge Khordad was born in Tehran in 1315 and started acting in 1332 and entered the acting academy in 1335.
He was active in theater as an actor, director, translator and university professor. In 1953, he entered the world of cinema with Dariush Mehrjooi’s film titled “Daireh Mina” and in the 70s and 80s he appeared in films such as “Sam and Narges”, “Dog Killing”, “Party”, “Sometimes Look at the Sky” and “Dolls”. And he played in TV series such as “Madras”, “Rana”, “Brighter than Silence”, “Jasmine Flower Fragrance”, “Cuckoo Sounds”, “Sheikh Bahai” and…
At the end of his life, he was not very active in the field of acting and his last work was in 1993 when he played a role in the series “Cloudy Years” where he co-starred with Ali Omrani, Atefeh Razavi and Alireza Osionde.
During his artistic career, Ismail Shengale still attached special importance to playing roles in teletheater, and works such as “The Merchant of Venice”, “The Case of Robert Oppenheimer”, “In the War Zone”, “Ghost Train”
And “Mr. Fabrizi’s business” has been remembered by him.