The night when Ali Nasiryan spoke
To be honest, if Ali Nasirian had not spoken on that cold winter evening, most of us would have thought that he had definitely brought home many Simorghs from the Fajr Film Festival in his many years of artistic activity. None of us can imagine that the actor of the films “Shirsangi”, “Mirzanorooz’s Shoes”, “Nakhoda Khurshid” and… returned from the Fajr Film Festival empty-handed?! But he messed up all our mentality!
Charso Press: Ali Nasirian, who was born on Bahman 15, 1313, shocked everyone just a few days after his 84th birthday at the closing ceremony of the 37th Fajr Film Festival. He spoke about a wound that has old roots in our country, and what’s worse is that in all these years, not only have we not tried to treat it, but we have kept this old wound open.
On the occasion of this artist’s birthday, we wanted to talk to him, but he, who had told us about his unwell condition a while ago and even though he has a film in the Fajr Film Festival this year, apologized for attending this event, he did not want to talk and in The response to our congratulations was enough to say thank you, and at the same time as his birthday, we thought it would be better to remind him of the pain he spoke about a few years ago, that a person lives in hope, and maybe this reminder is a nudge for those whose hands They have to do something.
In 1997, Nasiryan participated in the 37th Fajr Film Festival with the movie “Moshara Baz” written and directed by Homayoun Ghanizadeh and produced by Ali Musfa. He received the Best Supporting Actor Crystal Simorgh Award for his role in this movie.
Although he was mourning the death of his wife at that time, he had a reason to attend the closing of that period of Fajr Film Festival, the presence of this artist was not because he wanted to go on stage after all these years of work and artistic activity, and Simorgh, the crystal actor He should receive the man’s supplement even in a state where he was grieving, no! There was a word left on his heart that had to be spoken finally, even if 40 years had passed, a word that unfortunately goes beyond a heartache or a personal complaint.
On the evening of 22 Bahman 2017, when many events had not yet happened in our country and many lines had not been drawn, he went on the Milad Tower stage and spoke about a problem that has happened in our country for a long time. Not appreciating funds!
When he caught Simorgh, he said in his usual familiar tone: “I have never caught Simorgh before.” I did not expect it in these 40 years. Now the gentlemen were kind and gave me the second grade Simorgh. There is nothing wrong with it. I gladly accept.”
He implicitly spoke about the conditions of his private life, and of course the attendees of the festival remembered that Nasirian did not attend the press conference of the movie “Jester” because he was mourning, and then he emphasized that the reason for his presence at the closing was that he intended to Use the platform of this ceremony and note this point.
Nasirian is not an artist who comments on any issue, he is not very good at press talks and he reacts to Farakhor in social events, and this is the procedure that doubles the importance of his words, as in the Actor’s Night ceremony held in May this year by the association. Actors House Theater was established, he emphasized that we should not celebrate when people are not happy.
He has dazzled the audience with every role he played in the movie “Khorshid” or “Qazi Shariah” and “Bourg Agha” and “Haj Younes Fatuhi” or the priest of the show “Atraf” and has shown well the youth of the artist. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of repetition in our country, there are exceptions such as Ali Nasiryan, who in his eighth decade of life is still the source of his creativity and artistic taste.
In that cold winter night, Ali Nasirian, although with a few short sentences he expressed his implicit dissatisfaction with this award and the unkindness of the festival in all these years, he considered himself a blessed person who was able to act in an innovative and creative work at an advanced age and with a talented youth. Cooperate who is the age of his son or even his grandson. In that cold winter night, he made a wish, the realization of which now seems very vague.
He wished Homayoun Ghanizadeh as a talented young man a bright future, and perhaps he did not imagine that this young man, who is more involved in theater than in movies, is not open to stage a new work.
Nasirian has never been a bitter artist and is not one to grumble and complain. He, who has his roots in ritual and traditional theater and was fond of spiritual shows and ta’ziyeh and radio curtain readings as a child, has shown in all these years that he values his art above all else and avoids the margins, but his words on that cold night Zimazi showed that we do not appreciate our elders and we do not provide the work path for the younger ones.
Ali Nasiryan, who has done his work all these years and his position is beyond Simorgh or any other award, but it is up to us to remember that if capable young people gain credit for themselves by receiving Simorgh, there are elders like Ali Nasiryan who Their festivals and simorghs give credibility.
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