The people of cinema are suspicious of the claim of Behrooz Afkhami’s fight with Mohsen Makhmalbaf in support of Mehrjooi.

Charso Press: Farhad Ashundi wrote in the online news: “I liked and liked a series of his works, and for example, when some of them were aired, we had a fight with Makhmalbaf. For example, the award of the directors’ association was won because of the late Mehrjooi’s film Leila between me and Mohsen Makhmalbaf fight started. Makhmalbaf used to say that if this film gets an award, I will leave the jury, and I also said that if the film does not get an award, I will leave the jury. As a result, they basically took away the Directors’ Association award, and in a few years, this award was completely removed.”

This is part of the many reflective claims Behrouz Afkhami It was about his laughter in the crime scene of the late Mehrjooi and his wife’s house that raised doubts about the authenticity of the director’s statements.

Seyyed Abdul Javad Mousavi And Keyvan Kathirian Two cultural and cinema critics doubted this claim for the first time because they believed that Leila, which was made in the middle years of the 70s, could not have faced Makhmalbaf’s attack.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who after watching the movie Tenants, claimed that this movie was aimed at destroying the country’s political system and said that he was ready to take a grenade in his hand and explode Mehrjooi by hugging him, in the 70s when he went from extreme to extreme. He had reached the point of making festival films like Geba, or even before this and from the era of Naseruddin Shah as a cinema actor, he softened his positions about Mehrjooi and others, and at least he no longer used harsh words for them. This was a point that Hamidreza Garshasbi also wrote about.

But is Afkhami’s story about the closure of the directors’ association award because of his support for the film “Laila” true? What Afkhami quoted is probably for the mid-70s. Fereydon Jirani who is one of the best narrators of the oral history of contemporary cinema can be the first reference to verify this claim.

He says: “I have been a member of the Central Council since 1977, but I never remember such an incident. Honestly, logically, I think this could not have happened in those years because it was recorded somewhere or we heard about it, but maybe the best thing is to talk to people like Kamran Gadkachian and Alireza Raisian, who were the main members before me. The Central Council was the director’s union.

Messenger of Sadr Amali Of course, other old directors had almost the same opinion. However, he believed that anything could have happened in this double.

The next person to ask about the truth of this claim, Kamran Gadkachian Is. He says: “When Fereydon Jirani, whose job was this, he doesn’t remember, should I remember? Honestly, as far as I can remember, there was never an argument between these two people about Leila. As far as I can remember, Mr. Mehrjooi was honored for Leila.”

Alireza Raisian The vice president of the director’s association at the time and the person who founded the awards of this celebration, may be the best option to verify this uncertainty. He founded this award in the early 70’s and in a short period of time won the best director’s award and the best screenplay of the directors’ association, and still the old pictures from these celebrations are part of the visual memories of the Iranian cinema of the 70’s.

He says about this incident: “Honestly, I am not Iranian and I did not read Behrouz Afkhami’s interview, but as far as I can remember, the movie Leila went to the festival during Mr. Zarghami’s tenure, and it became the best movie of Iranian cinema in the same year, and Mr. Mehrjooi was also praised. But what happened in the center was not about Leila or between Behrouz and Makhmelbaf. I think that Makhmalbaf was making a film outside of Iran and that year he posted his comments to us as a member of the jury. What caused the difference in the celebration of the Beed Directors Association was the disagreement between Kamal Tabrizi and Behrooz Afkhami about another film.

He continues: “Of course, I should also say that this dispute lasted for about 75 years, and I think that the year after Mr. Saifullah went to the government, Khana Cinema decided to organize a ceremony with the participation of all guilds and we We also decided to join them in organizing the ceremony as a guild. If you remember, the first celebration is also the ceremony that honors the late Kiarostami.

And of course, the last name that was mentioned about him in this story, Kamal Tabrizi Is. Someone who sent a smile emoji in response to our SMS and wrote: “Don’t take it seriously, it’s not worth it!”