Why didn’t I accept the direction of “Mousi”?/ I have closed the case of “Seven”! – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news

Mehr News Agency – Art Group – Mohammad Sabri, Zahra Mansouri: It is true that our main reason for meeting and having a detailed discussion with Mohammad Hossein Latifi was the release of the movie “Gharib” in cinemas, but could we go to a director with a history and career of Latifi in television and not ask questions about his previous experiences and future plans to work in the Sima network? .

After the publication of Mohammad Hossein Latifi’s detailed talks about the concerns and side effects of the production and release of the film “Gharib”, we have devoted the third part entirely to television questions.

Latifi who these days is trying to solve the knots that have arisen in the way of finalizing the production and broadcasting of his new series titled “Sanjar Khan“, he had many words and complaints in his heart about cooperation with television, and perhaps based on these complaints, when we asked him about the possibility of his cooperation with Sima again in the near future, he gave a definite negative answer.

In the following, you will read the third and final part of Mehr news agency’s detailed interview with Mohammad Hossein Latifi.

* In the conversation about “Alien” there are references to the series “Sanjar KhanI want to know very clearly where the problem is with this project and how much do you hope to solve the problem and broadcast the series now?

I am more hopeful today because I recently had a meeting with a loved one who promised to solve the problems of this series.

* Is this “Aziz” one of the officials of the Broadcasting Organization?

The person was the head of the radio station and that is why I say I hope. Problem “Sanjar Khan“It started when this project was keyed in the affairs of the provinces of the Broadcasting Organization and I also after the death of the deceased Ziauddin At the request of Mr. Zarghami, I accepted the responsibility of this project. At that time, I really did not know what working in provincial affairs meant! Later, I found out that they thought that a handy director was found who agreed to work in the city! I wanted to tell these friends that I have come to promote and lift you up with my work and you are not going to bring me down!

The TV director used to tell me that in cinema work, you have to know how to pack a sack your actor Make it look like silk! In response, I said: Seriously!? I had a gun for this series Brno And MK I would explain to them that I am making a cart. This project is a historical work and all its components require money. Friends thought that for everyone the details12 billion tomans is enough!

The then director of this center used to tell me on TV that you have to know how to pack a sack in cinema work your actor Make it look like silk! In response, I said: Seriously!? I had a gun for this series Brno And MK I would explain to them that I am making a cart. This project is a historical work and all its components require money.

Friends thought that for everyone the details12 billion tomans is enough! At the time of three thousand dollars, they said go ahead and build the work, we will pay for it. When we came forward, but at first they didn’t revise the estimate, and later some incidents happened that led to the fact that I could hardly release the group on April 12, 1401, by removing some sequences and in the final editing stage, and say go, the job is done! Whereas if I really wanted to finish the work, we would need at least 25 more days.

We no longer had any budget and the producer had a debt of one billion tomans. From that moment until today, they paid a very small amount in March! This means that this series was closed for a whole year! During this one year, I made and finished a movie. The movie “Gharib” was also released, but that series is still waiting for funding. The problem of the whole seriesSanjar KhanIn simple words, that was it. The main mistake was mine that I agreed to make a historical work in the affairs of the TV and Broadcasting Provinces!

* Does that mean you believe that the affairs of the provinces basically do not have the preparation and capacity for such projects?

They are what they are. The duties of the provinces are clear and the budget is really limited. That’s why I say it was my mistake and I will never repeat this mistake again.

* Of course, before you, the late Dari was in charge of this project, and he was one of the leading television directors. Why was this project defined in provincial affairs?

I am sure that this project will be attended Ziauddin A door would not be built at all! It did not even reach 10 days of filming. This is not my word, all those who are present in this project say that you cannot find another director other than Mohammad Hossein Latifi who could have pushed this project forward even for 20 days! I really have this claim, which, of course, is a bad claim and my father was punished for it! It is true that I said it was my mistake, but the series “Sanjar Khan“He was like my child and I could not leave my child.”

* With all these difficulties, do you like the output quality of the series? Because it seems that you have to fall short of your ideals in some cases.

Yes, I had to, but after 40 years of work, I finally knew some tricks, I did some tricks and continued my work.

* Do you think the audience will like the output of your work in this series?

I really hope so. Those who have seen the series till date believe that if you see episode one, you can’t help but follow the next episodes and this stretch till episode 24. Of course, I am naturally worried about the decrease in TV audience.

* Television has a crisis of serialization in recent years and many prominent series are passing their last episodes and it is not clear what series will be included in the conductor after these. Mohammad Hossein Latifi has been one of the most successful TV serial producers in the past years, if you have an offer to work under the right conditions, would you accept it?

No!

* The reason for this your certainty What is the negative answer?

One face It is that I really need a year to rest. On the other hand, today’s TV managers know that they are not qualified to work with people of my generation, except in their special projects. They cannot prepare the conditions for the presence of people like Latifi at all.

Only one thing might tempt me to work with TV, and that is the 40-episode series about Khorramshahr. That work tempts me, and I don’t think it’s anything else that would tempt me to work with television. Even if TV says it will pay me a lot of money to do something, I say what do I want to do?

* Does this mean only financial issues?

Part of it is definitely financial. the part more important But the fact is that my peers have their own standards and no one is going to tell them what to build and what not to build. Television can no longer tell Mohammad Hossein Latifi what to make, but I am the one who has to tell television what to make. This motivation has been killed in me today to make a proposal for television. I have said this before that only one thing might tempt me to work with TV, and that is the 40-episode series about Khorramshahr. That work tempts me, and I don’t think it’s anything else that would tempt me to collaborate with television.

Even if TV says it will pay me a lot of money to do something, I say what do I want to do? Of course, money is a good thing, but what if I want more money? The ideals of today’s television are clear, today’s television is basically devoid of fresh and pure ideas.

On the other hand, someone like Dawood Mirbagheri has been making “Salman” for 9 years, and I don’t have that much ability! Although “Moses” was offered to me and I did not accept it. I said that I am not a person who works for six or seven years for a series. I don’t know how to do this at all and I have this disease that my work gets done quickly. The whole series of 24 episodesSanjar Khan“I got it in 11 months of work and the rest of the time spent on this series, we spent running for money! Don’t think that I spent 2 and a half years to make this series. That’s why I can’t do big things, except for special subjects.

Once I was supposed to make the series “Khwaje Nasir” for TV, but today who wants to pay for such a series for TV!? Just today, TV is left to provide the budget for the Mir Bagheri series! He has a series of “Moses” on his hand!

* What stage is the Khorramshahr series you mentioned now? Do you have a script for it?

Yes. About four, five episodes of its script are completely ready, but there are years left. When we all come up with the idea of ​​making it, our friends take it as a joke. They say to themselves that it is another war! They don’t know that my intended war work means production for only one and a half minutes a day. This means that each 45-minute episode takes a month, and for 40 episodes, we need 40 months of production budget. For the decor and location, at least one eighth of Khorramshahr should be renovated and decorated. If you want, you need an actor!

My presence in the “Heft” program was to be seen in the cinema, I didn’t get a lot of money, and it wasn’t something special for me. In a way, even I was the one who was spending money on television and being on television was not profitable for me. I don’t mean only financially, the TV even denied me its live antenna!

I don’t know how much the estimate of “Mousa” and “Salman” is today, but I know that the Khorramshahri series that I am considering will never be made with less than half the budget of those series. Is TV willing to give me half of the budget for those projects? If they are ready, by God, let’s go for construction! But they don’t give. TV executives tell you to come to work, but when you leave, you realize that there is no news. They say to themselves, let so-and-so come and go until he gets tired.

* Has the case of participating in “Haft” program been closed for you forever?

The case of “Seven” was closed for me about seven to eight months before it finished broadcasting. I had announced it to my friends at the same time. I worked for a certain period of the contract and when we were supposed to renew the contract, I didn’t do it. I felt that I was not interested in continuing this work. The producer himself was no longer interested because the continuation of the work coincided with the Fajri Festival, when the producer of the program became the secretary of that festival, and naturally it was not possible to continue attending. As a rule, the producer had to be changed, and logically, I had no obligation to the new producer.

To be honest, my presence in the “Heft” program was to be used in the television frame, I did not get a lot of money, and it was not considered a special event for me. In a way, even I was the one who was spending money on television and being on television was not profitable for me. I don’t mean only financially, the TV even denied me its live antenna! This situation did not give me a good feeling.

* In the same period of your attendance, how much do you think you benefited from the cinema?

In the beginning, things were happening. Love and devotion was forming among the people of the cinema. In the first year, we were doing well, but slowly things happened that led to a group of cinematographers not being willing to appear on TV, and the program “Heft” slowly became devoid of the presence of cinema personalities. The review desk of the program was completely left to Mr. Frosti and I had deliberately requested that the review desk be separate and that I should not be present at the review desk. From the beginning, I accepted the performance under the condition that I would not be present at the review table. I would prefer to be a guest on the show than to fall into the life of a guest with slippers! (Laughs!)