Famous Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife murdered by stabbing – Dainik Savera Times

tehran: Iran’s well-known film producer-director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife Vahideh Mohammadifir were brutally murdered with a knife by unknown assailants on Saturday. He was 83. Mr Mehrjui, one of Iran’s most important filmmakers, and his wife were stabbed to death at their home here yesterday evening, local media reported on Sunday.

When Mr. Mehrjui’s (83) daughter Mona Mehrjui returned home, she found her parents dead in a pool of blood. Officials are investigating this incident. At present it is not known who is behind this heinous crime. “During the preliminary investigation, we found that Dariush Mehrjui And his wife Wahideh Mohammadifar was killed with multiple blows to the neck.”

In an interview published by the newspaper Etemad last Sunday, the film producer’s wife said she had been threatened and that her home had been burgled. “The investigation revealed that Mr. Mehrjui’s family No complaint was lodged regarding the illegal entry into the bungalow and the theft of his belongings.” Mr. Mehrjui was deeply associated with the new wave of Iranian cinema.

He made the film ‘The Cow’ in the year 1969, which was one of the first films of this movement. He has received many prestigious awards. He was awarded the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in the year 1993 and the Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival in the year 1998. He is also known as the co-founder of Iranian film.

Apart from ‘The Cow’, Mr. Mehrjui’s most notable films include Mr. Gulibal (1970), The Cycle (1977), The Tenants (1987), Haimoun (1990), Sara (1993), Pari (1995), and Leela (1997). ). All films were screened at the Forum des Images in Paris. Between the years 1980 and 1985, the filmmaker lived in France where he worked on the documentary Journey to the Land of Rimbaud (1983).

Upon his return to Iran, he won the box office with ‘The Tenants’. In the year 1990, he directed Hamoun, a dark comedy about his divorce and his intellectual concerns in an Iran overwhelmed by technology companies Sony and Toshiba. A 24-hour story was shown on the life of an intellectual troubled by.

During the 1990s, Mr. Mehrjui also portrayed the lives of women in Sara, Pari and Leela. It is a melodrama about an infertile woman who encourages her husband to marry another woman.