Two decades of engagement and still no wedding — Dokhtare Shirini Foroosh turns that absurd stalemate into one of early-2000s Iranian cinema's gentler family comedies, directed by and starring Iraj Tahmasb alongside Soraya Ghasemi and Hamid Jebeli.
What is Dokhtare Shirini Foroosh about?
Saeed has loved Niloo, the confectioner's daughter, since they were young, and the feeling is mutual. What should have been a simple marriage keeps collapsing under the weight of two stubborn families: every time the couple gets close to the ceremony, relatives find a fresh objection, an old grudge resurfaces, or wounded pride gets in the way. Twenty years slip past inside this loop of postponed happiness. Pushed to the edge of patience, Saeed and Niloo settle on a desperate, theatrical plan meant to force everyone's hand — and the fallout finally makes both households confront how much time their quarrels have stolen from the couple.
About the cast
Iraj Tahmasb, a name familiar to generations of Iranian viewers, directs himself here in the leading male role, wearing both hats with an easy comic confidence. Soraya Ghasemi, one of Iranian television and cinema's most recognizable matriarchs, anchors the family side of the story, while Hamid Jebeli brings his trademark understated comic timing to the ensemble.
Context & significance
A 2002 release, the film gave audiences the chance to see Tahmasb and Jebeli — two much-loved comic performers — carry a live-action comedy aimed at adults, and the pairing itself was part of the draw. The picture belongs to a wave of post-reform-era Iranian comedies that mined marriage, family honor, and generational stubbornness for laughs rather than melodrama. Running about 105 minutes, it keeps the humor rooted in recognizable Iranian family rituals — courtship visits, trays of sweets, negotiations between elders — which is exactly the world its title promises.
Watching Dokhtare Shirini Foroosh on K-Time
Dokhtare Shirini Foroosh streams on K-Time with a full Persian-language experience built for the Iranian diaspora. The page you are reading is open to everyone; to press play you only need to log in with a K-Time account, and the film plays smoothly on TV, web, and mobile from K-Time's own library.