The mismatched troublemakers of the Gashte Ershad films are back for a third round in Gashte Ershad 3 (2021), with Saeed Soheili and Arastoo Sohrabinya steering a mix of street-level comedy and drama pitched squarely at the broadest possible crowd.

What is Gashte Ershad 3 about?

Years abroad have not made Hassan and Atta any wiser. Freshly returned to Iran from the United States, the pair immediately land themselves a new headache: tracking down Abbas Agha's car, which has been rented out to a man known as Peykan — a name he shares, fittingly, with Iran's most famous automobile. The hunt for the vehicle pulls the two through a chain of hustles, misunderstandings, and old acquaintances, each stop revealing how much Tehran has changed in their absence and how little they have. What starts as a simple errand snowballs into a scramble where every shortcut costs more than the honest route would have.

About the cast

Poulad Kimiayi and Saed Soheili anchor the film as its central duo, trading the kind of bickering chemistry this brand of comedy runs on. Amir Jafari joins the ensemble and shares the comic load, giving the film a third strong presence to bounce between. Together the trio keep the energy broad and fast, happy to let a scene tip from squabble into slapstick.

Context & significance

Saeed Soheili and Arastoo Sohrabinya share directing credit on this third chapter, a 2021 release running 104 minutes and blending farce with light drama. Like many franchise comedies, it trades on returning characters and topical street humor rather than reinvention, and it is pitched squarely at the broad moviegoing crowd rather than the festival circuit. For diaspora viewers, it doubles as a snapshot of the popular, crowd-pleasing side of Iranian cinema rarely exported to festivals.

Watching Gashte Ershad 3 on K-Time

Gashte Ershad 3 is available on K-Time — reading this page requires nothing, and a free account login starts playback. Built for Persian speakers outside Iran, K-Time pairs a Farsi interface with a catalog rooted in Iranian film and series, and this comedy streams in its original Persian audio.