Director: Manouchehr Safarkhanii
Cast: Kamand Amirsoleimani, Pouya Amini, Fateme Bahrami, Shayan Jalali, Ramtin Mirsajjadi
Babaye Man Khanandast is a 2021 Iranian family film directed by Manouchehr Safarkhanii, running eighty minutes. It centers on a teenage boy navigating school life, family bonds, and an unexpected opportunity to discover his own voice through music.
What is Babaye Man Khanandast about?
Arman is a teenage boy living with his mother and sister. When his school announces the formation of a choir group, a composer arrives to audition the students in preparation for an upcoming celebration. Arman earns the lead singing role, an achievement that brings both excitement and new pressures. His home life and the dynamics within his family shape how he responds to this opportunity. The story follows Arman as he balances the weight of expectations with the simple pleasures of growing up, tracing the bonds between siblings and the quiet sacrifices parents make without announcing them.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Manouchehr Safarkhanii. The cast includes Kamand Amirsoleimani and Pouya Amini in leading roles, alongside Fateme Bahrami, Shayan Jalali, Ramtin Mirsajjadi, and Rashin Mirsajjadi. Together they bring the story's family dynamics and school setting to life with an ensemble feel suited to the film's warm tone.
Context & significance
Iranian family cinema has a distinctive tradition of exploring childhood and adolescence through gentle, observational storytelling. Films in this lineage tend to focus on ordinary households and the small but meaningful moments that define growing up. Babaye Man Khanandast fits within that tradition, offering diaspora viewers a glimpse of contemporary Iranian family life — school routines, sibling relationships, and the quiet interplay between parents and children. For Persian-speaking audiences abroad, such films serve as a cultural connection, presenting the everyday textures of life in Iran without grand drama or spectacle. The music element adds a layer of warmth that crosses generational lines.
Where & how to watch
Babaye Man Khanandast is available on K-Time in original Persian audio. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone with no VPN needed and no geo-blocking. Cancel anytime.