Is Dige Che Khabar available online with Persian audio?

Yes — K-Time streams it in original Persian audio. No VPN is needed. You can watch on your browser, TV, or phone from anywhere in the world with an active K-Time subscription.

Koja mitoonam filme 'Dige Che Khabar' ro bebinam?

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Who directed Dige Che Khabar and what is it about?

Tahmine Milani directed this 1992 Iranian comedy. It follows an imaginative teenage girl who decides to write a novel, inadvertently pulling her entire family into the creative chaos that follows.

Is this a good film to watch with family?

Yes — it is a light, warm comedy suitable for family viewing. Its humor is observational and gentle, making it an easy shared watch for Iranian diaspora families looking for familiar cultural touchstones.

Dige Che Khabar

Name: Dige Che Khabar
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1992
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Mahaya Petrossian, Jahangir Almasi, Danial Hakimi, Rashid Aslani, Hamid Jebeli

Director: Tahmine Milani

Cast: Mahaya Petrossian, Jahangir Almasi, Danial Hakimi, Rashid Aslani, Hamid Jebeli

Dige Che Khabar is a 1992 Iranian comedy-family film directed by Tahmine Milani, following a spirited teenage girl whose ambition to write a novel sets off a chain of comic upheaval within her household and neighborhood, showcasing Milani's early talent for grounded, warmhearted storytelling.

What is Dige Che Khabar about?

At the center of the story is a bright, restless schoolgirl with an outsized imagination and an irrepressible urge to put her world on paper. Convinced she has a novel inside her, she throws herself into the writing project with total commitment — roping in reluctant family members, reorganizing daily routines, and turning ordinary domestic life into raw material for her fiction. Parents, siblings, and neighbors find themselves cast as characters without quite agreeing to it. The comedy springs from the gap between her grand literary ambitions and the chaotic reality she creates around her. As the project grows, so does the gentle pressure on everyone she loves, raising quiet questions about creativity, family loyalty, and what it means to truly be seen.

Cast & crew

Director Tahmine Milani, one of Iranian cinema's most distinctive voices, brings her characteristic sensitivity to character and social texture even in this early work. Lead actress Mahaya Petrossian carries the film with natural energy, supported by a cast that includes Jahangir Almasi, Danial Hakimi, Rashid Aslani, Hamid Jebeli, and Parvin Solaymani — all contributing to the film's lived-in, ensemble warmth.

Context & significance

Made in 1992, Dige Che Khabar arrives from a moment when Iranian family comedy was carving out a distinct voice in post-revolution cinema — intimate in scale, observational in humor, and rooted in everyday middle-class domestic life. For diaspora viewers, the film carries a recognizable texture: the crowded family home, the ambitious child who upends household order, the generational friction delivered with affection rather than judgment. Tahmine Milani, who would go on to make more overtly social films, here demonstrates the warmth and precision she brings to female interiority. Watching it abroad is a small act of cultural memory — a window into a Tehran that feels both specific and universal.

Where & how to watch

Dige Che Khabar is available on K-Time in original Persian audio. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start watching anytime and cancel anytime.