Director: Manoto TV
Dancer and entertainer Mohammad Khordadian sits down with an album of old photographs in this 2023 Manoto documentary, using each image as a doorway into a personal story he had mostly kept private.
What is Mohammad Khordadian Mosalase Eshghi Nafarjam about?
The film follows Khordadian as he works backward through his own history, pulling out snapshots that trigger memories both fond and painful. At the center of the story is a triangle: Khordadian, his ex-wife Jane, and his close friend Abi, whose relationships with one another shift and tangle over the years into something none of them fully saw coming. Rather than a conventional biography with outside narration, the documentary leans on Khordadian's own recollections and reactions as he looks back, letting the emotional weight of specific memories carry the story instead of a chronological résumé of his career. It's a portrait built from the inside, focused less on public performance and more on the private relationships that shaped it.
Cast & crew
Mohammad Khordadian appears as himself throughout, speaking directly about his own memories; the documentary is a Manoto TV production rather than a scripted piece with a traditional cast.
Context & significance
Khordadian has long been a recognizable figure among Persian-speaking audiences, and this 2023 documentary is part of Manoto's ongoing slate of biography and memoir-style programming built around well-known personalities. It runs two hours, a longer format that gives the personal material room to unfold rather than compressing it into a shorter retrospective, and its production is credited to the United Kingdom. That extra runtime also leaves space for quieter pauses between memories, rather than rushing from one photograph to the next.
Where & how to watch
A K-Time account is all that's needed to stream the documentary, and signing up costs nothing. This page can be read without logging in first. K-Time's browsing experience, including search and subtitles, is built in Farsi for the diaspora audience most likely to recognize Khordadian's story.