Director: Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh
Cast: Pejman Jamshidi, Mohsen Kiaei, Bijan Banafshekhah, Elmira Dehghani, Hamed Vakily
Najoorha is a 2024 Iranian drama and romance film directed by Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh, streaming in Persian on K-Time. With a runtime of 124 minutes and an IMDb rating of 7.2, it brings together a strong ensemble cast in a story about love, misfit lives, and the bonds that form between unlikely people.
What is Najoorha about?
The film follows a group of men whose lives have drifted off their intended course — men who do not quite fit the mold of what their families, their communities, or their own younger selves once imagined for them. When their paths cross with a recently divorced woman navigating her own fresh start, the encounter stirs something long-buried in each of them. Friendship, longing, and quiet regret run through every scene as the characters reckon with who they have become and what they still want from life. Farahbakhsh keeps the tone tender without sentimentality, letting the silences say as much as the dialogue.
The K-Time take
Farahbakhsh brings a patient, observational eye to characters who could easily have been played for comedy or caricature. Instead, Najoorha earns its emotional weight through understatement — performances that resist easy resolution and a script that trusts the audience to sit with discomfort. At 124 minutes it breathes without dragging, and the 7.2 IMDb score reflects a film that rewards patient viewers.
Cast & crew
Pejman Jamshidi and Mohsen Kiaei lead an ensemble that also includes Bijan Banafshekhah, Elmira Dehghani, Hamed Vakily, Giti Ghasemi, and Farzin Mohades. Director Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh assembled a cast of established Iranian screen actors known for nuanced, character-driven work, and each brings a distinct register to their role.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Najoorha (ناجورها — literally 'the ill-fitting ones' or 'those who don't quite belong') carries an immediate resonance. The idea of living slightly out of step with expectations — social, romantic, generational — is a feeling many Iranian diaspora audiences know intimately, whether from life in Iran or from the experience of building a new life abroad. The film sits within a tradition of contemporary Iranian drama that takes ordinary middle-aged lives seriously, giving screen time to people who rarely appear at the center of mainstream cinema. Released in 2024, it arrives at a moment when Iranian audiences both at home and overseas are hungry for stories told with honesty and craft rather than spectacle.
Where & how to watch
Najoorha is available to stream on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Watch on the web, on your Android TV, or on your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.