Nakhoda filme irani hast?

Yes. Nakhoda is a 1973 Iranian drama produced in Iran, featuring a full cast of Persian cinema's most prominent actors from the pre-revolution Golden Age era.

Koja mishe filme Nakhoda ro online did?

You can watch Nakhoda on K-Time. No extra download and no VPN required — stream it on the web, TV, or phone anywhere in the world with a K-Time subscription.

Is Nakhoda available with English subtitles?

Nakhoda streams in its original Persian audio on K-Time. Subtitle availability may vary; check the player options when you open the title on your device.

Dastan-e film Nakhoda chiye?

Captain Taher is a moral harbor man who fights for his community against a local strongman. When he shelters a fugitive with a criminal past, his enemies move to destroy them both.

Nakhoda

Name: Nakhoda
Genre: Drama
Released: 1973
Duration: 89 min
Cast: Naser Malek Matiei - Forouzan - Manouchehr Vosough - Alibaba - Shahnaz - Nobahar - Ali Dehghan - Farhad Khoshbakht - Akbar Sadeghi - Ahmad Moeini - Sarvar Rajaei - Machianchian - Rahim Roshanian

Director: Amir Sharvan

Cast: Naser Malek Matiei - Forouzan - Manouchehr Vosough - Alibaba - Shahnaz - Nobahar - Ali Dehghan - Farhad Khoshbakht - Akbar Sadeghi - Ahmad Moeini - Sarvar Rajaei - Machianchian - Rahim Roshanian

Nakhoda is a 1973 Iranian drama film directed by Amir Sharvan, starring Naser Malek Matiei in a commanding role as Captain Taher — a principled harbor man who stands against corruption and exploitation in a coastal fishing community, embodying a moral courage that resonates across generations of Persian cinema.

What is Nakhoda about?

Captain Taher is a respected figure among the fishing people of a southern Iranian port, known for looking out for those the powerful routinely ignore. When a ruthless local strongman and his associates begin squeezing the harbor folk, Taher refuses to turn away. He travels to Abadan to secure a fleet of small boats he plans to hand over to the community — a gesture that could shift the balance of power. Along the way he brings back a man with a troubled past, a former smuggler accused of murder, choosing to believe in the possibility of redemption. This act of faith sets a collision in motion: enemies alert the authorities and close in on both men, forcing Taher to decide how far he will go to protect someone others have already condemned.

The K-Time take

Sharvan draws out restrained, credible performances from a cast deep in classic Persian cinema talent. The film moves at the deliberate pace of the era but never loses its moral spine — Matiei's Taher is quiet steel, and Manouchehr Vosough brings real ambiguity to a role that could easily have been reduced to stock villainy.

Cast & crew

Naser Malek Matiei, one of the most beloved actors of pre-revolution Iranian cinema, anchors the film as the steadfast Captain Taher. Forouzan appears as his wife, whose opposition to his idealism adds domestic tension to the story. Manouchehr Vosough and Alibaba round out a cast that represents a who's-who of Golden Age Persian film, directed by Amir Sharvan.

Context & significance

Made at the height of Iran's classical studio era, Nakhoda belongs to a tradition of socially conscious popular cinema that flourished in the 1970s — films that used the language of melodrama and action to explore class loyalty, communal justice, and the dignity of working people. Southern port settings gave filmmakers of the period a way to place ordinary characters under pressure far from urban centers. For diaspora viewers, revisiting films like this one carries a particular emotional weight: these are the movies that shaped a generation's shared cultural memory before the revolution transformed Iranian cinema entirely. Watching Nakhoda is an act of preservation as much as entertainment.

Where & how to watch

Nakhoda is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. No VPN is needed — K-Time is accessible worldwide with no geo-blocking. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone, and cancel anytime.