Director: Mohsen Aghakhan
Cast: Akbar Abdi, Giti Ghasemi, Negar Abedi, Pourya Poursorkh, Jaklin Avareh
Noghre Dagh is a 2020 Iranian comedy film directed by Mohsen Aghakhan, starring Akbar Abdi in a cross-dressing role. Running 81 minutes, it follows one man's wild scheme to chase a fortune — dressed as a woman — and all the chaos that follows.
What is Noghre Dagh about?
Parviz is a man with big dreams and very little patience for earning them the honest way. Convinced that a vast fortune is within reach, he hatches an audacious plan: assume an entirely new identity as a woman named Annabelle. The disguise seems simple enough, but the moment Parviz steps into Annabelle's shoes, the universe has other ideas. A chain of increasingly absurd misadventures unfolds — cases of mistaken identity, unwanted attention, and complications he never saw coming. The comedy builds as his carefully constructed persona starts cracking at every seam, and Parviz must improvise his way through predicaments that grow wilder with each scene.
Cast & crew
Veteran comic actor Akbar Abdi leads the cast with his trademark physical comedy and sharp timing, playing Parviz. He is joined by Giti Ghasemi, Negar Abedi, Pourya Poursorkh, Jaklin Avareh, Mahdi Danaei, Elmira Abdi, and Alireza Ghaderi — a broad ensemble that keeps the farce energetic from start to finish. Director Mohsen Aghakhan orchestrates their interactions to maximize comedic collision.
Context & significance
Iranian comedy cinema has a long tradition of farce built around disguise and role reversal, dating back to classic stage plays and early sound films of the mid-twentieth century. Noghre Dagh slots comfortably into that lineage, offering diaspora audiences the kind of warm, slapstick-driven humor that connects across generations. For Iranian families outside the country, these crowd-pleasing comedies carry a nostalgic charge — the familiar cadences of Persian banter, the recognizable character archetypes, and the broadly drawn humor that needs no cultural translation. A film like this works as shared entertainment for households that want something light, funny, and entirely in their own language.
Where & how to watch
Noghre Dagh is available on K-Time in original Persian audio — no subtitles needed. Watch on the web browser, on your TV, or on your Android phone with no VPN required and no geo-blocking. Subscribe and cancel anytime.