Panjareh filme irani hast? Az che sali?

Yes, Panjareh is a fully Iranian production, released in 1971 and directed by Jalal Moghadam. It was made in Iran during the pre-revolution era of Persian cinema.

Googoosh dar in film che naghshi dare?

Googoosh plays Taraneh, a woman in a precarious situation whose actions set the central conflict of the film in motion. It is a dramatic departure from her better-known music persona.

Koja mitonam Panjareh ro online tamasha konam?

Panjareh is available on K-Time. You can watch it on a web browser, Android TV, or your phone from anywhere — no VPN is required and there is no geo-block.

Does Panjareh have English subtitles or Persian dub?

The film plays in its original Persian audio. Subtitle availability depends on the version on file. Check the player on K-Time for current subtitle options when you open the title.

Panjareh

Name: Panjareh
Genre: Drama
Released: 1971
Duration: 106 min
Cast: Behrouz Vossoughi, Googoosh, Farrokh Sajedi, Nuri Kasrai, Hassan Raziani

Director: Jalal Moghadam

Cast: Behrouz Vossoughi, Googoosh, Farrokh Sajedi, Nuri Kasrai, Hassan Raziani

Panjareh is a 1971 Iranian drama film directed by Jalal Moghadam, starring Behrouz Vossoughi and Googoosh in a story of betrayal, false accusation, and the vulnerability of an honest man caught in a web of deceit in mid-century urban Iran.

What is Panjareh about?

Young Sohrab leaves the southern oil city of Abadan to start fresh, taking up work at his uncle's factory in Tehran. On the road he encounters Taraneh, a woman in a desperate situation, and extends her a moment of basic human kindness. That single act of decency is twisted against him. Taraneh, in league with a scheming accomplice named Asghar, manufactures a false accusation that threatens to destroy Sohrab's reputation and future. Sohrab must now fight to prove his innocence while navigating a society that too readily believes the worst — and the forces arrayed against him show no intention of relenting.

The K-Time take

Moghadam draws on classical melodrama in a way that feels grounded in lived experience rather than stage artifice. Vossoughi anchors the film with a restrained gravity that makes Sohrab's predicament genuinely affecting, while Googoosh brings an emotional complexity to a role that could easily have been one-dimensional. The film's Abadan–Tehran axis quietly frames the class and regional tensions of pre-revolution Iran.

Cast & crew

Behrouz Vossoughi, one of the most enduring stars of Iranian pre-revolution cinema, plays the wrongly accused Sohrab with characteristic intensity. Googoosh, already an icon of Persian pop culture by 1971, takes on a dramatic role here that demonstrated her range beyond music. The supporting cast includes Farrokh Sajedi, Nuri Kasrai, Hassan Raziani, and Zhale Olov.

Context & significance

Made in 1971, Panjareh belongs to a period when Iranian commercial cinema was maturing rapidly, absorbing influences from European melodrama while remaining rooted in local social textures. The Abadan setting is not incidental — the oil refinery city represented a particular working-class modernity in Iranian life, and the move to Tehran echoes the mass internal migration reshaping the country in that era. For diaspora viewers, watching Vossoughi and Googoosh together in a film of this vintage carries the weight of a cultural before-time, a snapshot of a world that was irrevocably altered. The theme of an ordinary person falsely accused by those with social leverage resonates across generations.

Where & how to watch

Panjareh is available on K-Time with original Persian-language audio. Stream it on your web browser, TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Subscription can be cancelled anytime.