Raad O Bargh, a 1971 Iranian drama, turns a flood and its aftermath into the setting for a story about the endurance of ordinary people.
What is Raad O Bargh about?
Rather than following a single hero, the series stays close to a community coping with a flood and the disruption it leaves behind. Its focus falls on the labor and persistence of the people affected, from the moment the water rises through the slow work of putting a town back together. The drama draws its tension from collective effort rather than a single conflict, tracking how neighbors, officials, and families respond as the crisis unfolds and gradually recedes, and how the work of rebuilding reshapes their sense of one another.
About the cast
Farshid Farzan both directs and stars in the series, appearing alongside Natasha and Farkhondeh in a small, tightly focused cast built to match the show's community-centered story.
Context & significance
Made in 1971, Raad O Bargh belongs to an early period of Iranian television drama that often turned to natural disaster as a way of dramatizing solidarity rather than spectacle. Its ninety-minute episodes give the aftermath of the flood room to unfold gradually, following the practical and emotional toll on the people who have to rebuild rather than rushing toward a resolution, with the flood itself treated as a shared trial the whole town has to work through together. That patient pace, unusual for a disaster story, is part of what sets the series apart from later, faster-moving Iranian television drama.
Watching Raad O Bargh on Ktime
Raad O Bargh streams on K-Time with a free account login, and the page itself is free to browse without any purchase. K-Time's Farsi-first design makes older Iranian dramas like this one as accessible to diaspora audiences as anything newly released.