Tavalodet Mobarak 1972 — dastor dar bare chiye?

A man who pawned his national ID to borrow money finds his creditor gone — and his identity used to build someone else's life. It is a drama about bureaucracy, social pressure, and lost selfhood in pre-revolution Iran.

Is this film available with Persian subtitles or dubbing?

The film streams in its original Persian audio. No dubbed or subtitled version is currently available on K-Time, so it is best suited for Farsi-speaking viewers.

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Who directed Tavalodet Mobarak and when was it made?

The film was directed by Nosratollah Vahdat and released in 1972, placing it squarely in the pre-revolution golden era of Iranian social-drama cinema.

Tavalodet Mobarak

Name: Tavalodet Mobarak
Genre: Drama
Released: 1972
Duration: 114 min
Cast: Reza Karam Rezaei - Totia - Jaleh Karimi - Hamideh Khairabadi - Zari Pourzand - Mahmoud Bahrami - Ali Zahedi - Vijesta

Director: Nosratollah Vahdat

Cast: Reza Karam Rezaei - Totia - Jaleh Karimi - Hamideh Khairabadi - Zari Pourzand - Mahmoud Bahrami - Ali Zahedi - Vijesta

Tavalodet Mobarak (Happy Birthday) is a 1972 Iranian drama film directed by Nosratollah Vahdat. Set in the social landscape of pre-revolution Iran, it follows an ordinary man whose identity is literally stolen — pawned away through circumstance — and the quiet, absurd tragedy that unfolds when he tries to reclaim it.

What is Tavalodet Mobarak about?

After pledging his national identity document as collateral for a loan, a man spends years scraping together the money to repay his debt. When he finally tracks down his creditor — a certain Mr. Sharifi — the man has vanished. Digging further, he discovers that Sharifi used the borrowed identity papers to marry a woman named Pari, who has since reinvented herself as a popular singer performing under the stage name Nourshan. The protagonist is now caught in a bureaucratic and emotional labyrinth: legally, his identity belongs to someone else's life story. What follows is a quietly devastating examination of how ordinary people are ground down by systems, social performance, and the gap between who a person truly is and what a document says they are.

Cast & crew

The film is directed by Nosratollah Vahdat, a figure of the pre-revolution Iranian cinema era. The cast includes Reza Karam Rezaei, Totia, Jaleh Karimi, Hamideh Khairabadi, Zari Pourzand, Mahmoud Bahrami, Ali Zahedi, and Vijesta — an ensemble that reflects the working studio talent of 1970s Iranian filmmaking.

Context & significance

Made in 1972, Tavalodet Mobarak belongs to a generation of Iranian films that blended social realism with melodramatic storytelling — movies that took everyday working-class struggle as their canvas. For members of the diaspora who carry memories of pre-revolution Iran, or for younger generations curious about what everyday Persian culture looked like before 1979, films like this carry a documentary weight alongside their drama. The premise — a man reduced to a number on a paper — speaks directly to anxieties around identity, belonging, and bureaucratic powerlessness that remain sharply felt among Iranians living abroad. The 114-minute runtime gives the story room to breathe and the characters space to feel fully human.

Where & how to watch

Tavalodet Mobarak is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. No VPN is needed and there is no geo-blocking — stream it on your TV, computer, or phone, wherever you are. Sign up and cancel anytime.