Persian stories that became the source of inspiration for series From "Small Forest" to "Majid Tales"

Narges Abiyar has recently announced that he is interested in making a series based on Mahmoud Dolatabadi's important novel "Clayder". This sentence became an excuse to review the list of Iranian serials made from Persian novels.

Narges Abiyar continues to adapt for the series?

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, Abiyar said this while he is currently airing the series Bammad Khamar, and he had previously made Sooshun based on Simin Daneshvar's novel. This is due to the fact that Iran's cinematography is always separated from literature and that Iranian filmmakers do not use the potential of Persian literature. Before this, of course, there have been TV series based on Persian novels. This report is a look at these series:

A small jungle, "A man from the jungle", Ahmad Ahrar

In 1363, Nasser Taqvai started making a small series called Jungle based on the novel "A Man from the Jungle" written by Ahmad Ahrar. However, due to many reasons and various differences, Nasser Taqwai, who had the experience of making the successful historical series of Uncle John Napoleon, was removed from the project, and Behrouz Afkhami, who was the director of Channel 2 at that time, took over the work. He was not satisfied with Taqvai's script and finally wrote the script himself based on the novel "Sardar Jangal" written by Ebrahim Fakhraei. This series was able to have many viewers in the first years of the revolution and at the height of the era when historical series such as Sarbedharan, Bu Ali Sina, Sultan and Shaban and Gregha were made and aired and of course there was no other source to watch the series.

Tales of Majid, Tales of Majid, Hoshang Moradi Kermani

The first volume of the 5-volume collection of Majid's stories was written by Hoshang Moradi Kermani in 1958 and, as he said, based on the reality of his life. The story of a teenager in Kerman who lost his parents and lives with his grandmother, Bibi. In these stories, Majid is a teenager who reads a lot, is good at composing, loves movies and acting, and dreams of becoming a writer. In 1971, Kyomarth Pourahmad made the series Kasehai Majid based on this novel. But he moved the story to Isfahan, his own city. This series was aired on Friday afternoons and is one of Pourahmad's most successful works.

Yaghi, Roman Salto, Mehdi Afroozmanesh

The popular serial Yaghi, which was released in the first half of 1402 on one of the platforms of the home television network, was created by Mohammad Kart, and the script was written by Pedram Pouramiri, Hossein Amiri Domari, and Mohammad Kart himself, with a look at Salto's novel. The series starring Parsa Pirouzfar, Tanaz Tabatabai and Ali Shadman was the story of a teenage wrestler from the lower strata of society who unknowingly gets involved in a drug deal. The novel was written by Mehdi Afroozeshmanesh, although he later said that he had nothing to do with the Yaghi series. He had expressed dissatisfaction with the series and said: We have not discussed the book with Mohammad Kart. They just got permission. I have nothing to do with the series except that I am the author of Salto.

Zhor Kari, 20 Zhor Kari, Mahmoud Hosseinizad

Another series that was made based on a novel in recent years was Zhob Kari by Mohammad Hossein Mahdovian, which was widely seen. The first season of the series, which was the best compared to the next 3 seasons, was based on Mahmoud Hosseinizad's novel 20 Wounds, but the next three seasons were completely separate from the novel, and each season, which of course was more unsuccessful than the previous season, had a reference to a play by Shakespeare: Hamlet, King Lear, and Othello.

Mahmoud Hosseinizad, the author of the novel, was so displeased with the result of his work and his trust in Mahdovian that he said that if he went back, he would not have allowed the creation of a scar and added that the characters who are the characters of his novel have found a fate that has nothing to do with his work.

Suvshun, Suvshun, Simin Daneshvar

The production of Sovshon, directed by Narges Abiyar, based on the novel Sovshon by Simin Daneshwar, started in 1401, and in June 1404, its first episode was released on the platform. Making a series based on one of the most important Persian times was naturally curious and had many people waiting for it, who of course became its critics after its release. The first points mentioned by the reviews are the comparison of the series with the novel. Some critics have considered the series as a completely faithful adaptation of the novel, some believe that this faithful adaptation has caused the series to have an unnecessary slow rhythm, and some have described the use of flashbacks in the series as contrary to the linear narrative of the novel to the detriment of the series.

Bammad Khamar, Bammad Khamar, Fataneh Haj Seyedjavadi

After the morning hangover, Narges Abiyar went to another bestseller novel. After various directors who wanted to make this project, Abiyar took it in hand and made an adaptation of Haj Sidjavadi's novel Bamdad Khamar Fatane, which was widely read and had many fans in the mid-seventies. Now, more than 20 years since the first publication of the novel, a series has been made and it has not a few viewers. But in the opinions of the audience, one point is generally repeated: the differences between the series and the novel. Of course, it is completely normal for a video adaptation that the series has differences with the novel. But these differences in the story of Rahim and Mahbubeh in the novel and series apparently were not interesting for the audience. In addition to the unnecessarily long parts and margins, it is one of its other negative points.