Kourosh Avrahamizadeh; The Silence of Another Voice in Iranian Theater, Television, and Cinema

Kourosh Avrahamizadeh; The Silence of Another Voice in Iranian Theater, Television, and Cinema

Sirus Avrahamizadeh, playwright, voice actor, and one of the veteran actors of Iranian cinema, theater, and television, who died in America at age 89, was part of a generation of Iranian artists who saw theater and cinema not just as an entertainment industry but as one of the foundations of modern culture, and besides this art, they also devoted attention to literature and society.

Sirus Avrahamizadeh, born on 12 April 1316 in Ardabil, moved to Tehran with his family during his childhood and showed interest in art while studying at elementary school.

Later, in a meeting organized by a magazine in Tehran, he said that one of his greatest blessings was being classmates with "Hajar Daryoush" in sixth grade at elementary school. Together they founded a drama club and designed a weekly newspaper. Avrahamizadeh said: "Perhaps my pen in writing books and handwritten notes must belong to the wall newspaper of my childhood."

Avrahamizadeh studied English language and literature at Tehran University and then traveled to Britain to continue his education in theater, but Avrahamizadeh's career began in Iran in the early 1930s.

He, who had a special voice, entered radio in 1333 and worked in this medium for about 10 years. During this period, he collaborated with figures such as Iraj Gharghini, Reza Seyed Hosseini, Abdollah Tavakol, Turaj Parzmand, Mohammad Gazi, and Pahmiyah Rastkar.

During this period he also began to dub or voice. Ali Mosleh, journalist and film critic, said in this context to Radio Parada: "In fact, many people remember Mr. Avrahamizadeh by his voice. There were a special buzz and tone in his voice that repeated themselves everywhere."

Read the full report on the Radio Farda website.