ZAL & ROUDABEH

Writer & Director:  Mohammad Ali Sajadi

Storyboard: Mohammad Ali Sajadi

Character designer and background design: Mohammad Ali Sajadi

Concept artist: Mohammad Ali Sajadi

Animators: Mohammad Ali Sajadi

Digital supervisor and Editor: Mohammad Ali Sajadi

Music supervisor: Saeid Sharam

Sound designer: Behrouz Moavenian

Producers: Mohammad Ali Sajadi

FHD, Sterio, 90MINS, 2025

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The story of Zal and Rudabeh is a love story from the Shahnameh, the Iranian epic. It tells the story of the love between Zal, the son of Sam, and Rudabeh, the daughter of Mehrab Kabuli. The story begins when Zal, after his father entrusts him with the kingdom of Zabulistan, leaves Sistan to visit the cities and subordinate countries until he reaches Kabul. After meeting Mehrab, the king of Kabul and a descendant of Azhi Dahak (Zahhak), he becomes incredibly infatuated with Mehrab's daughter.

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Bio/Filmography:

Born in 1957 in Amol, Mohamad Ali Sajjadi began painting and calligraphy in second grade of elementary school. Sajjadi made his first short film, WHO IS THE CLEVEREST OF ALL? , when he was 13. Then he made some 8 mm. films in Free Cinema Workshop. His first amateur 16mm. Short film, THE RAIL, was made in 1979. Two years later, he directed his first feature film, THE ROAD, but it took him another three years to enter the professional filmmaking with INVESTIGATION ON A MURDER. An active poet, novelist and director, Sajjadi has written all his films except THE STRIFE. Feature Films: 1981 – THE ROAD; 1984 – INVESTIGATION ON A MURDER;1987 – THE STRIFE,1988 – THE LOST GROUP, 1989 – AS THE WIND, 1990 – GOZAL, 1993-  THE LEGEND OF THE MOON AND LEOPARD, 1998- THE BEAD, 1998 – THE BEWITCHED, 2001 – Colour OF THE NIGHT, 2002 -ETHEREAL, 2003 – PASSWORD, 2004 – THE CRIM, 2005 – AGILE, 2006 – PASSIONATE, 2007 – HEAT, 2008 – SHADOW OF WATER, 2009 - INVESTIGATORS, Soudabeh 2024, 

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