Leila Forouhar

Infobox musical artist


Name = _ar. لیلا فروهر
Leila Forouhar
Background = pink
Birth_name = Leila Forouhar
Born = 1960
flagicon|Iran Isfahan, Iran
Genre = Soul
Pop music

Occupation = singer, model, actress
Years_active = 1965 –present (Films)
1974–present (Music)
First_album = "Leila Forouhar"
Latest_album = "Maah e Man"
Notable_albums = "Leila Forouhar", "Planet Of Harmony", "Bahaneh", "Story of Yours, Story of Mine"
Notable_songs = " Maah e Man Shameem", "A Kiss", "Do Parandeh", "Azad"
Label = Pars Video
Taraneh Records
Caltex RecordsHeight = 155 cm

Weight = 47 kg

Leila Forouhar (PerB|لیلا فروهر , born 1960 in Isfahan, Iran) is a singer and actress from Iran who is very popular in Iran, Tajikestan and AfghanistanFact|date=August 2008. She relocated to Los angeles after the Iranian Revolution to avoid the ban on female singing placed by the revolutionary council.

Career

Leila is the daughter of the late Iranian actor Jahangir Forouhar, who had already established a solid background in the Iranian entertainment industry by the early 1970s. She speaks of the great influence her father had upon her interviews. She followed her father's career path into movies, beginning with minor roles in various movies that were based mainly on the social issues of the Shah Shah PahlaviFact|date=August 2008. In time she became known as a child star, and with the release of "Soltaneh Ghalbhaa" ("King of Hearts"), her fame had already spread to all three Persian countriesFact|date=August 2008. As a teenager, she had begun modeling for top fashion magazines alongside acting, with roles in "Ezteraab", "Three Sisters" and "The Thirsty Ones".

In 1974, Forouhar released a self-titled music album, which sold out in Afghanistan in less than a dayFact|date=August 2008. Two singles from the album, "Cheshma-e-Nour" and "Eshgh Mesle Atisheh" in particular where noted in entertainment magazinesFact|date=August 2008 and praised as the greatest album introduced to Afghan society by a female singerFact|date=August 2008, unseating the then favorite singer Googoosh as the most popular female singerFact|date=August 2008. Her hairstyle from the music video for "Cheshma-e-Nour" became for years the most sought after look in KabulFact|date=August 2008. A survey conducted in the 70’s named Leila as every Afghan man’s "Fantasy Mistress"Fact|date=August 2008, and her popularity continued until Iran became entangled in political turmoil.

The Iranian Revolution's theocratic form of government opposed any form of art that it deemed corrupt. A revolutionary court order named popular singers and actors (both male and female) to show up for a court hearing, and Leila was the third person listedFact|date=August 2008. It was well ingrained that these artists must renounce their careers or face legal consequences. Given these choices, many singers accepted the orders and withdrew from the entertainment industry.

Move to France

With the outbreak of war with neighboring Iraq, the Iranian movie and music industry was foundering. Initially Forouhar family decided to stay in Tehran in hopes that the conclusionn of the war would signify a return to the pre-revolutionary eraFact|date=August 2008. With the war drew stretched on, however, Leila decided to leave the country. With the aid of Afghan government she was flown first to Afghanistan, then to Europe, and in 1986, settled in France for two years.

During this time, much of the press speculated about Forouhar's possible comeback to singing, but Forouhar did not grant interviews, desiring to remain unobtrusive (assassinations of famous expatriates were common).

Move to the United States

In 1988 Forouhar and her family moved to the United States quickly establishing contact with Los Angeles based Iranian artists who had fled at the outbreak of the revolution. That same year, she released "Makhmal-e-Naz" and in 1989 "Hedieh" ("The Gift"), and the song "Ey Dil" ("Oh My Heart") became very popularFact|date=August 2008, rekindling a craze similar to that inspired by "Cheshma-e-Nour"Fact|date=August 2008. Releasing an album a yearFact|date=August 2008, by the 1990s she re-established her reputation as a popular female vocalist amongst Persian audiencesFact|date=August 2008.

In 2005, Leila married a Los Angeles based Iranian-American businessman in a ceremony that included many colleague singers and entertainers with whom she had made albumsFact|date=August 2008.

Recent concerts

Since the 1990s, Forouhar has performed in concerts around the world, including a venue in Tajikestan for a sold-out concert performing alongside Tajik singers Manija Dawlatova and Shabnam Suraya.

Leila Forouhar Live in concert at Kodak TheatreDate : November / 1 / 2008 - Sat . 08:00 PM Ticket : On All Iranian Stores & www.TicketMaster.com www.leilamusic.comwww.shameemclub.com Tell : 001 818 588 24 74

Discography

Avang Records Releases
* 1974: Leila Forouhar

Caltex Records Releases
* 1991: Hedieh (with Shahram Solati)
* 1992: Shaans
* 1994: Attal Mattal (with Ebi)
* 1995: Tapesh
* 1996: Saraab
* 1997: Love Songs
* 1997: Planet of Harmony
* 1997: Dance Beat
* 1998: Love Story
* 1999: Didar (with Shahram Shabpareh)
* 1999: Yek Samado Do Leila (soundtrack from the play "Yek Samado Do Leila")
* 2000: Tasvir
* 2001: Story of Yours, Story of Mine
* 2003: Live in Concert at the Kodak Theatre
* 2005: A Kiss
* 2007: Maahe Man (My Moon)

Taraneh Record Releases
* 1993: Hamsafar
* 1994: Do Parandeh

Pars Video Releases
* 1988: Makhmal-e-Naaz
* 1994: Parandeha (with Mahasty and Shahram solati )
* 1999: Ghahremananeh Vatan (with Andy and Dariush Eghbali)

MZM Records Releases
* 1992: Bahaaneh
* 2008: Maahe Man

Other Records Releases
* 2000: Lets party (with Maxim & The Boyz)

single Records Releases
* 1974: Delshoureh
* 1975: Yeki Yepoole Khoroos
* 1977: Zalzalak
* 1992: Amad az rah fasle zibaye bahar
* 1994: Telesm
* 1995: Nefrin( with Mekabiz)
* 1996: Zamin larzid
* 1998: Iran barande mishe
* 2001: Azadeh Irani
* 2002: Mosabbeb
* 2003: Sayad Nojva
* 2006: Music
* 2007: Iran Iran (with Omid)
* 2007: The Memories(Dedicated to mahasti )

Notable singles

Videography

* Rouzegar (VHS)
* The Return (VHS)
* Flashback (VHS)
* A Kiss (DVD)
* Live in Concert at the Kodak Theatre (DVD)
* 4 DVD Collection #1

Filmography

* "Mehmaan"
* "Soltaneh Ghalbhaa"
* "Aramesh dar Hozooreh Digaraan"
* "Baagheh Boloor"
* "Shabeh Aftabi"
* "Ezteraab"
* "Four Sisters"
* "The Thirsty Ones"
* "Morad & laleh"
* "Iman"
* "The Beauty Sin"
* "Golden Cage"
* "The Springtime Connection"

References

cite DVD-notes | title =Leila Forouhar: Live in Concert at Kodak Theatre | titlelink= | titleyear = 2003 | director =unk. | format = Introduction by artist | publisher = Caltex Records | location = California | publisherid = B0007Y5HNE | year = 2003

External links

* [http://www.Leilamusic.com/ Leila Forouhar's Official Website]
* [http://www.leilamusic.org/ Leila Forouhar's Fan Club]
* [http://www.iran-video.net/component/option,com_seyret/Itemid,26/catid,18/ Leila Forouhar's Videos]