Khosrow Shakibai

Infobox Actor
name = خسرو شکیبایی
Khosrow Shakibā'í


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caption = Khosrow Shakibā'í
birth_date = birth date|1944|3|27
birth_place = Tehran, Iran
death_date = death date|2008|7|18|mf=y
death_place = Tehran, Iran
occupation = Actor

Khosrow Shakibā'í (March 27, 1944, Tehran, Iran — July 18, 2008, Tehran) ( _fa. خسرو شکیبایی) was a celebrated Iranian stage and cinema actor. He ranks amongst the most accomplished of actors of his generation.

Khosrow Shakibai was born to Colonel Ahmad Shakibāi and Ms Farideh Khātami. His father, who was an army Colonel, died from cancer when Khosrow (called Mahmoud by family and close friends) was only fourteen. Khosrow studied acting at Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Tehran. He began his stage career in 1963 and initiated his film acting in 1982 with "Khatt-e Ghermez" (The Red Line), directed by Masoud Kimiai. He had played in seven feature films when the film director Dariush Mehrjui offered him the title role of "Hamoun", a film that over time has achieved a cult status.

Shakibai's performance in "Hamoun" marked a turning point in his career. He received a Crystal Simorgh at Fajr International Film Festival for his portrayal of "Hamoun", a literary intellectual who gradually loses his touch with reality and becomes entrapped into an obsessive and destructive conflict with his estranged wife whom he deeply loves. Shakibai played also in some major television series. He won a Crystal Phoenix for "Kimiā" (The Philosopher's Stone) (1994) directed by Ahmad-Reza Darvish.

Shakibai found also a considerable following for his voice, brought about through publication of the recordings of his readings of poems by such luminaries of the modern Persian poetry as Forough Farrokhzad and Sohrab Sepehri.

Shakibai is credited for helping to raise the stature of performing arts in Iran by the end of the 1980s, when the authorities in charge tended to neglect this area of cultural activities.

He married twice. From his first marriage with the actress Tānyā Joharí he has one daughter named Poupak, and from his second marriage with Parvin Koush'yār one son named Pouyā.

Khosrow Shakibai died at 6 am on July 18, 2008, of liver cancer in "Pārsiān Hospital" in Tehran. Earlier it had been reported that Shakibai's death had been a consequence of his heart failure. Parviz Jāhed in an article with the title The Play is Over ("Bāzi tamām shodeh ast"), published by "Radio Zamāneh" (dated July 19, 2008), refers to Khosrow Shakibai's severe dependency on drugs and suggests that Shakibai's premature death is likely to have been precipitated by this dependency. It has further been reported that on October 5, 2007, Khosrow Shakibai had been admitted to a hospital for suffering from diabetes, however on his explicit request the press had withheld this information from public.

On Sunday, July 20, 2008, the body of Khosrow Shakibai was laid to rest in The Artists Section of Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in Tehran. His funeral procession began at 9 am from Vahdat Hall ("Tālār-e Vahdat"), Hafez Street, in Tehran.

hakibai's feature films

* "Khatt-e Ghermez" (The Red Line), directed by Masud Kimiai, 1981 (1360 AH)
* "Dād'shāh", directed by Habib Kavosh, 1983 (1362 AH)
* "Sā'e'gheh" (Thunderbolt), directed by Zia-od-Din Dari, 1984 (1363 AH)
* "Rābeteh" (The Rapport), directed by Pouran Derakhshandeh, 1986 (1365 AH)
* "Dozd va Nevisandeh" (The Thief and the Writer), directed by Kāzem Ma'sumi, 1986 (1365 AH)
* "Shekār" (The Hunt, Hunting), directed by Majid Javānmard, 1987 (1366 AH)
* "Tran" (The Train), directed by Amir Ghavi'del, 1987 (1366 AH)
* "Obur az Ghobār" (Passing Through Dust), directed by Pouran Derakhshandeh, 1989 (1368 AH)
* "Hamoun", directed by Dariush Mehrjoui, 1989 (1368 AH)
* "Jost-o-jou dar Jazareh" (Search-and-Exploration on the Island), directed by Mehdi Sabbagh'zādeh, 1990 (1369 AH)
* "Eblis" (The Satan), directed by Ahmad-Reza Darvish, 1990 (1369 AH)
* "Bānu" (The Lady), directed by Dariush Mehrjoui, 1991 (1370 AH) (released in 1998)
* "Yek-bār barāy-e Hamisheh" (Once and for Ever), Sirus Alvand, 1992 (1371 AH)
* "Sārā" (Sara), directed by Dariush Mehrjoui, 1992 (1371 AH)
* "Parvāz rā be Khāter Besepār" (Remember the Flying), Hamid Rakhshāni, 1992 (1371 AH)
* "Blof" (Bluff), directed by Samuel Khāchekiān, 1993 (1372 AH)
* "Kimiā" (The Philosopher's Stone), directed by Ahmad-Reza Darvish, 1994 (1373 AH)
* "Pari", directed by Dariush Mehrjoui, 1994 (1373 AH)
* "Dard-e Moshtarak" (The Shared Agony), directed by Yasamin Malek Nasr, 1994 (1373 AH)
* "Khāharan-e Gharib" (The Estranged Sisters), directed by Kiumars Pourahmad, 1995 (1374 AH)
* "Āsheqāneh" (Amorously), directed by Ali-Reza Davoudnejad, 1995 (1374 AH)
* "Sāyeh be Sāyeh" (In Close Pursuit), directed by Ali Zhakān, 1995 (1374 AH)
* "Sar Zamin-e Khorshid" (The Land of the Sun), directed by Ahmad-Reza Darvish, 1996 (1375 AH)
* "Zendegi" (The Life), directed by Asghar Hashemi, 1997 (1376 AH)
* "Ravāni" (The Psycho), directed by Dariush Farhang, 1997 (1376 AH)
* "Mix" (Mix), directed by Dariush Mehrjoui, 1999 (1378 AH)
* "Eshgh-e Shisheh-i" (The Vitreous Love), directed by Dariush Mehrjoui, 1999 (1378 AH)
* "Dokhtar Dā'i-ye Gomshodeh" (The Lost Niece), directed by Dariush Mehrjoui, 1999 (1378 AH)
* "Yek Daastaan e Naagofte" (An Untold Story), A Documentary directed by Hossein Khandan, 2000 (1379 AH)
* "Dokhtari be Nām-e Tondar" (A Girl Named Thunder), directed by Hamid-Reza Ashtianipour, 2000 (1379 AH)
* "Mozāhem" (The Nuisance), directed by Sirus Alvand, 2001 (1380 AH)
* "Lezhion" (The Legion), directed by Zia-od-Din Dari, 2001 (1380 AH)
* "Kāghaz-e bi Khatt" (Unruled Paper), directed by Naser Taghvai, 2001 (1380 AH)
* "Asiri" (Ethereal), directed by Mohammd-Ali Sajjādi, 2001 (1380 AH)
* "Sobhāneh Barāy-e Do Nafar" (Breakfast For Two), directed by Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh, 2003 (1382 AH)
* "Hokm" (The Verdict), directed by Masud Kimiai, 2004 (1383 AH)
* "Ezdevāj-e Sourati" (The Superficial Marriage), directed by Manuchehr Masiri, 2004 (1383 AH)
* "Sālād-e Fasl" (The Garden Salad), directed by Fereydoun Jayrani, 2004 (1383 AH)
* "Che Kasi Amir rā Kosht?" (Who Killed Amir?), directed by Mehdi Karampour, 2005 (1384 AH)
* "Arousak-e Farangi" (The European Doll), directed by Farhad Sabā, 2005 (1384 AH)
* "Pishnehād-e Panj Meluni" (The Five-Million [Dollar] Proposition), directed by Fereydoun Jayrani, 2005 (1384 AH)
* "Setāreh-hā" (The Stars), directed by Fereydoun Jayrani, 2005 (1384 AH)
* "Dasthā-ye Khāli" (The Empty Hands), directed by Abol-Ghāsem Tālebi, 2006 (1385 AH)
* "Otobus-e Shab" (The Night Bus), directed by Kiumars Pourahmad, 2006 (1385 AH)
* "Ra'is" (The Boss), directed by Masoud Kimiai, 2006 (1385 AH)
* "Shab" (The Night), directed by Golnaz Rahimi, 2007 (1386 AH)
* "Emruz na Fardā" (Today and Not Tommorrow), 2008 (1387 AH)

ome television series in which Shakibai performed

* "Ruzi Ruzegāri" (Some Day and Some Age), directed by Amro'llah Ahmadjou, 1989 (1368 AH)
* "Modarres" (The Teacher), ???, ???
* "Khāneh-ye Sabz" (The Green House), directed by Bijan Bi'rang and Masoud Resām, 1996 (1375 AH)
* "Kāktus" (Cactus), directed by Mohammd-Reza Honarmand, 1998 (1377 AH)
* "Tofang-e Sar-por" (The Charged Rifle), directed by Amro'llah Ahmadjou, 1999/2000 (1378/1379 AH)
* "Dar Kenār-e Ham" (Being Together), directed by Fat'h-Ali Oveisi, 2002 (1381 AH)
* "Sar-Zamin-e Sabz" (The Green Country), directed by Bijan Bi'rang and Masoud Resām, 2007 (1386 AH)

Recorded readings of poetry by Shakibai

* "Pari Khāni" (Reading the Angels [A reference perhaps to "My Little Angle", "Pari-ye Kuchak-e Man", in Farrokhzad's celebrated poem "Another Birth", "Tavallodi Digar".] ), poems by Forough Farrokhzad
* "Hajm-e Sabz" (The Green Volume), poems by Sohrab Sepehri
* "Neshāni-hā" (The Addresses), poems by Sayyed-Ali Sālehi
* "Nāmeh-hā" (The Letters), poems by Sayyed-Ali Sālehi
* "Mehrabāni" (Kindness), ???
* "Albom-e Sohrāb" (Shohrab's Album), poems by Sohrab Sepehri

Awards and Nominations

Awards

* Crystal Phoenix at the 8th Fajr International Film Festival, 1989 (1368 AH), for his main role in "Hamoun"
* Crystal Phoenix at the 13th Fajr International Film Festival, 1993 (1373 AH), for his main role in "Kimiā" (The Philosopher's Stone)
* Golden Tablet by the "Iran Actor" Site, 2003 (1382 AH), the 3rd Series, for "Kāghaz-e bi Khatt" (Unruled Paper)
* Crystal Phoenix at the 23rd Fajr International Film Festival, 2004 (1383 AH), for his supporting role in "Sālād-e Fasl" (The Garden Salad)
* Certificate of Honour at the 25th Fajr International Film Festival, 2006 (1385 AH), for his main role in "Otobus-e Shab" (The Night Bus)

* Second best Actor in the category of men, for "Kāghaz-e bi Khatt" (Unruled Paper), during the 17th sequence, 2002 (1381 AH), by Writers and Critics

Nominations

* Crystal Phoenix at the 11th Fajr International Film Festival, 1992 (1371 AH), for his main role in "Yek'bār Barāy-e Hamisheh" (Once and for Ever)
* Crystal Phoenix at the 15th Fajr International Film Festival, 1996 (1375 AH), for his main role in "Sāyeh be Sāyeh" (In Close Pursuit)
* Crystal Phoenix at the 20th Fajr International Film Festival, 2001 (1380 AH), for his main role in "Kāghaz-e bi Khatt" (Unruled Paper)
* Golden Tablet by the "Iran Actor" Site, 2005 (1384 AH), the 6th Series, for "Sālād-e Fasl" (The Garden Salad)
* Golden Tablet by the "Iran Actor" Site, 2005 (1384 AH), the 6th Series, for "Hokm" (The Verdict)
* Golden Image ("Tandis-e Zarrin"), 2006 (1385 AH), for the best main role in the category of men in the feature film "Che Kasi Amir rā Kosht?" (Who Killed Amir?)

References

* "Kosrow Shakibā'i", in Persian, [http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C "Persian Wikipedia"] .
* "Kosrow Shakibā'i", in Persian, a concise artistic biography of Kosrow Shakibā'i, [http://iranact.com/cinema/artists/showartist.asp?id=1092 IranAct] .
* Parviz Jāhed, "Bāzi tamām shodeh ast" (The Play is Over), in Persian, Radio Zamāneh, July 19, 2008. [http://radiozamaaneh.com/blog/2008/07/print_post_109.html] .
* "The body of Kosrow Shakibā'i is laid to rest" ("Paykar-e Kosrow Shakibā'i Tash'ee Shod"), in Persian, Jām-e Jam, July 20, 2008, [http://www.jamejamonline.ir/newstext.aspx?newsnum=100944226187] .
* "Kosrow Shakibā'i from Vahdat Hall to the Eternal House" ("Kosrow Shakibā'i az Tālār-e Vahdat tā Khāneh-ye Abadi"), in Persian, Jām-e Jam, July 20, 2008, [http://www.jamejamonline.ir/papertext.aspx?newsnum=100944176915] .

ee also

* The Night Bus (film)
* Unruled Paper (film)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787676/ Khosro Shakibai] at The Internet Movie Database.
* "Kosrow Shakibā'i Died", in Persian, Āftāb, July 18, 2008, [http://www.aftab.ir/news/2008/jul/18/c5c1216370089_art_culture_cinema_khosro_shakibaei.php] .
* "Kosrow Shakibā'i Died", in Persian, Radio Zamaneh, July 18, 2008, [http://radiozamaaneh.com/news/2008/07/post_5677.html] .
* "Kosrow Shakibā'i Died", in Persian, BBC Persian, July 18, 2008, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2008/07/080718_he-shakibaee.shtml] .
* Reminiscences of some prominent film directors of artists, in Persian, ISNA, July 18, 2008, [http://isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1165630&Lang=P] .
* A gallery of twenty-two photographs of Kosrow Shakibā'i: [http://www.farsnews.com/plarg.php?nn=M343542.jpg"Fars News Agency"] .
* Two short excerpts, consisting of monologues of Kosrow Shakibā'i, of the motion picture Who Killed Amir? ("Che Kasi Amir rā Kosht?") (2006) directed by Mehdi Karampour, YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/v/xuJNvRg7Y04&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1 Part 1] (2 min 46 sec), [http://www.youtube.com/v/Yv6Aku93tgc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1 Part 2] (6 min 22 sec).
* Kosrow Shakibā'i reads Forough Farrokhzad's "Negāh Kon" (Look On!), YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/v/8FnQUn1GZvE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1] (the initial 3 min 40 sec).
* Shahāb Mirzāi, "Hamid Hamoun Has Died", in Persian, Jadid Online, 2008, [http://www.jadidonline.com/story/19072008/frnk/khosro_shakibaei] .
"Akbar" talking in "Who Killed Amir?", Jadid Online, 2008: [http://www.jadidonline.com/images/stories/flash_multimedia/Khosro_shakibaei_test/khosro_high.html] (1 min 58 sec).