Atabak Naderi, Actor of 'The Colonel':
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Iran Theater: 'The Colonel', which is written and directed by Kheirollah Tagianipour, tries to picture part of Iran contemporary history (the Qajar dynasty) and dominance of ignorance, dependency and lack of patriotism among Iranians during the era. Atabak Nader who stars in 'The Colonel' understands his role as Amin-odoleh very well.
A graduate of acting from Islamic Azad University, Atabak Naderi is a renowned state official. He had effectively managed the City Theater Complex and is successfully manage provincial affairs of Dramatic Arts Center.
Besides acting in theater, Naderi has stared in cinema and television pieces too. 'Paternal House', 'Hiva', 'Eagle's Eye' and 'Toranj' are among his movies. He acted in theater pieces such as 'Border' ,The Eight Journey of Sindbad', 'And Now Yahya', 'Life among Fire' and 'A Dream Comes True'.
‘The Colonel’ is about Aziz, a 35-year-old young man from a rich Qajar family who has ambition to rule Tehran. It opened at the main auditorium of the City Theater Complex on October 8. The 100-minute play has performance every day except for Saturdays at 19:30 at main auditorium of the City Theater Complex.
Hossein Pakdel, Shahram Haghighatdoust, Atabak Naderi, Cyrus Hemmati, Arash Asefi, Mona Farjad, Atiyeh Javid, Mostafa Sassani, Javad Pourzand, Vahid Nafar, Alireza Nasehi, Elaheh Shahparast, Hossein Shafiee, Mohammad Shokri, Siamak Toudeh-Fallah, Mohsen Mehri, Anahita Khosrawi, Samira Salimi, Zaynab Qamari, Milad Ebrahimi, Mahyar Tahmasbi, Hamed Badiee, Negar Jafari, Sarvenaz Jamshidi, Amir Baadbedast and Aysan Haddad are the cast.
Salar Aghili has song some tracks for 'The Colonel'. Babak Zarrin is the composer.
You have cooperated with Kheirollah Taghianipour in the past. Why are you acting in 'The Colonel', which is a play with Iranian characteristics?
I acted in 'A Dream Comes True' by Taghianipour in the past. I paid attention to Iranian drama when I was studying at the university, acting with noted directors of the genre such as Abdolhay Shamasi and Siavash Tahmores. Above all, we are Iranians and should pay due attention to this valuable field. I have always been concerned why the world does not know Iranian dramas well. We have never thought about globalization of our theater and pictured a limited geography for Iranian dramas. Kheirollah Taghianipour directed 'The King Snake' by Bahram Beyzai in Azerbaijan Republic. It was welcomed warmly. This shows Iranian dramas could be promoted. The plays, which are written and directed by Taghianipour, are inspired by Iranian civilization and history. They are valuable and important for me.
The spectators have enthusiastically welcomed 'The Colonel'. Is this showing that the audience like good Iranian dramas?
The audiences are smart. They welcome good dramas. This helps promote national theater.