Not Played in A Decade

Afsar Asadi, the noted Iranian actress of television and theater, said that about twelve years had passed since the last time she played in any drama.

She told irantheater.ir that her last play was “Life Dramas”, which was directed by Babak Mohammadi in 1996, and she had never had any theater activity henceforth.

“I just focused on judging in numerous theater festivals including those for the physically-disabled people later,” Ms Asadi, 59, said.

A graduate of theater direction from Tehran University, Ms Asadi said that she had never intended to direct any play because “direction has its own difficulties and I do not want to get involved in such challenges”.

Ms Asadi said that she would star in a movie, which was going to be directed by Flora Sam and her poems would be published in a book with five other poets of her generation soon.

Ms Asadi has played in “Brand” by Henrik Ibsen, which was directed by Ghasem Seif in 1980, “The Misunderstanding” by Albert Camus, which was directed by Asghar Hemmat in 1986, “Beyond the Mirror (Shaparak Khanoum)”, which was directed by Azita Hajiyan in 1997, “Her Eyes Smile (Yalda)”, which was directed by Hossein Parsaei in 2003 and “Life Dramas”, which was directed by Babak Mohammadi in 1996.

She acted in plays, which were aired on television such as “Wood Painting”, by Ingmar Bergman. It was directed Manouchehr Sheibani.

Ms Asadi received the supporting actress awards of the eight and 13^th Fajr Film Festival for “Passing through the Dust” by Pouran Derakhshandeh in 1990 and “The Blue-Veiled” by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad in 1995 respectively.

She has been teaching acting in High School of Acting since 1997 and Soureh University since 2000. Her poems, “Auction Hammer”, were published in 2001 by Tanvir Publishing House.