“Mokhtar-nameh” producer hospitalized

The 61-year-old has been engaged with the project since 2002.

The shooting of the series is expected to finish by autumn 2007.    

Starring Fariborz Arabnia, Reza Ruygari, and Rahman Baqerian, “Mokhtar-nameh” is the sixth TV series directed by Davud Mirbaqeri, which includes 26 episodes.

The series depicts the life of Mokhtar Saqafi, leader of the main uprising formed after the events of Ashura (Muharram 10, the day Imam Hussein [AS] was martyred).

The story begins at the time of the Imamate of Imam Hassan (AS), reviewing the events leading to the martyrdom of the Imam and ending at the adolescence of Mokhtar.

In the second part, it reviews 16 years of Mokhtar’s life such as the death of Mu’awiyah, the succession of Yazid ibn-Mu’awiyah, and the events leading to Ashura and whatever related to the uprising of Mokhtar till his and his companions’ martyrdom.

Series like “The Tribe of Love”, “A Fully Loaded Gun”, “Blue Like the Sea”, “Good Ride” and feature-length movies “Lover Killing Tradition” and “Somewhere Faraway” are his other credits as a producer.

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