Series synopsis
Shahrzad, also known as شهرزاد is a drama television series that premiered on Lotus Play on October 19, 2015. It ended on May 16, 2018. It was created by Hassan Fathi. It stars Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Ali Nasirian and Mostafa Zamani.
A romantic historical drama set around and after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.
Premise
A romantic historical drama set around and after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.
Premise: In the tempest of circumstance love is the first victim.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Taraneh Alidoosti as Shahrzad Saadat
- Shahab Hosseini as Ghobad Divansalar
- Ali Nasirian as Bozorg Agha Divansalar
- Mostafa Zamani as Farhad Damavandi
- Parinaz Izadyar as Shirin Divansalar
- Mehdi Soltani as Hashem Damavandi
- Parviz Fallahipour as Nosrat Pashaei
- Houman Barghnavard as Col. Khosrow Teymouri
Supporting cast
- Gelare Abbasi as Akram Bourbouran
- Ghazal Shakeri as Azar Goldareyi
- Fariba Motakhasses as Marzie
- Soheila Razavi as Parvin
- Nasim Adabi as Homeyra Saadat
- Mahmoud Pakniat as Jamshid Saadat
- Ramin Nasernasir as Houshang Nasiri
- Abolfazl Pourarab as Heshmat Pashaei
- Amir Hossein Fathi as Homayoun Mohtadi (Saber Abdouli)
- Mehran Nael as Nader Ershad
- Nahid Moslemi as Batoul
- Pantea Panahiha as Sharbat
Guest cast
- Banipal Shoomoon as Esfandiari
- Hossein Saharkhiz as Masoudkhan
- Reza Najafi as Taghi Rafat
- Amirhossein Shariatmadari as Mostaffa Rad
- Mohsen Marvi as Arash Tirdad
- Shahab Ashkan as Kouchik
- Majid Saeedi as Elias
- Parisa Sabourinejad as Saeide Mansouri
- Aman Rahimi as Aman
- Behnam Ghorbani as Doctor
- Mehdi Alipour
- Morteza Rostami as Maghoulkhan
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 59 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 28 | October 19, 2015 | May 9, 2016 |
| Season 2 | 15 | June 19, 2017 | October 2, 2017 |
| Season 3 | 16 | February 1, 2018 | May 16, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot In 1953 in the middle of coup detat of 28th of Mordad Shahrzad tries to save her true love Farhad who works in a newspaper publishing office suddenly they have been attacked by people and Farhad took in a dangerous position. |
October 19, 2015 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 After capturing Farhad for murdering ,Shahrzad tries to convince Bozorg Agha to help in releasing him and save his life while Ghobad has to save his life from Bozorg Agha. |
October 26, 2015 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Farhad was saved by Bozorg Agha but there is a condition to keep him safe. As Shirin and Ghobad can't have a baby Bozorg Agha wants Shahrzad to marry Ghobad so he can have a grandson for his legacy in future.Every one specially Farhad and Shahrzad are disagreed but decision has been made and no one can do nothing about it. |
November 2, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bitter Honey Moon Aunt Belqeis comes from Kerman and have works to do, on the other hand Farhad and Shahrzad enjoy their honeymoon in Isfahan. |
June 19, 2017 |
| 2 |
Taking Power Shahrzad and Frahad return to Tehran as soon as they hear about Bozorg Agha's death. Belgheis arranges for Ghobad to be his uncle's successor. |
July 3, 2017 |
| 3 |
Special Meetings Ghobad is the new Bozorg Agha now. Shahrzad comes to Bozorg Agha house to meet her child. |
July 10, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Saber is tortured by police, to tell where Shirin is, but he resists to express anything. Shervani who wanted to offense Shirin to make her confess her father's (Bozorg agha) crime against Shervani's father, wants to make an association with Behboodi against Ghobad. Later he is captured by Behboodi's men.he is taken to a forsaken place, where he encounters Behboodi himself, who tells him the secret, that his wife has left him! He leaves and Ghobad enters.telling him that he is going to pay for abusing Shirin.Shervani is killed by ghobad's men. |
February 1, 2018 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Saber is released from the prison. Akram is caught by Batoul while committing the crime. Ghobad sends Akram away. Hashem takes Saber to visit Shirin. |
February 8, 2018 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 After Shirin's hiding place exposed, Saber and Hashem are looking for a safe house to keep Shirin untouchable. |
February 15, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Lotus Play |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 19, 2015 |
| Last aired | May 16, 2018 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Ended |