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The movie is about Golnar, a young teahouse girl who was kidnapped as a child and taken to Lorestan with a clan of bandits living among the Lors. The leader of the thieves, Gholi Khan, is beginning to look at her with interest now she is a grown woman. At the teahouse, she meets a young man called Jafar who has been sent to Lorestan by the Iranian government to deal with the problem of banditry in the area. They fall in love, and plan to escape together. Gholi Khan catches on to their plans and beats up Jafar. Jafar rejects Khan's offer to join the bandits, so he is kidnapped and imprisoned. Golnar helps him escape and the couple attempt to flee. Pursued by the bandits, Jafar and Golnar are nearly captured, but Jafar kills several bandits, including Gholi Khan himself. Fearing revenge from the remaining gang, the couple escape to India, living in Bombay to find security from the lawlessness of Iran at the time. They later return to their homeland when they learn that a new government ...

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    • Author: Zut
    Notable as one of the earliest Iranian sound films, this effort is far from accomplished.

    The plot has a government official rescuing a dancing girl from bondage at the hands of kidnappers, played in unconvincing sets by an unremarkable, over age cast. Finale is the hero's song, devoted to the glories of Shah Reza bringing peace and unity.

    The production was by a Bombay company and the most interesting element is the choreography, resembling that of Indian films of the Meena Kumari era.
  • Credited cast:
    Sohrab Poori Sohrab Poori
    Roohangiz Sami-Nejad Roohangiz Sami-Nejad
    Abdolhossein Sepenta Abdolhossein Sepenta
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