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Mon, 05/16/2011 - 14:07
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Iranian Stage Actors Celebration selects tops

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) -- The Iranian Stage Actors Celebration picked Masud Delkhah and Pantea Panahiha as the best actors in a ceremony held at Tehran’s City Theater Complex on Saturday.

Like previous editions, the 8th event began with lighting the candles, and this time Roya Teimurian and Soheila Razavi were chosen to light them.

The ceremony continued with the pantomime “Caprice 24” performed by Alireza Nasehi and the composition “Mercedes” performed by pop singer Mani Rahnama.

The guests were surprised when they saw five actresses holding baskets of flowers handing one to each viewer as a symbol of peace and friendship.

Afterwards, two veteran non-Tehrani actors Mehdi Sani and Azam Soleimani were called on stage and were honored at the ceremony for their continuous efforts in theater.

“I gave several performances at the Molavi Theater and I was left alone, but when I attended an international congress, I received a warm welcome and was honored by the foreign guests. Please applaud those foreigners!” Sani told the guests.

The jury next handed their special awards to the casts of the two plays “Wonder of Creatures” (Reza Servati) and “Chalk Circle” (Hamid Purazari).

Masud Delkhah received the best actor award for his role in the play “Usual Process” (Mohammadreza Khaki) and Pantea Panahiha got the best actress award for her role in “The City without the Sky” (Kiumars Moradi).

Ismaeil Kashi got the second actor award for his role in the play “Macbeth” and Nasim Adabi got the second actress award for her role in the play “Eclipse”.

The third award went to actors Saied Changizian for “Caligula” and Sima Tirandaz for “Fairy Talking of Love and Stone”.

The ceremony was brought to an end with tribute paid to deceased actors, in particular Mahin Shahabi, Mohammad Varshochi, Reza Khandan, Mehri Vadadian and Saeid Jam.


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