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Why there is always something wrong with our international actresses? Shohreh Aghdashloo has such androgenic voice and golshifteh has androgenic facial hair. Great! now the whole world thinks all Iranian girls are androgenic.

 Showing that much facial hair is as bad as going out with hairy legs and underarm hair. Shave it girl, shave it!

مصاحبه ای طولانی

این مصاحبه در اصل 40 ثانیه بیشتر نیست و بقیه اش تکرار همان حرف های قبلی!  در ضمن وقت ریش و سبیل تراشیدن گل شیفته خانم هم رسیده و انشااله با کمک از مزاکز بین بردن موهای زائد در بورولی هیلز رفع و رجوغ خواهد شد

Wow!

This video has 8000 hits, which beat out  "Zeba" (7200 hits)! It must be a record for IC!

thanks,

Mrs & IB

Fatollah is right though. Hajis like fat white chicks. Golshifteh
is what we call siah sookhteh. The Haji stereotype doesn’t fit well.

Well, I don't care what the Hajis like! This girl is very attractive to my eyes. Then again I've seen Iranian women that look just as good to me who have paler skin than I do and totally different features than her. I guess I'm not very much into types! Women look good or they don't, that's all...

I don't take  issue with whether or not you or others should like
darker skin over fair skin, or women with facial hair vs those without.
As I stated before, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and
everyone's definition of beauty is different.

You're right and to be honest I don't think light skin would suit her feautures. I think she'd look a bit weird if she had pale skin, instead of being the beauty she is. I don't really agree with the whole concept of "standards" for beauty though. People are a collection of parts and they only look good when everything fits together well. If somebody has all the items from a "beauty" checklist it doesn't necessarily mean they are going to look beautiful, right? They may not even look good at all, if everything is a bit off.

Sarcasm

I don't take  issue with whether or not you or others should like darker skin over fair skin, or women with facial hair vs those without. As I stated before, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and everyone's definition of beauty is different.   

All I was calling out were factual observations. You're the one who took it the wrong way. Maybe because you saw truth to what was being said and didn't like it.

wow!

aren't you both overreacting! siah sokhteh, too dark, beard, ... ! where does all the sarcasm come from?

adios ladies 

The Mrs

Come to think of it, you and Fatollah are correct. Hajis have better taste in women. Golshifteh is too dark with a rather grey undertone rather than olive tone skin such as Sophia Lauren had.

However, I still think she can make herself a name in Bollywood. Do you think she can dance and move her hips. Well, she can lie about it and say she does even if she can't ! LOL

Programmer C: Rita Hayworth

Programmer C: Rita Hayworth depilating her forehead? Now that’s an image I want to think about! (NOT) From my perspective, the issue isn’t her beauty. But her side burns. The Elvis look does not suit her. She’s obviously pretty. But she still has that beard! Can you imagine whispering to her? You have to move all that jungle around before you find her ear.

Fatollah is right though. Hajis like fat white chicks. Golshifteh is what we call siah sookhteh. The Haji stereotype doesn’t fit well.

Reply To Fatollah

It is irrelevant how Golshifteh compares to me or Christine Amanpour, irrespective of how accomplished we may be in our fields. We have to compare Golshifteh to those in her own industry, and in doing so it is clear she is not Hollywood material. Compare her to other foreign actresses who made it big in Hollywood, such as Penelope Cruz or Katherine Zeta Jones. Golshifteh does not compare on any front. She is a good actress in the Iranian cinema and at best she can get a role in Bollywood.  Although even in Bollywood, they have actresses like Aishwarya Rai (considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world). See CBS interview:  //www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/29/60minutes/main663862.shtml. 

OKIE,DOKIE

ooh my goosh the accent cann't be missed the typical B.S Artist of middle eastern raised in America and nothing new to discover,I've known few persian ladies  and their constant blah,blah was similar;Iranian are liars,hoghe baz, doorooghgoo,pedar sookhteh,.......like they were from skandinavia themselves,!!!

P.S;  she is very talented actress and beautiful by herself though.              Maziar

Body of Lies

Oh, I saw her in "Body of Lies"! I thought she was so pretty I looked her up when I got home from the theatre and was surprised she was Iranian. I also think she's a good actress. She was one of the most memorable people in that movie in my opinion, and looks alone can't pull that off. She has stage presence.

First of all it's not a supposed negative thing. Ask 100 people what
they think of facial hair, on a woman, and I bet most will not say it
is something they look for in a great beauty. That's just the way it
is.

You're right. But that said, Rita Hayworth was a sasquatch who had to depilate her forehead! And she's one of the most famous beauties of all time.

Now, just because you notice something negative, it doesnt make the
person is ugly. Anjelina Jolie can let her arm pit hair grow and it
would be gross. It's simple. This lady needs to wax. 

If she wasn't so pretty otherwise I'd probably agree with you. But she's attractive enough to get away with it, in my opinion. Probably in another 15 years that won't be true anymore :)

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Because it talks about very important Iranian issue

Pashmo pill that is ;o)

Wow!

This video has 7600 hits in 3 days, ranks #1 on IC, it beat out Jaleho's blog (5600 hits currently) by 2000 hits! Yeah! Farahani won big!!! Sorry for gloating and bragging..............only one time I promise!

IB

aren't you being a bit harsh on her! in fact, I find your views cynical! what are you? what are your achievements in life? you sound snobbish! can you even acknowledge the village dad and grand dad hailed from? no? perhaps, you don't remember your first days/weeks/years in USA? come to think of it, Haji's like chubby pale women, she is neither!

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

I had heard Golshifteh's name and about her beauty multiple times but I have to say I was disappointed when I saw her image. Don't get me wrong, she is pretty but nothing close to a "star".

Everyone defines beauty differently. For me timeless and long lasting physical beauty starts with a beautiful and well defined bone structure and in particular of the face (cheek bones, defined jaws). Unfortunately, Goshifteh doesn't have it. Consider Angelina Jolie for instance. Golshifteh's beauty is more "haji pasand"; round face, big cheeks, round eyes, think eyebrows, etc...).

But beauty is generally not the only factor in making someone stand out above the rest. Rather, it is the way in which a person carries herself. The facial gestures, the confidence in ones walk, the comfort and ease in one's voice. That is what is attractive. For example look at Carla Bruni.

Golshifteh lacks the timeless beauty and the poise to be regarded as a "star". She reminds me of most fresh of the boat Iranian girls who are overly aggressive with little morals and values; focusing on a short and easy path to financial and social gains.

She is good but not great.

Remeber Class Avalai by Kia Rostami?

The first movie that covered this issue was the Frist Graders by Kia Rostami. 

What she is talking about is much deeper than just lying.   

There are two important fact that one needs to understand about Iranian psychology.

Look
at Iran's geography.  You have the Turks/Ottoman, Arabs, Indian (where
Pakistan is now), Afghan, and Russian as the immediate neighbor.  Each
at one point of another have been a major power.  On the South you have
Persian gulf where Iran had pleasure of dealing with the Super Power du
Jour.   Europeans at one point, and now Americans.    The point is that
when you are in the shadow of a big power, when you get conquered, you
have to say what your occupier wants to hear.  

We have made an
interesting form of communication out of it.  Look at the confessions
of the Green movement leadership.  Each of them, if you understand
Iranian mode of communication, is very much a master piece of using the
governments propaganda against themselves. 

The other main factor
that one should not overlook is that 50-100 years ago Iran was very
poor country.   It is only in recent times that Iranians have been able
to get their basic needs meet.  Now they, as well as Golshiefteh,  are
looking beyond the basic.     It is great, good things would come out of
it. 

But in the process lets do as we preach.  Lets
not  be judgmental about where we have been, lets say where we want to
go and work toward that.   I think as the economical and political
realities in Iran are changing we are going to see a completely new
forms of communication.

Holly USA

There you go  again.

Passing Judgement on others. How the hell do you know or can tell what i was predisposed to and what i had been predisposed to was inferior to your pompousness and your idea of what absolute beauty is? If you think that makes me a narrow-minded, Then by all means,You are one bigh NM yourself. Believe it it is true. You think beauty is what you and most people think and that is that!!!

I know What i am entitled to. THAT WAS THE MAIN POINT OFF THE BAT IF YOU HAD NOT MESSED THINGS UP WITH YOUR UNCALLED FOR ARROGANCE.

Nobody has given you any rights to dictate what is or is not the appropriate manner of responding to someone, Get Over youself. Seriously.
I am glad that you still have the ability to recognize "admirable" when you see it. There is hope for some people out there after all.I am also thrilled that you find my comments meaningless, That means i will have more time to spend really Discussing issues and exchanging opinions with those who understand , rather than those who want to do it their way only and curse others for disgareeing.

KouroshS

She is beautiful and most people agree. Since you read and translated only as you were pre-disposed to (which is evidently narrow mindedly)  please allow me to repeat myself: YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR OPINION, AS AM I. The appropriate manner in which to respond would have been similar to Bambi's.

However, your ability in translating what I hadn't felt, much less said YET, is admirable... 'You have nothing meaningful to say, and reading your comments is a big waste of my time.

bambi

Thank you for expressing your opinion. That is ALL i was trying to do as well, but unfortunately they were taken out of context and were tunred into a scenario whereby I was portrayed as lacking objectivity and Fairness. Go figure.

It is really regretful to

It is really regretful to see so much personal attack on individuals that one does not agree with. 

Mrs and   Koroush,

Generally,  I agree with your comments.  I believe that she has a pleasant disposition and has some nice features, but I fail to connect with her at any level.  She does not strike me as attractive, nor do  I enjoy her acting.  Some people had recommended her movies to me, so I got a few of them.  I watched one of them, and I hated it.  The script, and the rest of the movie were fine, but somehow, she fails to draw me in.  I do not find her convincing, expressive, nor beautiful.  Having said all of that, I wish her well in her artistic and personal journey.  I just won't be watching.

Ok, she's not all that and

Ok, she's not all that and I'm old enough to be her mom...I refuse to engage in discourse where there is nothing to be learned and all that it provides is for one or more parties to merely spew bitterness. Good riddance.

 Translation: I am right. I am right. You are wrong. You have nothing meaningful to say, and reading your comments is a big waste of my time. I only Learn from a discourse when my own ideas are being validated and reiterated. So get lost if you have nothing to add, anything that would only go as far as confirming what i just said.

Holly USA

I happen to disagree with you. I don't think that she is SO beautiful in that extraordinary sense that you imply. 

I also happen to really dislike the tinge of arrogance and condescention in your comment. I am sooooooooooooooooo very happy that you have met her in person, Oh, on those multiple occasions. Good for you. But you know what? beauty is in the eye of the beholder. all those heavenly, godly features look beatiful in your eyes.

Of course i follow you . the question is do you know what you are talking about? How can you "wonder" about someone else's level of fairness and objectivity, Unless you think that what you believe  is and seems right should necessarily be so  others or else. You at least don't even have the decency of leaving the judgment of how fair others are, to when they have also had a chance to  meet with her and maybe then they can give you an opinion that is closer to your own. That to me is a sign of superficiality.

You did not even want to hear The mrs. out and disregarded her comment as to why she disagrees with you because you are absolutely sure that you are right and that is the end of it.

TheMrs

You know...I extended you the same courtesy as I would anyone by not going as far as to think your comments were rooted in envy as others had suggested. I even assumed as I normaly would that you may be receptive to reason. But the tone and content of your new post (and the fact that you only begrudgingly admit that she's 'pretty') suggests perhaps jealousy does indeed warrant consideration here.

Ok, she's not all that and I'm old enough to be her mom...I refuse to engage in discourse where there is nothing to be learned and all that it provides is for one or more parties to merely spew bitterness. Good riddance.

I can understand that as a

I can understand that as a celebrity you are subjected to subjective criticism to be sure.  I guess one would be nit picked about their ear fuzz, as the Mrs. so eloquently put it.  However, I think it's refreshing and impressive that an Iranian female actor has overcome tremendous hurdles.  She had a break thru role in a large main stream Hollywood high budget production.  I don't know her personally and have never met her.  I can assure you that RSA would not have taken a risk on a foreign unknown actress without being completely blown away.  Moomak or no Moomak.

BTW:  Her dress was a Miu Miu.  One of my top  5  favorite designers.  God how much hipper can you get?  Absolutely beautiful.  Finally an Iranian woman dressing age appropriately without some bejeweled, bedazzled tacky Bebe cabaret Tehran inspired outfit.

Louie and Yolanda, cheers!

Louie:  I'm trying for the Frida thing.  Alas they're not meeting and it looks more like a patchwork.  I think I may have to break out the tweezerman and clean this up.  Bogholeh mamanam messleh pacheye boz shodeh:) 

HollyUSA, "I also believe

HollyUSA,

"I also believe that being FAIR and REALISTIC dictates a complete assessment. "

In my realistic assessment I noticed some peach fuzz in the ear area. That's called a side burn. That can't be denied, I mean you can see it in the clip. What's unfair about that?

"So I'm lost as to how someone may think it appropriate to disregard all that is beautiful in a face and mention the one supposedly negative thing. "

First of all it's not a supposed negative thing. Ask 100 people what they think of facial hair, on a woman, and I bet most will not say it is something they look for in a great beauty. That's just the way it is. Now, just because you notice something negative, it doesnt make the person is ugly. Anjelina Jolie can let her arm pit hair grow and it would be gross. It's simple. This lady needs to wax.

The questions is why are you taking it so personal? Are you her mom? I know my mom tells me I'm pretty even when I have a moustache but that's just motherly love. Just because she's pretty and you like her it doesn't mean she can't have something negative in her.

Get ready, this might hurt your feelings. Her hair kind of looks greasy too. It doesn't look like she really bothered to fix herself up for this interview. While we're at it, what the heck was that bag she wore at the movie premier with Leonardo Dicaprio? What was up with that hair!?!?

American Dream,

"Why are Hooman and Kamran denying the fact that they are Iranian?

To be honset, I don't exactly follow their career. So this is news to me. Especially since I had to sit through Saturday Persian school with one of them. And back then, he didn't deny his ethnicity. Maybe now he's too cool for school. And they didn't smell like anything, but I guess I never really sniffed them up close either so what do I know. The truth is that a lot of Iranians or Persians have an inferiority complex. Maybe they have Canadian citizenship and that's how they define themselves. Identity is a complex issue. I personally can't ever deny my Iranian ness but others prefer it. Who cares. I mean, especially these two, WHO CARES? Began az merrikhan...maybe it's better they distance themselves from Iranians they're pretty embarassing.

I also like

I also like her pearly-white teeth,

//www.flixster.com/photos/golshifte-farahani-golshifteh-11338860?gallery=actor-410146034

She qualifies to make a toothpaste commercial. Thank you, Captain, for the music video. Now I know she can sing. The video is interesting, it looked like she was in her own world! I truly hope this girl makes it big! Thank you, Desi, for the word "polyglot" (multi-lingual), I love that word!...I feel this girl's face was sculpted by God, her eyes, eye lashes, nose, lips, and chin are in perfect proportion! She has beauty, brain, and grace!

Thank you for sharing the video!

P.S.  1) If Farahani is a good liar, AN is a bad bad liar!

        2) Being hairy is better than being bald. Did you watch the video this morning from IC, 2 bald dudes arguing about nuclear issues? One dude is from Tel Aviv, the other from Tehran. They remind me of Mr. Clean!

sorry, I got to go!

yolanda

American Dream

Thank you for the excellent clip.  It is also my understanding that the king was keenly religious and he too thought that he was protected by Emam e Zaman. This clip fills some important gaps for me.    

She's beautiful

She's beautiful, talented and successful. Apparently judging from her few interviews and clips that I have seen, she's also sweet and down to earth.

I love the way she talks and I agree with the points she was making here. The reversal of values in Iran is a bitter reality. It's painful to have to teach your kids to lie at a very young age and that's how our people have raised their children for decades now. 

Thanks for the post Mr Prez mahboob :o)

IRANdokht

KouroshS and The Mrs

I don't think anyone is saying you are not allowed your opinion, at least I'm not. I think most people were shocked at the comments simply because she's SO beautiful that one would find themselves struggling to find a negative about her looks. Here's a clarification of my point with regard to the facial hair comments:

You see the artistry nature put into creating this creature right? The shape of the face, the lips, the eyes, the lashes, the skin, the nose (and no I don't think it is a nose job) You see all that right? (And Kourosh, I HAVE met her in person more than once, she REALLY is that beautiful and seems perfectly nice and intelligent too)

Now I'm as far as one can be from one of those whose lives revolve around what I consider an escape mechanism: 'positive energy' 'speak well of everything no matter what' 'BS tarof'  i.e. live in denial philosophy kinda folk BUT I also believe that being FAIR and REALISTIC dictates a complete assessment. So I'm lost as to how someone may think it appropriate to disregard all that is beautiful in a face and mention the one supposedly negative thing. To me that just says something about the fairness and objectivity level of the author. Follow me?

And Emil jan, if the nose and the hair bother u, I have a simple suggestion/solution: The next time Ms Farahani offers herself to you, refuse her. It's a free country we live in ;)