Haft Sang (television series)

Seven Stones
Genre Drama
Romance
Comedy
Family
Written by Alireza Bazrafshan
Sara Khosroabadi
Directed by Alireza Bazrafshan
Starring Parviz Pourhosseini
Behnam Tashakkor
Farnaz Rahnama
Mehdi Soltani
Shabnam Moghaddami
Elham Pavenejad
Arsalan Ghasemi
Country of origin  Iran
Original language(s) Persian
No. of episodes 25
Production
Running time 45 minutes
Release
Original network IRIB TV3
Original release June 29 (2014-06-29) – July 31, 2014 (2014-07-31)

Haft Sang (Persian: هفت‌سنگ‎‎; "Seven stones") is an Iranian television series by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). An adaptation (or as some comments Shot-for-shot copy) of the American television series Modern Family, it first began airing in 2014 one day after the beginning of Ramadan. It is named after "haft sang" or lagori, a children's game. Each episode is around 40 to 50 minutes long, twice as long as each episode of the original American version.[1] 20th Century Fox did not authorize the production of this series, and it is a frame-by-frame remake of the American version.[2] Some subplots in the American version are not present in Haft Sang. Sina Haghighi, a YouTube user from Iran, stated that the series therefore has a slower pace compared to the American version.[1]

Characters

Mohsen and Leila are the Haft Sang versions of Phil and Claire, while Shaahin and Shadi are the Haft Sang versions of Luke and Alex.[1] The Haley character is changed to Amir, a teenage boy.[2] Dylan is replaced by Anoush, who is Amir's friend. As of 2015 portrayal of friendships between boys and girls of any age is not permitted on Iranian television.[1]

The Iranian equivalents of Mitch and Cam are a heterosexual couple, Behrooz and Elham; the latter is infertile so the couple adopts.[1]

The Iranian versions of Jay, Gloria, and Manny are Nasir, Mehri, and Hamed.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harris, Aisha. "The Story Behind That Iranian Version of Modern Family" (Archive). Slate. July 3, 2014. Retrieved on May 21, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Jordyn Holman. "Iranian Version of 'Modern Family' Unauthorized By 20th Century Fox TV - Variety". Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2015. (Archive)


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