But Panahi, ironically in a sense, did throughout his career what he advised the young man not to do. He turned his lens to what was in front of him and showed it to the world despite the Iranian ...

Iranian media have largely ignoring Jafar Panahi’s momentous Cannes Palme d’Or victory. Though Iran’s state news agency IRNA trumpeted Panahi’s award with a picture of him and the headline ...

Disney Lorcana is capping off its second year with Reign of Jafar. It’s a new set with extra products that play off of existing card types and archetypes. Instead of offering new mechanics for ...

EXCLUSIVE: Neon has picked up North American rights to Jafar Panahi ‘s well-received feature It Was Just an Accident, which had its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival ...

MK2 Films has boarded revered Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi‘s mystery movie “It Was Just An Accident” which will world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Panahi produced the ...

After five years, 'Kalank' song 'Ghar More Pardesiya, featuring Alia Bhatt has received a special shoutout from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Jafar and Iago’s personalities were almost opposite of what they are now. According to IMDb, the creators meant for Jafar to be hot-tempered. Meanwhile, Iago was going to be more cool and collected.

Jafar Panahi continues to sit in an Iranian prison, serving a six-year sentence due to his inquiries about arrests of fellow filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad. The international ...

In Jafar Panahi’s “No Bears,” the director plays a version of himself, exposing the absurdities and terrors of daily existence in Iran under the regime’s misrule. Photograph courtesy ...

Mir Jafar started his career as a soldier in the army of Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal. Due to his cunning mind and diplomacy, he won the trust of Alivardi Khan and earned the position of Commander.

Jonathan Freeman has been associated with the role of Jafar in “Aladdin” for 30 years, including a nearly eight-year run on Broadway. On Sunday, he passed the character’s staff to his ...

Those fears dissipated once the first week’s sales numbers came in. The Return of Jafar sold 1.5 million copies in its first two days of release, more than 4.6 million by the end of its first week.