Gando (TV series) explained

Genre:Spy
Crime
Action
Thriller
Director:Javad Afshar
Starring:Vahid Rahbani
Dariush Farhang
Payam Dehkordi
Farhad Ghaemian
Majid Norouzi
Pendar Akbari
Ali Afshar
Erfan Ebrahimi
Ashkan Delavari
Country:Iran
Language:Persian
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:67
Producer:Mojtaba Amini
Location:Iran
Turkey
China
Cinematography:Farshad Golsfidi
Editor:Seyyed Hamed Mohsenpour
Runtime:45 minutes
Network:Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
Native Name:

Gando (Persian: گاندو, romanized: Gando) is a spy thriller Iranian TV series directed by Javad Afshar and written by Arash Ghaderi.[1] [2] [3] The first episode was broadcast on June 15, 2019, from the state network IRIB TV3. The series is about the Iranian security police and solving the security case called Gando and the adventures that take place during this case.[4] [5]

Story

From ISNA, according to the author of the series, in general, 80 percent of the story, apart from the narrative of Michael Hashemian and Jason Rezaian, was his imagination.[6]

This isn't true that 80 percent of the text was not real, said Arash Ghaderi, author of the series During the Gando press conference. He expressed our work was based on a real case, but we needed a story for drama and storytelling. We had some real cases that we had to connect with each other through stories.[7]

Series title

The serial's name is derived from the Balochi word for Mugger crocodile, a freshwater crocodile whose habitat extends from the Indian subcontinent to Southern Iran.[8]

Cast

ActorCharacterNotes
Vahid RahbaniMohammad
Dariush FarhangAmir Hossein Abdi
Majid NorouziRasoul Hasani
Pendar AkbariSaeed Shahriari
Erfan EbrahimiAmir Bahadori
Ali AfsharDavoud
Payam DehkordiMichael HashemianJason Rezaian
Mohammad Reza SharifiniaBehrooz Kazemi
Leila OtadiFahimi
Azita TorkashvandGoli Sabeti
Sara KhoenihaMarjan Sharafi
Farhad GhaemianSaed Bahrami
Aliram NouraiFarhad Haghi / Mehran Arabi
Khosrow ShahrazShahidi
Negar AbediSoraya Masoudi
Niloufar ShahidiSima Azizi
Sogol TahmasebiAtie
Reza TavakoliDr. Farmand
Nasrin NakisaAzizMohammad's Mom
Kambiz DirbazMohsen
Saleh Mirza AghaiAydin Sotoudeh
Seyyed Mehrdad ZiaeFarshid Riazi
Kamand AmirsoleimaniMahta Soltan Abadi
Atabak NaderiDoctor
Jamshid JahanzaEbrahim Sherbaf
Javad TaheriEsmaili
Behzad RahimkhaniSohrab Kashani
Rabeh Oskouie
Alireza Nematollahi

Reception

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
202020th Hafez AwardsBest Television SeriesGando[9]
Best Director – Television SeriesJavad Afshar
202121st Hafez AwardsBest Television SeriesGando[10]
Best Director – Television SeriesJavad Afshar
Best Original Song"Hug Me" (Mohammad Alizadeh, Mehrzad Amirkhani, Moein Tayebi)

Rating

According to Islamic republic of Iran broadcasting, a poll conducted on July 11 from all over the country that shows 80.5% of the people have watched the programs of television, among them, the TV series Gando recorded 44% of the rating.

References

  1. http://tv3.ir/program/53352 Gando at IRIB TV3
  2. https://www.shomanews.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1-10/900601-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84-%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88 Gando directed by Javad Afshar on June 15th on the network antenna.
  3. https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1398/03/15/2026285/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF Gand comes to the TV tonight
  4. Web site: ‘Gando’ series shooting wraps up . 2019-07-29 . 2019-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190729155140/http://en.ifilmtv.com/News/Content/19394/Gando-series-ends-shooting . dead .
  5. News: MacDiarmid . Campbell . 2021-04-17 . Iran's hit spy thriller is first shot in election culture war . 2024-02-22 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
  6. Web site: "۸۰ درصد "گاندو" تخیل است"/نویسنده به حاشیه‌ها پاسخ داد. 8 July 2019. ایسنا. 8 July 2019. به طور کلی ۸۰ درصد قصه ـ غیر از مسیر مایکل هاشمیان و جیسون رضائیان ـ تخیل بنده بود.
  7. Web site: Season 2 of Gando will be made. 2019-07-14. 2019-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716155849/http://www.iribtv.ir/portal/newsview/25981. dead.
  8. https://www.mojnews.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-6/284974-%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88 Why Gando the name
  9. Web site: 2020-08-10. اعلام نامزدهای بخش تلویزیون بیستمین جشن حافظ. 2021-11-14. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. fa.
  10. Web site: نامزدهای بخش تلویزیون بیست و یکمین جشن حافظ چه کسانی هستند؟. 2021-11-14. خبرگزاری برنا. fa.