| Genre: | Political satire |
| Director: | Mehran Modiri |
| Starring: | Farhad AslaniShabnam MoghaddamiMehran ModiriGohar KheirandishShila KhodadadMohammad BahraniSima Tirandaz |
| Composer: | Amir Tavassoli |
| Country: | Iran |
| Language: | Persian |
| Producer: | Mustafa AhmadiMehran Modiri |
| Runtime: | 50 minutes |
| Network: | Home video |
The Monster (fa|هیولا|Hayoula, also Hayoola) is an Iranian TV series in the genre of political satire, directed by Mehran Modiri, produced by Seyed Mostafa Ahmadi and Mehran Modiri and written by Amir Baradaran. The designer and director of the script of this series is Peyman Ghasemkhani.[1] This is the seventh series between Modiri and Ghasemkhani and it is also the first series of this director in which Siamak Ansari is not present.[2] The filming of the first season started in December 2016[3] and lasted until May 2017.[4] Due to the fact that the series took place in different places, the location of the filming was not fixed.[5] The first season of this series started broadcasting on May 30, 2019, and ended on September 16, 2019. The second season is also in production. The first season of the series aired on a weekly basis on Mondays.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Houshang is a simple and honorable teacher who is satisfied with his life and has little regard for the world, but inadvertently finds himself on a path that changes his life and enters the process of embezzlement and corruption. He is unexpectedly inflated with wealth and distances himself from his former character. The story is narrated in several periods from Qajar to the present day.
| Actor | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| Main Characters | ||
| Houshang Sherafat | Farhad Aslani | |
| Kamran Kamrava | Mehran Modiri | |
| Shohreh | Shabnam Moghaddami | |
| Mehri | Gohar Kheirandish | |
| Ghazanfar Chemchareh/Mahyar Mehrafzoon | Mohammad Bahrani | |
| Mina | Sima Tirandaz | |
| Houshmand Kamrava | Nima Shabannejad | |
| Haleh Sherafat | Mania Alijani | |
| Hamed Sherafat | Mohammad Javad Jafarpour | |
| Felor | Shila Khodadad | |
| Recurring and Guest characters | ||
| Mehdigholi Khan Sherafat | Mirtaher Mazloumi | |
| Mahmoud Sherafat | Changiz Jalilvand | |
| Fazid | Afshin Zinoori | |
| Davood Bizakodil/Shervin | Shakib Shajareh | |
| Zhila Zahmatkesh | Aziat Terkashound | |
| Majd | Ezzatolah Mehravaran | |
| Mohsen Saeedi | Reza Karimi | |
| Arzhang Noordideh | Farzin Mohades | |
| Pouladtan | Mohsen Ghazimoradi | |
| Beggar | Isa Yousefipour | |
| Melika | Ladan Soleimani | |
| Bita | Nooshin Tabrizi | |
| Miss.Elham | Elsa Firoozazar | |
| Mr.Mansour | Peyaman Fatemi | |
| Mahsa | Deniz Motavassel | |
| Kamali | Payam Ahmadinia | |
| Zhabiz | Amir Teymouri | |
| Tishani | Alireza Aghakhani | |
| Ardalan | Siamak Ehsaee | |
| Mansour Moddaber | Manoochehr Azar | |
= Recurring (+4)
= Guest (3-1)
| Year | Award | Category | Nominations | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Hafez Awards[12] | |||
| The best television series | Mehran Modiri and Mustafa Ahmadi | |||
| Best director | Mehran Modiri | |||
| The best comedian Actress | Shila Khodadad | rowspan="2" | ||
| Gohar Kheirandish | ||||
| Shabnam Moghaddami | ||||
| The best TV script | Peyman GhasemKhani | |||
| The best comedian Actor | Mehran Modiri | rowspan="3" | ||
| Farhad Aslani | ||||
| Shakib Shajareh | ||||