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][6]

Gando
Persianگاندو
GenreSpy
Crime
Action
Thriller
Written byArash Ghaderi
Directed byJavad Afshar
StarringVahid Rahbani
Dariush Farhang
Payam Dehkordi
Farhad Ghaemian
Majid Norouzi
Pendar Akbari
Ali Afshar
Erfan Ebrahimi
Ashkan Delavari
Country of originIran
Original languagePersian
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes67
Production
ProducerMojtaba Amini
Production locationIran
Turkey
China
CinematographyFarshad Golsfidi
EditorSeyyed Hamed Mohsenpour
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkIslamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
ReleaseJune 5, 2019 (2019-06-05) –
September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)

Story

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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.[7]

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.[8]

Series title

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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.[9]

Cast

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Actor Character Notes
Vahid Rahbani Mohammad
Dariush Farhang Amir Hossein Abdi
Majid Norouzi Rasoul Hasani
Pendar Akbari Saeed Shahriari
Erfan Ebrahimi Amir Bahadori
Ali Afshar Davoud
Payam Dehkordi Michael Hashemian Jason Rezaian
Mohammad Reza Sharifinia Behrooz Kazemi
Leila Otadi Fahimi
Azita Torkashvand Goli Sabeti
Sara Khoeniha Marjan Sharafi
Farhad Ghaemian Saed Bahrami
Aliram Nourai Farhad Haghi / Mehran Arabi
Khosrow Shahraz Shahidi
Negar Abedi Soraya Masoudi
Niloufar Shahidi Sima Azizi
Sogol Tahmasebi Atie
Reza Tavakoli Dr. Farmand
Nasrin Nakisa Aziz Mohammad's Mom
Kambiz Dirbaz Mohsen
Saleh Mirza Aghai Aydin Sotoudeh
Seyyed Mehrdad Ziae Farshid Riazi
Kamand Amirsoleimani Mahta Soltan Abadi
Atabak Naderi Doctor
Jamshid Jahanza Ebrahim Sherbaf
Javad Taheri Esmaili
Behzad Rahimkhani Sohrab Kashani
Rabeh Oskouie
Alireza Nematollahi

Reception

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2020 20th Hafez Awards Best Television Series Gando Nominated [10]
Best Director – Television Series Javad Afshar Nominated
2021 21st Hafez Awards Best Television Series Gando Nominated [11]
Best Director – Television Series Javad Afshar Nominated
Best Original Song "Hug Me" (Mohammad Alizadeh, Mehrzad Amirkhani, Moein Tayebi) Nominated

Rating

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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

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  1. ^ Gando at IRIB TV3
  2. ^ Gando directed by Javad Afshar on June 15th on the network antenna.
  3. ^ Gand comes to the TV tonight in Tasnim News Agency
  4. ^ Gando (Action, Crime, Mystery), Negar Abedi, Pendar Akbari, Kamand Amirsoleimani, Payam Dehkordi, 2019-06-05, retrieved 2021-06-27{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "'Gando' series shooting wraps up". Archived from the original on 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  6. ^ MacDiarmid, Campbell (2021-04-17). "Iran's hit spy thriller is first shot in election culture war". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  7. ^ ""۸۰ درصد "گاندو" تخیل است"/نویسنده به حاشیه‌ها پاسخ داد". ایسنا. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019. به طور کلی ۸۰ درصد قصه ـ غیر از مسیر مایکل هاشمیان و جیسون رضائیان ـ تخیل بنده بود
  8. ^ "Season 2 of Gando will be made". Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  9. ^ Why Gando the name
  10. ^ "اعلام نامزدهای بخش تلویزیون بیستمین جشن حافظ". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  11. ^ "نامزدهای بخش تلویزیون بیست و یکمین جشن حافظ چه کسانی هستند؟". خبرگزاری برنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-14.