to report Trust cinemaThe last month of the autumn season is a reminder of one of the bitter events of Iranian cinema, that one night in December 2006, one of the cinema’s sound operators, who is known as one of the first sound operators of Iranian cinema, had an accident while returning from a film project.
According to ISNA, Asghar Shahvardi, who in collaboration with prominent cinematographers such as the late filmmakers Dariush Mehrjooi and Abbas Kiarostami, as well as Bahram Bayzaei, Ahmadreza Darwish and Rukhshan Bani-Etemad, recorded the sound of films such as “Hamon”, “Perry”, “Leila”, “Red”. “Be a little stranger”, “The tenants”, “Maybe another time”, “Alchemy”, “Sara”, “Lady”, “Under the skin of the city” and “Friend’s house” Where is it?” had done it, in December 2006, when he was working on the movie project “Light in the Fog”, while returning to Tehran in a traffic accident, which his family considers to be caused by the carelessness of the driver, he had a brain problem, and now he is about 18 years old. is that he is housebound without speech or ability to move.
In all these years, the artist’s wife and two children have patiently nursed him, but their lives have been so affected that Ashraf Afshari (Shahvardi’s wife) once said, “Our life was burned”, but at the same time, he wished and has, that day It should not be Asghar Shahvardi and it should be him.
In these 17 years, Shahvardi’s family faced heavy expenses for treating the disease with the special conditions of their patient’s inability to move. In this way, some organizations or institutions related to them have provided assistance, including from the Art Credit Fund, which Asghar Shahvardi’s wife appreciates the follow-up done in this regard, as well as the CEO of the fund (Majid Pourahmadi). In these years, Ahmed Mir Alaei has been one of the constant companions of this family, and Asghar Shahvardi’s wife mentions his support in every conversation.
Ashraf Afshari tells ISNA about his wife’s condition these days, Asghar Shahvardi needs more physical therapy due to his physical condition, but doing this has huge costs and he is not able to take care of all the matters by himself. In all these years, he has endured a lot of pressure not only mentally but also physically.
He used to explain one of his most important problems like this, “When this calamity happened to us, I was 47 years old, but now I have no physical strength anymore. Until now, I was mostly mentally depressed, but now my ability has decreased, my back is bent and I am facing severe knee pain.”
He always says: Not only Asghar Shahvardi, but anyone who is sick needs to meet his friends and colleagues, because these meetings have an important impact on the patient’s treatment process, and I hope Asghar Shahvardi’s friends will never forget him and come to visit him. »
He now adds: In this case, I invite Mr. Wazir (Syed Abbas Salehi) to be their host for one day so that they can be closely informed about the situation and considering the responsibility they have, they can consider a measure for the artists who work during their careers. They are caught in similar problems, more responsible measures should be taken, although the situation of Asghar Shahvardi is such that there is no similar case in cinema.