Leila Forouhar
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Leila Forouhar is a singer and actress from Iran
. She relocated to Los Angeles
after the Iranian Revolution
.
, who had already established a solid background in the Iranian entertainment industry by the early 1970s. She speaks of the great influence her father had upon her interviews. She followed her father's career path into movies, beginning with minor roles
in various movies that were based mainly on the social issues
of the Shah
Shah Pahlavi
. In time she became known as a child star
, and with the release of Soltaneh Ghalbhaa (King of Hearts), her fame had already spread to all three Persian countries Iran
, Afghanistan
, Tajikistan
. As a teenager, she had begun modeling
for top fashion magazines alongside acting, with roles in Ezteraab, Three Sisters and The Thirsty Ones.Leila has more than 47 films.
with neighboring Iraq
, the Iranian movie and music industry was foundering. Initially Forouhar family decided to stay in Tehran in hopes that the conclusion of the war would signify a return to the pre-revolutionary era. With the war drew stretched on, however, Leila decided to leave the country.
During this time, much of the press
speculated about Forouhar's possible comeback to singing, but Forouhar did not grant interviews, desiring to remain unobtrusive (assassinations of famous expatriates were common).
quickly establishing contact with Los Angeles
based Iranian artists who had fled at the outbreak of the revolution. That same year, she released Makhmal-e-Naz and in 1989 Hedieh ("The Gift"), and the song "Ey Dil" ("Oh My Heart") became very popular, rekindling a craze similar to that inspired by "Cheshma-e-Nour" ("Eye of Light") . Releasing an album a year, by the 1990s she re-established her reputation as a popular female vocalist amongst Persian audiences.
In 2005, Leila married a Los Angeles based Iranian-American
businessman in a ceremony that included many fellow singers and entertainers with whom she had made albums. Forouhar's nephew is American Muslim
reformer Reza Aslan
.
Avang Records Releases
Caltex Records Releases
Taraneh Record Releases
Pars Video Releases
MZM Records Releases
Other Records Releases
single Records Releases
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. She relocated to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
after the Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
.
Career
Leila is the daughter of the late Iranian actor Jahangir ForouharJahangir Forouhar
Jahangir Forouhar was an Iranian actor, and the father of Iranian entertainer Leila Forouhar. He was born in Esfahan, Iran in 1916. He started playing in theater at the age of eighteen and in cinema at the age of 50.-External links:...
, who had already established a solid background in the Iranian entertainment industry by the early 1970s. She speaks of the great influence her father had upon her interviews. She followed her father's career path into movies, beginning with minor roles
Supporting actor
A supporting actor is an actor who performs roles in a play or film other than that of the leads.These roles range from bit parts to secondary leads. They are sometimes but not necessarily character roles. A supporting actor must also use restraint not to upstage the main actor/actress in the...
in various movies that were based mainly on the social issues
Social issues
Social issues are controversial issues which relate to people's personal lives and interactions. Social issues are distinguished from economic issues...
of the Shah
Shah
Shāh is the title of the ruler of certain Southwest Asian and Central Asian countries, especially Persia , and derives from the Persian word shah, meaning "king".-History:...
Shah Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...
. In time she became known as a child star
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
, and with the release of Soltaneh Ghalbhaa (King of Hearts), her fame had already spread to all three Persian countries Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
. As a teenager, she had begun modeling
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
for top fashion magazines alongside acting, with roles in Ezteraab, Three Sisters and The Thirsty Ones.Leila has more than 47 films.
Move to France
With the outbreak of warWar
War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...
with neighboring Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, the Iranian movie and music industry was foundering. Initially Forouhar family decided to stay in Tehran in hopes that the conclusion of the war would signify a return to the pre-revolutionary era. With the war drew stretched on, however, Leila decided to leave the country.
During this time, much of the press
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
speculated about Forouhar's possible comeback to singing, but Forouhar did not grant interviews, desiring to remain unobtrusive (assassinations of famous expatriates were common).
Move to the United States
In 1988 Forouhar and her family moved to the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
quickly establishing contact with Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
based Iranian artists who had fled at the outbreak of the revolution. That same year, she released Makhmal-e-Naz and in 1989 Hedieh ("The Gift"), and the song "Ey Dil" ("Oh My Heart") became very popular, rekindling a craze similar to that inspired by "Cheshma-e-Nour" ("Eye of Light") . Releasing an album a year, by the 1990s she re-established her reputation as a popular female vocalist amongst Persian audiences.
In 2005, Leila married a Los Angeles based Iranian-American
Iranian-American
Iranian-Americans are Americans of Iranian ancestry or people possessing Iranian and American dual citizenship.Iranian-Americans are amongst the most highly educated groups in the United States...
businessman in a ceremony that included many fellow singers and entertainers with whom she had made albums. Forouhar's nephew is American Muslim
Islam in the United States
From the 1880s to 1914, several thousand Muslims immigrated to the United States from the Ottoman Empire, and from parts of South Asia; they did not form distinctive settlements, and probably most assimilated into the wider society....
reformer Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American activist, a nationally acclaimed writer of religions. He is on the faculty at the University of California, Riverside, and is a contributing editor for The Daily Beast...
.
Discography
Unknown Release- 1974: Hadis
Avang Records Releases
- 1976: Leila Forouhar 2 (Ham Parvaz)
Caltex Records Releases
- 1991: Hedieh (with Shahram Solati)
- 1992: Shaans
- 1994: Attal Mattal (with EbiEbiEbi is a Persian Singer-songwriter and performer currently living in Marbella, Spain. He has combined musical influences from traditional Persian music, western pop and sometimes Latino style rhythms and is a major name in Persian music...
) - 1995: Tapesh
- 1996: Saraab
- 1997: Love Songs
- 1997: Planet of Harmony
- 1997: Dance Beat
- 1998: Love Story
- 1999: Didar (with Shahram ShabparehShahram ShabparehShahram Shabpareh , is a famous Iranian pop singer, songwriter. His career spans more than 4 decades, he has had countless hits and sold many albums worldwide. -Career:...
) - 1999: Yek Samado Do Leila (soundtrack from the play "Yek Samado Do Leila")
- 2000: Tasvir
- 2001: Story of Yours, Story of Mine
- 2003: Live in Concert at the Kodak Theatre
- 2005: A Kiss
Taraneh Record Releases
- 1993: Hamsafar
- 1994: Do Parandeh
Pars Video Releases
- 1988: Makhmal-e-Naaz
- 1994: Parandeha (with MahastiMahastiMahasti bornEftekhar Dadehbala was a legendary Persian Pop and classical singer and diva and the younger sister of singer Hayedeh.- Background :...
and Shahram Solati) - 1999: Ghahremanane Vatan (with Andy and DariushDariush EghbaliDariush Eghbali better known by his stage name Dariush is a famous Iranian pop singer best known for his warm and plaintive bass voice heard in both ballads and political songs. He is also a social activist who directs a recovery center.-Early life:...
)
MZM Records Releases
- 1992: Bahaaneh
- 2008: Maahe Man
Other Records Releases
- 2000: Lets party (with Maxim & The Boyz)
single Records Releases
- 1970s: Entezaar
- 1974: Delshoureh
- 1975: Yeki Yepoole Khoroos
- 1977: Zalzalak
- 1992: Amad az rah fasle zibaye bahar
- 1994: Telesm (With Shamaei zadeh)
- 1995: Nefrin( with Mekabiz)
- 1996: Zamin larzid
- 1998: Iran barande mishe
- 2001: Azadeh Irani
- 2002: Mosabbeb
- 2003: Sayad Nojva
- 2006: Music _with 23 singer)
- 2007: Iran Iran (with Omid)
- 2007: The Memories (Dedicated to MahastiMahastiMahasti bornEftekhar Dadehbala was a legendary Persian Pop and classical singer and diva and the younger sister of singer Hayedeh.- Background :...
) - 2009: Bedoon Iran Nemimir
- 2010: Nowrooz
- 2011: Do Parandeh (Remix)
Notable singles
| RANK | SONG | ALBUM | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maahe Man | Maahe Man | 2008 |
| 2 | Hastrat | Attal Mattal | 1996 |
| 3 | Khoob | Story of Yours, Story of Mine | 2001 |
| 4 | Kalaghaye Khabarcheen | Leila Forouhar | 1976 |
| 5 | Keyfar | Hamsafar | 1993 |
| 6 | Akharin Jofte Zamin | Hadis | 1974 |
| 7 | Golhaye Lala-Abbasi | Attal Mattal | 1994 |
| 8 | Tapesh | Tapesh | 1995 |
| 9 | Shaans | Shaans | 1991 |
| 10 | Chi Seda Konam Toro? | Story of Yours, Story of Mine | 2001 |
| 11 | Yek Booseh | A Kiss | 2005 |
| 12 | Nazdiktar az Eshgh | A Kiss | 2005 |
| 13 | Shamim | Shaans | 1991 |
| 14 | Pardis | A Kiss | 2005 |
| 15 | Pishkesh | Love Story | 1998 |
| RANK | SONG | ALBUM | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khabare Tazeh | Attal Mattal | 1996 |
| 2 | Do Parandeh | Leila Forouhar | 1976 |
| 3 | Iran | Tapesh | 1995 |
| 4 | Azad | Story of Yours, Story of Mine | 2001 |
| 5 | Saraab | Saraab | 1996 |
| 6 | Hoshdaar | Tasvir | 2000 |
| 7 | Bahaaneh | Bahaaneh | 1992 |
| 8 | Eshgh Mesle Atisheh | Leila Forouhar | 1976 |
| 9 | Hamsafar | Hamsafar | 1993 |
| 10 | Ghadima | Story of Yours, Story of Mine | 2001 |
Videography
- Rouzegar (VHS)
- The Return (VHS)
- Flashback (VHS)
- A Kiss (DVD)
- Live in Concert at the Kodak Theatre (DVD)
- 4 DVD Collection #1
Filmography
- Mehmaan
- Soltaneh Ghalbhaa
- Aramesh dar Hozooreh Digaraan
- Baagheh Boloor
- Shabeh Aftabi
- Ezteraab
- Four Sisters
- The Thirsty Ones
- Morad & laleh
- Iman
- The Beauty Sin
- Golden Cage
- The Springtime Connection