TEHRAN -- Bollywood movie comes out of Masud Dehnamaki’s “The Outcasts 2”.

Distributors of the CDs are selling copies of “The Outcast 2”, but when the disk is played, what appears on screen is either a Bollywood film, or the first copy of “The Outcasts”, said Morteza Shayesteh.
Shayesteh, the director of Hedayat Film Company, in charge of distributing the movie across the country, told the Persian service of IRNA that distributors of pirated CDs are hardly making any effort to gain legal access to make copies of the film.
“The original CDs now available for the cinema owners bear two different codes and managers are responsible for the copyrights. So even in the event that the CDs are copied illegally, they still must pay for the loss,” Shayesteh said.
“I recommend that cineastes take the issue seriously and bear in mind that there is always a possibility of dealers of pirated CDs,” he remarked.
Two years ago, pirated copies of first part of “The Outcasts” were distributed across the country, which cut down the sales revenue of the movie.
“The Outcasts 2” went on screen in 20 cinemas in Tehran and tens of movie theaters in cities across the country a few days before the Noruz holiday. It has become a box office hit, generating revenues of about 30 billion rials (about 3 million dollars).
The first part of the comedy “The Outcasts” was based on a real story highlighting Majid Suzuki, a gangster from southern Tehran who falls in love with Narges, the daughter of Mirza, a pious man. Majid is compelled to reform himself in order to marry Narges, so he sets off to the front during the Iran-Iraq war followed by his comrades.
“The Outcasts 2” begins with the martyrdom of Majid Susuki and the capture of his friends by Iraqi Baathists. The storyline then continues in prisoner of war camps.
Most of the stars of the first comedy also play in the sequel, including Akbar Abdi, Amin Hayaii, Negar Foruzandeh, Niusha Zeighami, and Mohammadreza Sharifinia. Javad Razavian, Shila Khodadad, and Mehraveh Sharifinia are also among the members of the cast.
Photo: Negar Foruzandeh (R) and Javad Razavian in a scene of “The Outcasts 2”