The Monster (, 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 the series is Peyman Ghasemkhani. 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. The filming of the first season started in December 2016 and lasted until May 2017. Due to the fact that the series took place in different places, the location of the filming was not fixed. The first season of the 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.
Storyline 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.
Cast +Cat and Characters in The Monster season 1Character Actor Seasons1Main CharactersHoushang SherafatFarhad AslaniKamran KamravaMehran ModiriShohrehShabnam MoghaddamiMehriGohar KheirandishGhazanfar Chemchareh/Mahyar MehrafzoonMohammad BahraniMinaSima TirandazHoushmand KamravaNima ShabannejadHaleh SherafatMania AlijaniHamed SherafatMohammad Javad JafarpourFelorShila KhodadadRecurring and Guest charactersMehdigholi Khan Sherafat Mirtaher MazloumiMahmoud Sherafat Changiz Jalilvand Fazid Afshin ZinooriDavood Bizakodil/Shervin Shakib ShajarehZhila ZahmatkeshAziat Terkashound MajdEzzatolah Mehravaran Mohsen SaeediReza Karimi Arzhang NoordidehFarzin Mohades PouladtanMohsen GhazimoradiBeggarIsa YousefipourMelikaLadan SoleimaniBitaNooshin TabriziMiss.ElhamElsa FiroozazarMr.MansourPeyaman FatemiMahsaDeniz MotavasselKamaliPayam AhmadiniaZhabizAmir TeymouriTishaniAlireza AghakhaniArdalanSiamak EhsaeeMansour ModdaberManoochehr Azar = Main
= Recurring (+4)
= Guest (3-1)
Awards Year Award Category Nominations Result2020Hafez Awards 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
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