Turkish star Hande Erçel joins cast, “Drunk on Love” filming begins

TEHRAN –(Iranart)- Iranian director Hassan Fat’hi has started shooting “Drunk on Love” in Konya as Turkish TV star Hande Erçel joined the cast for the movie, which will portray part of Persian poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi’s life story, a public relations team for the movie announced on Tuesday.

Ibrahim Çelikkol, Hesam Manzur Join Cast for Drunk on Love

TEHRAN. (Iranart) – Turkish actor Ibrahim Çelikkol and Iranian actor Hesam Manzur have joined the cast for Drunk on Love, Iranian director Hassan Fathi’s controversial project on the Persian poet and mystic Rumi, a public relations team of the movie has announced.

Shia clerics oppose Iran-Turkey plan for film on Rumi, Shams

TEHRAN – (Iranart)- Shia clerics Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi and Ayatollah Hossein Nuri Hamedani have expressed strong opposition to a plan by Iran and Turkey to make a film on Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi and his mentor, Shams-i Tabrizi, due to the Sufism content of the project named “Drunk on Love”.

Parsa Pirouzfar to Play Rumi in Iran-Turkey Co-Production Drunk on Love

TEHRAN. (Iranart) – The lead cast of Iran-Turkey co-production Drunk on Love, directed by Hassan Fathi, includes Parsa Pirouzfar as 13th-century Persian poet Molana Rumi and Shahab Hosseini as his spiritual instructor and close friend, Shams Tabrizi.