Santouri (film)

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Santouri
Directed by	Dariush Mehrjui
Written by	Vahideh Mohammadifar Dariush Mehrjui
Produced by	Faramarz Farazmand Dariush Mehrjui
Starring	Bahram Radan Golshifteh Farahani Roya Teymourian Masoud Rayegan
Cinematography	Touraj Mansouri
Edited by	Mehdi Hosseinvand
Music by	Mohsen Chavoshi
Distributed by	Hedayat Film
Release date	February 2007 (2007-02) (Fajr)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Santouri (known as The Music Man; Persian: سنتوری, also Romanized as Santoori) with the previous name of Ali Santouri is a 2007 Iranian musical drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui dealing with the life of a santour player named Ali Bolourchi. The film's title, "Santouri" refers to one who can play the santour instrument. In Persian "playing the Santour" is also the euphemism for injecting heroin into one's veins; thrashing, for instance, one's arm for causing the main artery of the arm to swell, in preparation for the injection, is reminiscent of playing the santour.^{[citation needed]}

The film has only been screened once in Iran^[1] and it has had limited release screenings in North America as well as some showings at various film festivals.