Superstar (2009 film)

Superstar (in Persian: سوپر استار) is an Iranian film directed and written by Tahmineh Milani, produced in 2008 in Iran.

Plot
A spoiled Iranian screen idol Kourosh Zand (Shahab Hosseini) meets Raha Azimi (Fataneh Malek-Mohammadi), a teenage girl who claims to be his daughter. She moves in with Zand and disrupts his privileged lifestyle.

Cast

 * Shahab Hosseini - Kourosh Zand
 * Nasrin Moghanloo - Shahla
 * Fataneh Malek Mohammadi - Raha Azimi
 * Sara Khoeiniha - Director's wife
 * Elsa Firouz Azar - Sarah
 * Reza Rashidpour - Kourosh' colleague
 * Mohammad Reza Sharifinia - Director
 * Narges Mohammadi - Stage Secretary
 * Fariba Kosari - Mother of Kourosh
 * Leila Zare
 * Afsaneh Bayegan
 * Tina Taherizadeh - Beggar child

Reception
Reviewers have compared Superstar unfavourably to Milani's previous films, with Chicago Reader reviewer J R Jones stating "Milani is best known for films exposing the plight of women in the Islamic republic [...] Any such themes are downplayed in this sentimental story", and in the Los Angeles Times, Gary Goldstein says that "Tahmineh Milani is considered one of Iran's most accomplished filmmakers, but you wouldn't necessarily glean that from her disappointing drama: Superstar".

However, LA Weekly reviewer Tim Grierson notes that "at least Superstar exhibits a tender, intelligent sweetness, which helps to temper the utter conventionality and more melodramatic moments".