Tehran iran and turkey will collaborate on a joint film project, which will focus on the lives of the persian poet and. The transformation in rumis life took place after he met a wandering dervaish shamse tabrizi on 15th of november 1244. It is rumored that shams was murdered with the connivance of rumis son, ala uddin. A reply to misunderstandings about rumi and shams by ibrahim gamard 101 you asked about the relationship between hazrate mevlana and hz. Mason, andrew newell, nicolas crisafulli, sarkaut taro.
It brings us something that has been lost, the truth that the divine really cares. The jurist and proficient teacher became an abstinent. Leonardo dicaprio will ruin a rumi movie and not just because hes a white guy. Rumi film will challenge muslim stereotypes, says gladiator writer. To play rumis mentor, shams of tabriz, franzoni revealed. Divane shams is a masterpiece of wisdom and eloquence. Leonardo dicaprio, robert downey jr as rumi, shams of tabriz. In 1244, jelaluddin rumi, a sufi scholar in konya, turkey, met an itinerant dervish, shams of tabriz. Personally, i think the idea of rumi and shams being gay is one big contemporary projection.
At that time he was teaching seminary, and taught at the prestigious four. The story of rumi and shams in the middle of the th century, the revered scholar jelaluddin rumi was walking through the marketplace of konya leading a group of his students when a man ragged. The movie, which will be produced by iranian producer mehran boroumand and financed by simarya film production and yepim medya, will feature. What he wanted from his protege was for him to embody a wilder, more robust spirituality that would enable him to embrace lifes rawness in 1244 a man wrapped in a coarse black coat entered konya and so into the life of islams most celebrated poet and.
Lovedrunk is a groundbreaking audio project that features several talented musicians from persia, europe, latin america and the u. Shams was from tabriz, a city thats presently in northwestern iran. Now, nearly 750 years after rumis death, awardwinning iranian director hassan fathi, known in iran for the hit series shahrzad, announced sept. Shams tabrizi the th century persian sufi had to wait until his future student, rumi was ready to receive from him the promised gift.
Shams were talking, shams was called to the back door. Go to a store which has real medicine, and stay there. Rumis encounter with the enigmatic mystic shams of tabriz, believed to have occurred in 1244, altered the course of his life. Shams means sun of course, and this year the summer equinox fell in the month of ramadan. Rumis first meeting with shamsi tabrizi that turned him literally upside down,because of the mystical shock he experienced in his first encounter with a man gifted with extraordinary esoteric powers on the path of salook a measure of nearness to god the goal of all mysticsachieved. The molvi met with strong character and the warm breath was transformed rumi. The greatest meeting the life stories of rumi and shamse tabrizi. Shams tabrizi 11841247 was a mysterious persian mystic, credited as the spiritual master of rumi, and is referenced with great reverence in rumis poetic collection, in particular divane shams tabrizi the works of shams of tabriz. Alamy rumis encounter with the enigmatic mystic shams of tabriz, believed. Shams disappeared, and in his grief rumi became devoted to the divine beloved, producing exquisite works of moral wisdom until the end of his life a few. In the west, we dont really have a tradition of the gurudisciple relationship we see in sufism, tantra and other ecstatic traditions of the east. Written, directed, shot and edited by pouria montazeri. Tehran iran and turkey will collaborate on a joint film project, which will focus on the lives of the persian poet and mystic molana jalal.
These discourses of shamusitabrizi are an excellent source of spiritual wisdom, this being the first english translation of them. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The story of rumi and shams in the middle of the th century, the revered scholar jelaluddin rumi was walking through the marketplace of konya leading a. Rumi was a major celebrity, above the emirsultan, highly cultured, extremely well connected and one of the most creative geniuses of all time. See more ideas about shams tabrizi, sufi and shams tabrizi quotes. As shams relates in the section of the book devoted to stories about rumis life, rumi once recited this line over and over. A wanderer and spiritual vagabond, shams of tabriz proceeded to wrestle with rumis soul. Legend has it that when shams saw rumi the first time he seized the bridle of his mount and asked, who is greater muhammad or bestami.
This book, shake like a mad drum, is a blessing from rumi and shams. Trailer for a documentry about jalaluddin rumis life and the effect of his. No, leonardo dicaprio isnt playing poet rumi in a biopic. The orchard music on behalf of george v records, and 3 music. Shams of tabriz was a persian sufi and roaming dervish who lived at the end of the twelfth early thirteenth century. It is said that the death of tabrizi was a sacrifice and that he was murdered by collusion of rumis son.
Previously only the works of jallal ad dinl rumi were available to tell the story of shams, some doubted that he even really existed, but these discourses were available to the muslim world in the middle east for quite some time. Shamsitabrizi or shams aldin mohammad 11851248 was a persian muslim, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of mewlana jalal addin muhammad balkhi, also known as rumi and is referenced with great reverence in rumis poetic collection, in particular diwani shamsi tabrizi the works of shams of tabriz. A personal and poetic account of the pivotal transformation in the life of rumi the renowned mystic poet. In this book, shams of tabriz is introduced to the world. This ramadan, i drank from the wisdom of shams of tabriz contained in the wonderful book rumis sun. Come and rest your heart in our home, in our tent filled with all types of kindnesses, leisures, awakenings and revelations.
Shams tabrizi was the wandering mystic who became rumi s beloved companion and spiritual teacher. Tehran iran and turkey will collaborate on a joint film project, which will focus on the lives of the persian poet and mystic molana. With debra winger, coleman barks, robert bly, deepak chopra. This album blends the exotic and the meditative with hip grooves and inventive arrangements and the deep, resonant and hypnotic voice of shahram shiva. Iran, turkey to produce movie on rumi, shams tehran times. Rumi cared for shams, not just because he helped rumi attain selfrealization and ascension, but also by immortalizing shams he perpetuated shams transformative energy for all seekers in the world. It is often said that rumi had attained the level of a perfect master and as such, he often dwelled in the spiritual realms that were rarely visited by others of this world. Rumi ends most of his poems with the name of shams of tabriz. Portrait of rumi, the celebrated poet and muslim scholar.
The spiritual shams effect on mind and language molavi rumi. Not, of course, that being gay itself is a problem, but in this case i think it is unlikely. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Shams tabrizi was the wandering mystic who became rumis beloved companion and spiritual teacher. The role of shams is to be played by shahab hosseini, who was named. Although the film is purely theoretical at this point, many rumi fans expressed outrage about. It speaks of devotion, of spiritual strength, of an immovable, unquenchable longing to know god. Robert bly and michael meade recite rumi poems and provide insights on them, deepak chopra probes this sufi mystics great contribution to our understanding of the spiritual dimensions of love and narrator debra winger tells the story of rumis life and art with passion and feeling. There are many legends describing their meeting in konya. Indeed there appears to be no evidence of shams of tabriz having been murdered. He was the spiritual teacher and advisor of rumi, and indeed its often said that rumi was a professor who shams transformed into a mystic, a lover, and a poet. It is rumoured that shams was murdered with the connivance of rumis son, ala uddin. Leonardo dicaprio will ruin a rumi movie and not just. Rumi network by shahram shiva worlds longest running.
Alamy rumi s encounter with the enigmatic mystic shams of tabriz, believed to have occurred in 1244, altered the course of. Screenwriter david franzoni and producer stephen joel brown said theyd love to cast the revenant actor in the movie about the th century poet, but sources close to dicaprio say he will not. He attained heights that were attained by only a few before him or since. Shams tabrizi on 26 jmadyalakhr 642 equivalent to the persian date azar 16 december 6, 1244 ad 623 ah solar to konya reached. The screenplay for ask sarhosu persian title, mast e eshgh which translates to drunk on love was written by fathi along with his fellow iranian screenwriter farhad tohidi in consultation with top iranian scholar on rumi, mohammadali movahhed. The fragrance of axis mundi is based on the friendship between rumi and close friend shams of tabriz during the th century, a relationship thats credited with rumi making the transformation from being a strictly intellectual muslim preacher to a loveintoxicated and ecstatic poet and sufi mystic. On twitter, several users blasted the idea that dicaprio or downey would be. Prior to the meeting shams, rumi scholars and jurists from school. The 40 rules of love, by shams tabrizi thehumandivinedotorg.
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