Video: When I landed in Dubai, there was just one cinema hall, says expat of 57 years

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Uploaded: 2021-08-02T12:03:00+04:00
Description: Ahmad Golchin, founder and CEO of Phars Films Group, has been a UAE resident for 57 years. Those in the industry credit the 79-year-old as the founding father of UAE’s cinema industry. He arrived on UAE shores on board a launch (boat) from Iran in 1964 carrying a copy of a Persian dubbed Mexican film ‘Fight to Death’.

Dubai - Ahmad Golchin, founder and CEO of Phars Films Group, has been a UAE resident for 57 years. Those in the industry credit the 79-year-old as the founding father of UAE’s cinema industry. He arrived on UAE shores on board a launch (boat) from Iran in 1964 carrying a copy of a Persian dubbed Mexican film ‘Fight to Death’.

Published: Mon 2 Aug 2021, 12:03 PM

Updated: Mon 2 Aug 2021, 1:08 PM

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(Video by Juidin Bernarrd & Dhanusha Gokulan)

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Video: When I landed in Dubai, there was just one cinema hall, says expat of 57 years

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