Samad (fictional character)

[1] Samad was firstly characterized in a famous Iranian television series, Sarkar Ostvar [fa] (1967–1970), as a country boy.

[2] In the Iranian Sarkar Ostvar television series there was a naive, country boy character without a name played by Parviz Sayyad.

On the show, the country boy was frequently arrested for his ignorance.

After a poll done by National Iranian Television (NITV), the TV series rated popular and people were also asking why the country boy was no longer in the series.

After in which, Sayyad wrote a screenplay based on that country boy character and named him Samad.

Samad Agha
"Samad Becomes Lucky" (1975) movie poster
"Samad Becomes Lucky" (1975) movie poster