The Thug and The Dancer | Jāhil va raqqāṣah | جاهل و رقاصه

Pahlavan Sadeghi, on his deathbed, calls Agha Morteza to his side and asks him to look after his daughter Shirin. Agha Morteza, who is busy with his business and taking care of his wife and daughter Maryam, asks his apprentice Nemat to keep an eye on Shirin’s comings and goings for a few days. Shirin, realizing their concern, pretends to be a hospital nurse. Later, Pahlavan Sadeghi dies, and Morteza sees Shirin dancing and singing in a cabaret and leaves her. In retaliation, the girl arouses Morteza’s feelings towards her. Morteza spends some time with Shirin, until he realizes that she is interested in a young singer. Initially planning to kill them, he ultimately decides to leave them be to prevent the destruction of his family and returns to his wife.