Esmaeil Riyahi has been a Director in some movies:
Heaven Is Not Far Away is about that A kid who has lost his mother always asks his young uncle about her but the uncle lies to him that she is in heaven and one day will return to him. One day the kid accidentally talks over the telephone with a woman who dance at a cabaret thinking that this is his mother. Little by little the woman becomes interested in this kid and the uncle too falls in love with her. Finally she decides to leave the cabaret
... and lives with them but the owner of the cabaret disagrees. This lead the uncle and he to confront each other. In this film Esmaeil Riyahi collaborates with Mohammad Ali Fardin, Shahla Riahi, Asadollah Yekta, Rubik Mansouri, Ali Allahyari, Shokrollah Rafii, Natail Zvuloni, Taghi Zohuri, Dariush Talayi, Fariba Foroohar, Yadollah Shirandami, Parvin Kheirbakhsh, Nasrin.
Gypsy's Wrath is about that According to some events, a boy grows up among the gypsies. As an adult, he falls in love with a girl, but little by little he realizes that the girl is his cousin's daughter... In this film Esmaeil Riyahi collaborates with Mohammad Ali Fardin, Shahla Riahi, Yadi, Pouri Banayi, Fereydoun Gole, Rubik Mansouri, Iraj Safdari, Ali Azad, Akbar Jannati Shirazi, Mostafa Alemian, Natail Zvuloni, Homayoon, Habibollah Boloor, Lili Rezvani, Jamileh.
The Glory of Gallantry is about that A rich man opposes his stepdaughter's marriage to a young man, but after some adventures, he finds out that his stepdaughter's suitor is his own son, who he thinks was lost in an accident years ago. In this way, father and son find each other after a long time and daughter and son get married. In this film Esmaeil Riyahi collaborates with Mohammad Ali Fardin, Maziar Partow, Natail Zvuloni, Taghi Zohuri, Femi Benussi, Monica Pardo -, Shahla, Arman, Parvin Kheirbakhsh.
The Devil Is Knocking is about that There is a dispute between two truck drivers. One of them, who is very upset, runs over a child on the road, the middle-aged driver, who thinks he is the real culprit, first tries to escape, but then surrenders to the law. Finally the truth is revealed and his rival who is doing illegal things is caught. In this film Esmaeil Riyahi collaborates with Reza Beyk Imanverdi, Shahla Riahi, Asghar Bichareh, Rubik Mansouri, Jalal Pishvaeeyan, Ghodratollah Ehsani, Ali Miri, Haleh Nazari, Reza Shafi, Abdollah Butimar, Minoo Shafi, Arman, Joseph Vaezian, Hossein Jahangiri, Hasan Dargazani, Ali Delpazir, Surik Khachikian, Hassan PakNejad, Hakoop Giorgis.
Highway of Death is about that When a factory owner named Mahmoud goes to his house, he sees his daughter's body in the water basin and hears the voices of his wife Atefeh, and Houshang from the room, who are plotting to kill her... In this film Esmaeil Riyahi collaborates with Shahla Riahi, Asghar Bichareh, Rubik Mansouri, Bizhan Mohtasham, Akbar Dehghan, Mohsen Arasteh, Ahmad Shirazi, Reza Shafi, Abdollah Butimar, Abbas Homayoun, Heydar Saremi, Minoo Shafi, Reza Arefan, Kazem Roshan Zamir, Arman, Hasan Dargazani, Ali Delpazir.
Esmaeil Riyahi has been a Writer in some movies:
The Village Bride is about that Madad Ali is in love with Rana for years but her parents want their daughter to marry another guy Lotfollah. She is about to marry the other guy but at the day of her wedding the owner of the village Zarrintaj Khanom help the girl to escape from the window and marry Madad Ali. Zarrintaj Khanom prevent the parents to get her back and gives Madad Ali money to get marry. She also before her death give a piece of land to Madad Ali for himself to work there. But after her death her son and his wife come to the village and Madad Ali has to face them. In this film Esmaeil Riyahi collaborates with Hamideh Kheirabadi, Shahla Riahi, Rubik Mansouri, Naser Malek Motiee, Bizhan Mohtasham, Reza Yaghuti, Mohsen Arasteh, Akbar Jannati Shirazi, Hassan Garoosi, Taghi Zohuri, Saber Rahbar, Faranak Mirghahhari, Minoo Shafi, Majid Mehrjoo, Soren, Abbas Montajem Shirazi, Khosro Taslimi, Asghar Teimoori.
The Runaway Groom is about that A father on his sick bed makes a will that after his death his two children will inherit his property on the condition that his grandchildren marry each other and have children. Two brothers try to convince their children to marry each other with Ramin's help In this film Esmaeil Riyahi collaborates with Ahmad Ghadakchian, Asghar Bichareh, Valiollah Khakdan, Reza Arham Sadr, Rubik Mansouri, Mohsen Arasteh, Hassan Mosayebi, Mahmoud Pirasteh, Ahmad Shirazi, Natail Zvuloni, Taghi Zohuri, Azar Shiva, Homayoon, Abdolali Homayoon, Mansour Sepehrnia, Nikoo Safayi.
Other films are:
Restless Hearts, Woman and Her Dolls, Hungry Millionaires, Jahan Pahlavan
