(Mehrpouya (born Abbas Mehrpooya عباس مهرپویا in Tehran, 1927) was an Iranian poet, translator, actor, guitarist, sitar and santur player, organist and multi-musician; he introduced the sitar in popular music in Iran.
He had a habit of using natural instruments such as bones or pots he used as percussion; he also composed and performed music and songs for the Iranian cinema, in a series of films such as Battle with Satan and The Love Thief (1952). Mehrpouya died at Tehran in 1992).
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