[custom_adv] he actors Parsa Piruzfar and Shahab Hosseini will star as Rumi and Shams, Rumi’s mentor, respectively while Erçel will play the role of Kimia, Rumi’s stepdaughter and Shams’ lover. [custom_adv] Turkish actor Ibrahim Çelikkol and actor Hesam Manzur are the other members of the cast. [custom_adv] “Drunk on Love” is written by Fat’hi himself and his fellow Iranian writer Farhad Tohidi in consultation with Mohammad-Ali Movahhed, a top Iranian expert on Rumi. [custom_adv] However, Shia clerics Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi and Ayatollah Hossein Nuri Hamedani viewed the movie as a promotion for Sufism and banned it. [custom_adv] Rumi undertook journeys to Syria, during one of which he met the dervish, Shams. [custom_adv] He was deeply influenced by Shams during their second visit in Konya and for months, the two men constantly interacted, and as a result, Rumi neglected his disciples and family, who could not tolerate the close relationship. [custom_adv] One night in 1247, Shams disappeared forever. This experience turned Rumi into a poet. The Divan of Shams is a true translation of his experiences into poetry. [custom_adv] Producer Mehran Borumand, cinematographer Morteza Pursamadi and makeup artist Iman Omidvari, and Sahin Karakus, Aytekin Yalçin, Tolga Tosun and Fatih Koca, all from Turkey, are collaborating in the project. [custom_adv] Turkish star Hande Erçel joined the for director Hassan Fat’hi’s movie “Drunk on Love” “Drunk on Love” on Persian poet Rumi.