Filmmaker Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh had once regarded Niku Kheradmand as the mother of Iran's cinema.[citation needed] Her first work in film was The Last Act by Varuj KarimMasihi. She appeared in The Plaything by Turaj Mansuri. Other works include Havana Dossier (Alireza Raiisian), Café Setāreh (Saman Moghaddam), and How Much Do You Want to Cry (Shahed Ahmadlu).