In 1968, after the release of Shohare Ahoo Khanoom directed by Davoud Mollapour, The Cow directed by Dariush Mehrjui followed by Masoud Kimiai’s Qeysar in 1969, Nasser Taqvai’s Tranquility in the Presence of Others (banned in 1969 and re-released in 1972), and immediately followed by Bahram Beyzai’s Downpour, the New Wave became well established as a prominent cultural, dynamic and intellectual trend. The persian viewer became discriminating, encouraging the new trend to prosper and develop.