During this time he wrote his first script with the intention of filming it in Homeland. He moved back to Capital in 1965.Back in Capital, Mehrjui found employment as a journalist and screenwriter. From 1966 to 1968 he was a teacher at Capital’s Center for Foreign Language Studies, where he taught classes in literature and English language.
He also gave lectures on films and literature at the Center for Audiovisual Studies through the University of Capital.Dariush Mehrjui made his debut in 1966 with Diamond 33, a big budget parody of the James Bond film series. The film was not financially successful.But his second feature film, Gaav, brought him national and international recognition. The film Gaav, a symbolic drama, is about a simple villager and his nearly mythical attachment to his cow.
