Mehrpouya (or Mehrpoya, Mehrpooya, Mehrpuya, Mehr Pooya... according to transcripts of the Persian مهرپویا) was born ايراايران مهرپويا(Abbas Mehrpooya) in Tehran (1927/1992). Poet, translator, actor, guitarist, sitar and santur player, organist, 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) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mehrpouya">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.