Wednesday 30 April 2014

Nijaat Episode 3

Nijaat is a dubbed version of a famous Turkish play Bir Bulut Oslam being aired on Urdu1 from today , every Tuesday at 9:00 PM.
This is the story of Mustafa (Engin Akyürek) and Noreen (Melisa Sözen), who are first cousins, bonded together in marriage in childhood according to traditional and religious laws. Noreen is underage hence according to Turkish law they are not recognized as husband and wife officially, much to the dismay of Mustafa who refuses to accept this fact. Mustafa tortures his wife for not returning back his love, trying her with a chain to himself every night incase she does not run away. Dr Serdar (Engin Altan Duzyatan) and his family meanwhile move to Guzelyurt and somehow get involved in Mustafa and narin's marriage. The actions of Dr.Serdar's family start to seperate Noreen from Mustafa, giving Narin freedom from Mustafa, but Mustafa as a result clings even tighter to Noreen and gradually delves deeper into his madness, losing all sense of reality, living in a warped world where he is Noreen's and Noreen is his, forever and for eternity.

Monday 28 April 2014

Ummeed Episode 37-40

Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.






DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM 

 

Watch Episode 37 Full Length

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Watch Episode 38 Full Length

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Watch Episode 39 Part 1

Watch Episode 39 Part 2

Watch Episode 39 Part 3

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Watch Episode 39 Full Length

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Watch Episode 40 Part 1

Watch Episode 40 Part 2

Watch Episode 40 Part 3

Watch Episode 40 Part 4

 

 

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Nijaat (Urdu1) Episode 2

Nijaat is a dubbed version of a famous Turkish play Bir Bulut Oslam being aired on Urdu1 from today , every Tuesday at 9:00 PM.
This is the story of Mustafa (Engin Akyürek) and Noreen (Melisa Sözen), who are first cousins, bonded together in marriage in childhood according to traditional and religious laws. Noreen is underage hence according to Turkish law they are not recognized as husband and wife officially, much to the dismay of Mustafa who refuses to accept this fact. Mustafa tortures his wife for not returning back his love, trying her with a chain to himself every night incase she does not run away. Dr Serdar (Engin Altan Duzyatan) and his family meanwhile move to Guzelyurt and somehow get involved in Mustafa and narin's marriage. The actions of Dr.Serdar's family start to seperate Noreen from Mustafa, giving Narin freedom from Mustafa, but Mustafa as a result clings even tighter to Noreen and gradually delves deeper into his madness, losing all sense of reality, living in a warped world where he is Noreen's and Noreen is his, forever and for eternity.


Monday 21 April 2014

Ummeed Episode 33-36

Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.





DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM 

 

Watch Episode 33 Part 1

Watch Episode 33 Part 2

Watch Episode 33 Part 3 

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Watch Episode 34 Part 1

Watch Episode 34 Part 2

Watch Episode 34 Full Length

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Watch Episode 35 Part 1

 Watch Episode 35 Part 2

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Watch Episode 36 Part 1

 Watch Episode 36 Part 2

Watch Episode 36 Full Length

 

Interview with Omur Gedik-Feb 2014

Here I am sharing you with another interview of our prince charming Engin Akyurek with Omur Gedik. I hope you like it. The interview has been translated by Engin Akyurek Universal Fans Club.
Thanks EAUFC!

'When I announced the young actor’s interview through social media channels, I saw what a large and devoted fan group the young actor has. Engin Akyurek will be on the large screen again on February 14, as the lead character in “Bi Kucuk Eylul Meselesi (A Small September Affair)”. 
       - Omur Gedik


Interviewer: Engin Akyurek hardly ever discusses himself, and so little is known about him, that his fans are curious about everything starting from his childhood. Let’s start our discussion from there...
Engin with Omur Gedik (journalist)
Engin with Omur Gedik (journalist)
Engin: I was born in 1981, and I can say I grew up playing in the streets pretty much. I spent my childhood in Ankara.

 Interviewer: What did you play the most?
Engin: Football.

Interviewer: Which team do you like?
Engin: Besiktas. We used to say Metin, Ali, Feyyaz and nothing else!

Interviewer: Were you naughty?
Engin: Very much! (He still is in his looks)


Interviewer: Do you have any bruises or scars anywhere?
Engin: I have a scar on my lip from falling as child.

Interviewer: Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were young?
Engin: It used to change every year. I wanted to be a football player, then a lawyer.

Interviewer: Were you a good student?
Engin: No, I was never very committed to my classes.

Interviewer: Are you the kind of person that falls in and out of love quickly? Did you used to fall in love quickly? 
Engin: Like every kid.. that is, like everyone else. Let’s not say fall in out of love, because we lived in a more innocent time, and everything was more innocent. There was no way to find anyone on Facebook or Twitter. If you saw someone you saw them, if you said something, you said it; we didn’t have any second chances.

Interviewer: Do you remember your first love?
Engin: Yes, I remember it. I was in middle school, either first or second year. Her name was Nazan. I even made a joke about it. I said to her, “Look, your name is Nazan. If you read it 'left to right' it is Nazan, if you read it 'right to left', it is Nazan.” (Nazan! You truely are a lucky girl)


Interviewer: So, right then, the girl took off and never looked back, right?
Engin: I think so, yeah, it ended there... (Laughing) (hhhhhh.... Thank God)


Interviewer: Your life changed direction immediately after “Turkiye’nin Yildizlari” (Turkey’s Stars), right?
Engin: Young boys have a difficult time at 14-15, their minds are all messed up. Later, you begin to mature, know yourself better, and start to figure out what you want to do with your life. Regarding that, I think the show was the place where I found all my answers. 

Interviewer:What made you decide to enter the show?
Engin: The contest was something that had grown inside me, something that seemed to represent the things I wanted. But, I believe this, even if I had not entered that contest, I still would have taken up acting. 
Fans were delighted to learn about Engin from his own mouth. 
Interviewer:So, the contest ended, and then...?
Engin: Yabanci Damat (Foreign Groom) entered my life.. 

Interviewer:Did you get lost in Istanbul during that time?
Engin: No, I came to Istanbul by myself, but didn’t find being here hard. I took on things to make me grow..


Interviewer: You studied history in the university. Do you have any plans in the future to use your history degree? 
Engin: I am a good history reader, I follow all the newly released books. But, an academic career is a very different concentration. I think my degree added a great deal to my intellectual growth.

Interviewer: What do you think it added, then?
Engin: It doesn't always have to be a historical piece to benefit from history. History can be used to better understand a character, too. I don’t think you can really play a character in 2014 very well, if you don’t know the troubled periods this country went through.

Interviewer: In Bir Bulut Olsam (I wish I were a Cloud , NIJAAT), the epileptic, psychotic, obsessed character, Mustafa Bulut, was talked about a lot, and he became a legend. How did this character come about?
Engin: He was a fantastic character written by Meral Abla (Okay), may she rest in peace. Think about a leading man; he is epileptic, he is psychotic, and he beats women. You have to show your attractive and charming and interesting side to your audience, so they can believe in your love.

Interviewer: Mustafa Bulut also a very passionate man. Are you like that also?
Engin: I am passionate, but I don’t show it like that.

Interviewer: How do you show your passion?
Engin does not mix private life and work life, being an actor he keeps away from celebrity culture, because he has values in life.
Engin: I don’t think passion has to do with just love, in my opinion. I am passionate about life, about Besiktas. 

Interviewer: Is your passion for Besiktas stronger than your love for a woman?
Engin: No, it would be wrong to say that!


Interviewer:Okay, what about your job or career? Is that more important? Do you say, first my job, then my love life?
Engin: No, I don’t say things like that. I don’t like to put my life into categories like that. I don’t prioritize in my head like that.

Interviewer: Your movie is going to be in theaters on February 14. Will you say a few things about Valentine’s Day? What are you going to do?
Engin: I don’t have a lover, but I am wondering what else is there to do!?

Interviewer: There are many things you can do, if only you wish to! Do you like surprising people?
Engin: Yes, I love to surprise people, but I soon forget about it, and the surprises fly away like balloons. 

Interviewer: What do you mean?
Engin: I forget about it. 

Interviewer: But, you think about doing something, right?
Engin: Oh, unbelievable things...

Interviewer: Then, you have to do it right away, don’t let any time get in the way!
Engin: Yes, I think so, too. But, you have to capture that moment. But, when I think about it, and then remember, two and half years have gone by!

Interviewer: Oh, my God! I don’t know what to say to you!
Engin: But, I am being honest! At least, I say it!

Interviewer:The director of “Bir Kucuk Eylul Meselesi” has said “There are many beautiful things that we miss when we are living our lives.” Do you think there are some things you have missed or haven’t done?
Engin: I am sure there are. The movie is exactly about this, actually. Life is full of amazing miracles that we miss, love is one of these.

Interviewer: What kind of character do you play in that movie?
Engin: A caricaturist. Living in Bozca by himself, but he is not originally from there, he has moved there later, and he lives by himself in a quiet and protective life that he has created. And, he is actually happy. But, because of a woman, he realizes that there are more beautiful things in life. 

Interviewer:What does being alone mean for you? Have you ever wanted to be alone?
 Engin: No, I have never wanted to be alone. 

Interviewer: Haven’t you ever wanted to run away from a life of running around and being in the center of all this competition?
Engin: No, I have never thought to. Maybe 50 years or so later. I count the days when I work hard as sleeping and those days when I sleep a lot as part of working.

Interviewer: You play a caricaturist in the movie. Can you draw also?
Engin: Yes, since I always had magazines and use to draw, I do have some talent for drawing and for creating caricatures.


Interviewer: Do you have other hobbies?
Engin: I like watching movies, swimming. I do scuba-diving in summers, diving excites me differently. 

Interviewer: what kind of lover are you? I heard that you said “I won't chase after someone who doesn't want me.”
Engin: It’s different, depending on the feelings of the person I am with. I don't know where I supposedly said that, but it's not like me.

Interviewer:Your fans all over the world are curious about your private life!
Engin:Maybe.

Interviewer: Okay, so, if you were in a relationship, would you conceal it?
Engin: No, I wouldn’t hide it.

Interviewer:Are you a congenial person, easy to get along.
 Engin: Pretty much.

Interviewer: You don’t have any flaws, vices, demands? I don’t mean just on the set, but in your general life.
 Engin: Maybe towards those I love, those that are close to me.

Interviewer: How about on the set?
Engin: On the set, I constantly ask for tea! That is my biggest demand. (Start having tea girls ;) Engin loves it)



Interviewer: They always make you play flawed men. Sad, isn’t it?
Engin: Maybe, those characters are more realistic, and I actually like flawed characters. 

Interviewer: That is what actually makes a character special and different.
Engin: In the end, we all have flaws and issues.

Interviewer:You played in Zeki Demirkubuz’ movie, “Kader.” How did you meet each other?
Engin: Zeki Abi saw me in “Yabanci Damat” (Foreign Groom)..I learned a lot from him.

Interviewer: Such as?
Engin:That acting has a lot to do with concentration, how to show realism in a show, in a character, I learned all that from him.
  
Interviewer: What do you think of the leading men in the movies? How do you compare with them?
Engin: You should ask the audience that. But, I think leading men have become more real, more like us. But, if you are talking about television, Yes, based on the projects I have been involved in, I have been a leading man.

Tekin received positive response from critics and fans alike, a character that made audiences cry and feel his love for Eylul.
Tekin received positive response from critics and fans alike, a character that made audiences cry and feel his love for Eylul.

Interviewer: How would you summarize “Bi Kucuk Eylul Meselesi?”
Engin: A 2014 love story.That is, it is not like innocent, friendly love stories of our youth. It is about a man who has run away from his past in the city, and a relationship.But, later on, they live naive, innocent lives, thoughts, they change. This film makes us think a little about what we actually need.

Interviewer: Did anything interesting happen during filming?
Engin: Farah Zeynep Abdullah and I have an underwater scene. But, we were filming in the middle of September, in Bozca. The water was 16 degrees. I saw us turning blue.

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Friday 18 April 2014

Mert Firat

Mert Firat (born January 10, 1981, Ankara ) Turkey is a famous theater, cinema and soap opera actor & screenwriter, well known for his role as Emre in Drama serial Intikam being dubbed by Geo Kahani.

He took the Radio & Television courses in Sweden after the graduation from high school. After that he got back in Ankara and took acting courses in Ankara University. He graduated in 2006. He wrote two cinema films with Ilksen Basarir, Baska Dilde Ask and Atlikarinca.

Biography:

Name: Mert Firat
Date Of Birth: 10th Jan,1981
Place Of Birth: Ankara, Turkey
Age: 33 (in 2014)
Occupation: Actor & writer
Star: Capricorn
Effective Years: 2000-Present
Awards: 
  • Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for Atlıkarınca (Best Screen Play)
  • Ankara International Film Festival   for Başka Dilde Aşk (Best Actor)
  • Sadri familiar Awards  for Başka Dilde Aşk (Best Actor)
Height: 5"111/2 (181cm)
Weight: 65Kg (144lbs)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown

Films:

  • Atlıkarınca
  •  Başka Dilde Aşk

Dramas:

  • Erkek Tarafı Testosteron
  • Intikam (2013-2014)
  • Kelebeğin Rüyası (2013)
  • Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (2011)
  • Devrimden Sonra (2011) 
  • Dedemin İnsanları (2011) 
  • Bir Ömür Yetmez (2011)
  • Beni Unutma (2011)
  • Atlıkarınca (2010) 
  • Kapalıçarşı (2009-2010) 
  • Başka Dilde Aşk (2009) 
  • Yersiz Yurtsuz (2007)
  • Hayattan Korkma (2007)
  • İşte Benim (2006)
  • Binbir Gece (2006-2008)
  • Bizim Evin Halleri (2000) 

Theater:

  • Bütün Çılgınlar Sever Beni (2013-2014)
  • Antonius ile Kleopatra (2012, Oyun Atölyesi)
  • Testosteron (2008-2012, Oyun Atölyesi) 
  • Hırçın Kız (2006-2007, Oyun Atölyesi)
  • Atları da Vururlar (2004-2005, Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu)
  • Palyaço Prens (2003-2004, Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu)
  • Şeyh Bedrettin (2002-2003, Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu)
  • Hastalık Hastası (1999-2000, Söder Theatre, İsveç)

Thursday 17 April 2014

Ummeed Episode 29-32

Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.




DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM



Watch Episode 29 Full Length

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Watch Episode 30 Part 1

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Watch Episode 30 part 3 

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Watch Episode 31 Part 1

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Watch Episode 32 Part 1

Watch Episode 32 Part 2


 

 


Ummeed Episode 25-28

Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.




DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM



Watch Episode 25 Part 1

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Watch Episode 26 Full Length

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Watch Episode 27 Part 1

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Watch Episode 28 Part 1

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Tuesday 15 April 2014

Ummeed Episode 21-24

Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.



DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM



Watch Episode 21 Part 1

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Watch Episode 22 Part 1

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Watch Episode 23 Part 1

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Watch Episode 24 Part 1

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Nijaat (Urdu1) Episode 1


Nijaat is a dubbed version of a famous Turkish play Bir Bulut Oslam being aired on Urdu1 from today , every Tuesday at 9:00 PM.
This is the story of Mustafa (Engin Akyürek) and Noreen (Melisa Sözen), who are first cousins, bonded together in marriage in childhood according to traditional and religious laws. Noreen is underage hence according to Turkish law they are not recognized as husband and wife officially, much to the dismay of Mustafa who refuses to accept this fact. Mustafa tortures his wife for not returning back his love, trying her with a chain to himself every night in case she does not run away. Dr Serdar (Engin Altan Duzyatan) and his family meanwhile move to Guzelyurt and somehow get involved in Mustafa and narin's marriage. The actions of Dr.Serdar's family start to seperate Noreen from Mustafa, giving Noreen freedom from Mustafa, but Mustafa as a result clings even tighter to Noreen and gradually delves deeper into his madness, losing all sense of reality, living in a warped world where he is Noreen's and Noreen is his, forever and for eternity.

Meryem Uzerli gave birth to her first child


Turkish Actress Meryem Uzerli (famous for her role Hurrem Sultan of Mera Sultan) gave birth to her first child, daughter Lara on Monday, 10th FEBRUARY 2014.
The news of getting burnt was not true then. The reason to left the drama in the mid is actually her pregnancy.
Although her ​​ex-boyfriend Can Ates doesn't want the baby, but she announced that she won't abort it & then she gives birth to her daughter in her mother's homeland, Germany.



She with the picture, wrote on her official facebook page:

"Hosgeldin bu dünyada benim sevgili canim LARA UZERLI. 10.02.2014 dogdun. Ben allaha okadar tesekkür ediyorum ki - saglikli dünyaya geldin!!!
Ben allaha tesekkür ediyorum , cünkü bana güc Verdi : seni birinci gün den itibaren koriyabildim : yasiyorsun!!! ve bu en büyük hediyem! Benim cok yakin arkadasim Ana dogum da yanimdaydi ve tüm aileme, arkadaslarima ve SIZE : tesekkür etmek istiyorum!!! Dilerkleriniz Icin ... Sevginiz Icin ! Cok sagolun!!!"
: Welcome in this world, my dearest Lara Uzerli (her daughter name is LARA UZERLI as her father didn't accept her so Meryem put her last name with her daughter).
I thank God that he has sent you to me And you healthily came to this world. I do thank the Almighty that I had the strength to protect you from the very first moment: you are alive- That is the greatest gift. I thank my very close friend ANA that she was with my side during birth & I thank all my family, all my friends & of course  all of you here as well, who have always sent positive thoughts & love. Thank you so much!!"

Lara with her bff :)



Monday 14 April 2014

Ummeed Episode 17-20

Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.


DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM



Watch Episode 17 Part 1

Watch Episode 17 Part 2

Watch Episode 17 Part 3

 


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Watch Episode 18 Part 1

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Watch Episode 20 Part 1

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Ummeed Episode 13-16


Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.

DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM



Watch Episode 13 Part 1

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Watch Episode 16 Part 1

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Ummeed Episode 9-12

Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.

DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM



Watch Episode 9 Full Length


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Watch Episode 10 Full Length

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Watch Episode 11 Part 1

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Watch Episode 12 Part 1

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Ummeed Episode 5-8

Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.

DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM



Watch Episode 5 Full Length

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Watch Episode 8 Part 1

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Ummeed Episode 1-4

Ummeed (Benim Hala Umudum Var) is a famous Turkish series, starring Gizem Karaca, Sukru Ozyildiz & Berk Oktay as main roles. This series, these days is being aired on A-Plus with Urdu dubbing.

This drama has gained a really good TRP for the channel & the audience is liking it so much, specially the dubbing is so real that every one is admiring it. The story line & the cast is all awesome.

DAYS: Monday-Thursday

TIMINGS: 9:00 PM



Watch Episode 1 Part 1

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Watch Episode 2 Part 1

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Sunday 13 April 2014

Beren Saat (Benim Dunyam) Interview

Here I am sharing you guys with Beren Saat's interview about her blockbuster movie Benim Dunyam.

“A person feels very special on the big screen


The movie “Benim Dunyam” featuring Beren Saat as a deaf, mute, blind girl has been released. Beren Saat : “Since I was a child, I dreamed of seeing myself on the big screen. But the balance has changed in the recent times in our country. Television work allows us to reach a bigger and more varied audience. But still, cinema holds a special place. A person feels very special when seeing himself on the big screen”

Beren Saat is one of the most important TV star of the new generation of Turkey. But she didn’t get lots of opportunities to go on the big screen, however this time she has broken the unfortunate fate with Ugur Yucel’s Benim Dunyam. Beren with her touching performance, gave Ela’s character what it deserves or we can say more than it.
Following is her interview translated in English:

Q:Did you know Ugur Yucel previsouly?

No, we met in this movie. Erol Avci told me he wanted me for his movie and we met the 3 of us together. We met, he told me the story, I hadn’t watched “Black”. I bought the movie and I went home to watch it. At first, I got afraid of many things. Everything seemed grotesque, they had made a lot of choices leading into that direction and I couldn’t see myself inside such a thing. It seemed very box-office oriented, one of those cinema movies that exploited the feelings. At the same time, the role seemed so difficult and it also scared me somehow. That's when it is important to be in good hands. As time passed, and as we talked, Ugur Yucel’s presence changed everything.

Q:How did you learn to combine being both deaf and blind?

We had teachers. In Six Dots Foundation’s School I learned how to use a cane, use a typewriter, read the time, and learn the system of the visually impaired people. On one hand, teacher Mahir and Ela have to walk often side by side at school. So we learned how a blind person walks accompanied by another person, and how we should hold each other. That’s when you realize how much their life is difficult. While walking and hanging to each other, we used to fall. On another hand, Ercument Tanriverdi, the president of the federation of the deaf people, was always with us. He taught us the sounds that I should be doing, how to interpret the language and the emotional changes, the principles of the language .. Now we are able to construct our own sentences by ourselves, we are able to interpret and comment. 


Q:Have you tried closing your eyes and your ears, and staying in the dark in a complete silence while working for this role?

Yes we tried. Ugur gave me this “homework” to do. He said “Last night, I tried something, in order to know how it feels, you must try it yourself”. So one night, I closed my eyes and my ears. What happens is that you get lost even in a place you are familiar with.

Q:How do you feel about the relationship between Ela and her teacher Mahir ?

It was inevitable for the girl falling in love with her teacher, was it? Since the beginning, even if this scene didn’t exist, there would still have been a love relationship. This great love was bound to grow along with admiration. The master-apprentice love, the teacher’s love.. but also as she was growing, she discovered the love of a man. I was mostly touched by this sentence “give me my dignity as a woman…”. Because it is totally true. Being loved, being kissed at least once in a lifetime, is a very important woman's feeling, and it gives her “credibility” as a woman. I enjoyed acting it, and I enjoyed watching it… and I felt very sad again while watching it. 

Q:Did you also give the man his rights?

Yes I did. I gave him a totally deserved kiss.

Q:This kissing scene made the headlines after the premiere. Even in our times, a cinema kiss still makes people talk. How do you find that?

I’m fed up from this silliness. Sometimes it is a necessity especially in love stories. For example during Ask-I memnu, the kisses used to create a big polemic because it was a forbidden love. But such things happening for this movie is very strange. 



Q:There was even a news saying that Kenan Dogulu left the set the day this kiss was filmed…Is that possible my dear?

Kenan is not the type to go to sets as a start. He just attended the last couple of days, and watched a couple scenes of mine. That’s when he came to the island. He doesn't even come to sets so that he would stop a kissing scene. They didn’t write that he stopped it. They wrote that he left the island.It’s very weird. And it’s very frustrating.. as if we were constantly getting on the top of each other. We lived so many years without each other. Each one of us already had his own career, and we respect it to the very end. Such a thing never happened and never will. 

Q:Does he say “this kind of scenes make me jealous?”

No he wouldn’t. One time he told me with insistence: “Beren, play the scenes however your instincts tell you to, and however the director decides to”. He would never say something like “I am jealous”.

Q:What do you do when you read such articles?

Now we make fun of it. In the beginning it was upsetting, then it reached such a comic point that now we make fun of it. When our news are on the TV magazine programs, we have fun doing voice-over on it.

Q:You played in several popular series with very short breaks in between. Did you decide to focus more on cinema now ?

Yes. Since I was a child, I dreamed of seeing myself on the big screen. Television work allows us to reach a bigger and more varied audience than our cinema. Our series are shown in more than 30 countries, and I have pictures with people from so many countries, I can’t deny the power of our series. But still, cinema holds a special place. A person feels very special when seeing himself on the big screen


Q:If I’m not wrong, you learned Karate for Intikam series.

Yes I learned how to fight pretty well.

Q:Do you love martial arts?

Yes, I enjoy them very much. Look what happened. After a few classes, the idea of beating someone seemed very bad to me. I took off my gloves, I went home and my hands were shaking. Hurting someone was a bad idea for me. After that, I started to understand little by little what it really is, the concentration level it required. My teacher told me anyway “your stares, your facial expressions changed. While acting, use them” . Now if you ask me, I would be able to hurt someone in order to protect myself. 



Q:In the movie, Literature holds a special place for Ela. How is it with your writing? Do you write things? 

I write. Mainly diaries. For a few years I did it on my own rhythm. Sometimes they turn into poetry. These diaries' contents are like small samples of what is happening inside me. I actually want to keep them as a record of my life. I always write.

Q:Do you let anyone read them?

Rarely. Generally Belçim (Bilgin) reads. In my most scary and insecure periods, she was the first person I read them to. Now, Kenan also reads sometimes. When I find the courage, I let him read. 

Q:Doesn’t Kenan have the intention to compose poetry?

I do not know, it isn't something directly related to me, but sometimes while he is writing lyrics, I stick my nose and interfere in the writing. I find it fun. 


Q:Do you sing along together?

Yes. A musician and an actress together is a good combination, it never happened to me before. Each one shares with the other information from his field. While we’re together we learn things from each other. 

Q:Do you always like each other’s work or do you make criticism for each other?

No, we make the harshest criticism to each other in a gentle way. Even though a little silence happens after it, we know that it is a friendly and well-deserved criticism. Because we are not rough to each other, and because we know that it’s a really friendly criticism, we do not get broken.


Q:You reached the end of your 20s. Did you perspective of love change?

Definitely. But I guess I cannot measure this change separately from Kenan now. The impact he had on me is interesting. Because he is very romantic and calm and has a different perspective, he might have brought this comfort into me. Or it might be both at the same time. I cannot totally make the distinction. 

Are you romantic?

Yes. After Kenan I understood a few things. Fighting certain things in vain would only make me suffer. It just happens like that, a matching happens with someone. As I said, something was there; I think I found my answer.

Source: http://www.milliyet.com.tr/-insan-kendini-perdede-gorunce-cok/cumartesi/haberdetay/26.10.2013/1782425/default.htm