Gümüş (TV series)
| Gümüş | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Eylem Canpolat Sema Ergenekon |
| Directed by | Tarik Alpagut Kemal Uzun |
| Starring |
Songül Öden Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ |
| Theme music composer | Cem Erman |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| Original language(s) | Turkish |
| No. of episodes | 100 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Irfan Sahin |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company(s) | D Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Kanal D |
| Original release |
Turkey January 20, 2005 - June 16, 2007 |
Gümüş (English: "Silver") is a Turkish melodrama originally broadcast in Turkey by Kanal D from 2005 to 2007, followed the travails of a simple young woman "Gümüş," played by Songül Öden, who marries into a wealthy family.
After the death of his girlfriend in a car accident, Mehmet's grandfather suggests that he marry Gumus, who has loved Mehmet since childhood. Initially happy about the marriage, Gumus despairs when she realizes that his heart is not in it. Eventually Mehmet falls in love with her, and her dream comes true.
. *The sudser became a pop-culture phenomenon when it dubbed in Arabic language and aired across the Arab world as "Noor" (Arabic for "light") in 2008. The show which MBC execs dubbed from Turkish into Arabic using a colloquial Syrian dialect rather than formal, classical Arabic.
The series is also currently shown in
In Saudi Arabia, 3-4 million viewers admit to watching the program daily on the Saudi-owned MBC channel. The show's final episode attracted a record 85 million Arab viewers when it aired last Aug. 30. The success of "Noor" for MBC has sparked a boom in dubbed Turkish dramas across many leading Arab sat-casters. MBC even launched a pay TV channel in partnership with pay TV platform Showtime Arabia entirely dedicated to "Noor" that allows viewers to watch episodes of the sudser around the clock.
The dizzying pop-cultural phenomenon surrounding the series has encouraged the broadcaster further to make a film out of the Turkish soap. The feature version, which MBC will co-produce with Turkish shingle Momentum Prods., will have a budget in the $2.5 million-3.5 million range and will also be shot in Turkish before being dubbed into Arabic. The project will reunite Turkish thespians Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Songül Öden, who captured the hearts of Arab audiences in their husband-and-wife roles of Muhannad and Noor, respectively.
In Bulgaria, Gümüş is also very popular and every episode is watched by at least 2 million viewers. In result of its popularity, Songül Öden came to Bulgaria and was a guest in the Bulgarian TV shows "Dancing Stars 2" and "Slavi Show". She also visited Albania as a guest in "Kenga Magjike" festival. It is above average in Pakistan and was airing on Geo Tv but was transferred on Geo Kahani in Pakistan. The series was also popular in Macedonia. Gumus was one of the first series shown in Macedonia, and now the popularity of turskish series in Macedonia is growing.
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