Balalaika (Balalayka) (translated)

Balalayka is a 2000 Turkish drama film directed by Ali Özgentürk. The screenplay was written by Işıl Özgentürk, Rustam Ibrahimbeyov and Hakan Haksun, with Erol Avcı producing for Asya Film and TMC Film. Released in Turkey on 29 December 2000, the film drew 427,580 viewers during its theatrical run.

Three brothers who have long lived apart reunite after their father's death and board an old bus in Batumi to bring his remains to Istanbul, as his will demands. Sharing the journey with a group of Russian women traveling to Turkey for work, the brothers rediscover each other, but the trip turns perilous when they run up against a prostitution ring after crossing the border. The cast includes Uğur Yücel, Cem Davran, Ozan Güven and Yekaterina Rednikova. Kemal Sunal was originally set to play Necati, but after he died of a heart attack on the flight to the Trabzon shoot, the role went to Uğur Yücel, and the film was dedicated to Sunal's memory.