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The Lords' Wedding Is Something Else (Başka Olur Ağaların Düğünü)

The Lords' Wedding Is Something Else (Başka Olur Ağaların Düğünü) (translated)

TV Series · 1990 · 8 people

Kemal Bilbaşar's work was adapted for the screen as Başka Olur Ağaların Düğünü ("The Lords' Wedding Is Something Else"), a Turkish television series broadcast on TRT 1 in 1990. Classed as an emotional drama, it was directed by Fatih Arslan, written for television by Bilbaşar and produced by TRT. As its title suggests, it is set in a village ruled by the agha system.

The two central powerful figures are the village's wealthy men, Osman Ağa and Hüseyin Ağa. Hüseyin Ağa dreams of adding fortune to fortune by marrying Osman's daughter Menekşe to his own son Tahir. Menekşe, however, has lost her heart to Murat, the village doctor, so the two families' calculations collide with the young people's feelings. Mehmet Aslantuğ plays Doctor Murat and Seren Serengil plays Menekşe; Erol Taş is Hüseyin Ağa, Hüseyin Baradan is Osman Ağa, and Toygun Ateş takes the role of Tahir. The cast also includes Nesrin Akkoç (Huriye), Nurhan Nur (Fatma Bacı), Salih Kalyon, Nihat Nikerel, Selma Tarcan and Hüseyin Peyda.

The music is by Tarık Öcal, with editing by Hasan Bektaş and art direction by Meral Özen. Yıldız Tilbe dubs Seren Serengil and Sadettin Erbil dubs Erol Taş, while Müşfik Kenter narrates.

DirectorFatih Arslan
Production companyTRT
NetworkTRT 1
The Lords' Wedding Is Something Else (Başka Olur Ağaların Düğünü)

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Cast

Mehmet Aslantuğ Mehmet Aslantuğ Actor · 65 years old Dr. Murat Seren Serengil Seren Serengil Presenter · 55 years old Menekşe Salih Kalyon Salih Kalyon Actor · 80 years old Hüseyin Peyda Actor · died at 71 Toygun Ateş Actor · died at 66 Tahir Nihat Nikerel Nihat Nikerel Actor · died at 59 Erol Taş Erol Taş Actor · died at 72 Hüseyin Ağa Müşfik Kenter Müşfik Kenter Actor · died at 79 Narrator

Also in the cast: Nesrin Akkoç, Nurhan Nur, Selma Tarcan, Ali Rıza Özbilgiç, Hüseyin Baradan

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

A television adaptation of a story from the pen of Kemal Bilbaşar feels like a keepsake from that fine era when TRT leaned on literature. The clash between the aghas' calculations and Menekşe's love for Dr. Murat carries the warm, familiar texture of our old village films. Erol Taş's Hüseyin Ağa, Tarık Öcal's music and Müşfik Kenter's voice as narrator give the series a value of its own. Seren Serengil being voiced by Yıldız Tilbe is a charming detail today. The plot may be familiar, but a familiar story told well always warms the heart.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Başka Olur Ağaların Düğünü is adapted from a work by Kemal Bilbaşar and depicts a village ruled by the agha system. Hüseyin Ağa's plan to grow his fortune by marrying his son to Osman Ağa's daughter clearly shows a social order in which marriage is seen as an instrument of property and power. Against that, the love that forms with the village doctor can be read as a new, educated world from outside challenging the old order. Though it is labeled a romantic drama, the series brings an important question of its time to the screen by exploring the tension between families' interests and individual choice.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

This series sticks firmly to the classic formula of village dramas: rich aghas, a marriage of interests and a love that gets in the way. Mehmet Aslantuğ and Seren Serengil carry the emotional center as a couple, while Erol Taş's Hüseyin Ağa is a perfect opposing force. But with a formula this familiar, there are few surprises for today's viewer and some stretches move slowly. Müşfik Kenter's narration, though, adds an unexpected literary depth. Valuable for anyone curious about old TRT productions; a watch that asks for patience if you expect a fast pace.

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