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From Lips to Heart (Dudaktan Kalbe)

From Lips to Heart (Dudaktan Kalbe) (translated)

TV Series · 2007–2009 · 13 people

Ay Yapım adapted Reşat Nuri Güntekin's 1923 novel of the same name, the fifth screen version of that book, as the Turkish drama series Dudaktan Kalbe (From the Lips to the Heart). It started on Show TV on September 3, 2007, and ran for two seasons and 75 episodes until May 26, 2009. It aired at 22:00, first on Mondays, then Wednesdays, finally Tuesdays.

Güntekin was one of the best-known authors of his day. His novel deals with the conflict between ethics, loyalty, love and ambition, and its melancholy and romanticism are said to recall Tolstoy. The series moves the story to present-day Turkey. It centers on Kenan, who rises from a poor childhood to become a famous violinist, and Lamia, who admires his art; the love of Kenan's cousin Cemil for Lamia feeds the tension. Unlike the novel, Lamia and Cemil already know each other here, and Doctor Vedat is left out.

Aslı Tandoğan, Burak Hakkı, Özge Özder, Yiğit Özşener and Fadik Sevin Atasoy share the lead roles, and Atasoy also appears as a guest in the final episode. Abroad, it aired in Serbia as Plač Violine on Prva at 19:20 in 2013 and 2014, and in Syrian-dialect Arabic on Abu Dhabi's channel in 2009.

Production companyAy Yapım
NetworkShow TV

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Aslı Tandoğan Aslı Tandoğan Actor · 47 years old Lamia Sönmez Bihter Dinçel Bihter Dinçel Actor · 44 years old Burak Hakkı Burak Hakkı Actor · 54 years old Gözde Kansu Gözde Kansu Actor · 46 years old Nimet Başar Levent Sülün Levent Sülün Actor · 51 years old Nihat Altınkaya Nihat Altınkaya Actor · 47 years old Özge Özder Özge Özder Actor · 48 years old Cavidan Meriçoğlu İsmail Düvenci İsmail Düvenci Actor · 78 years old Vatan Şaşmaz Vatan Şaşmaz Actor · died at 42 Fadik Sevin Atasoy Fadik Sevin Atasoy Actor · 51 years old Leyla Paşazade Evrim Doğan Evrim Doğan Actor · 49 years old Evrim Köksal Engür Köksal Engür Actor · died at 77 Sait Paşazade Yiğit Özşener Yiğit Özşener Actor · 54 years old Cemil Paşazade

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

Dudaktan Kalbe spends two seasons and 75 episodes trying to keep the Kenan, Lamia and Cemil triangle standing. Kenan's rise from a poor childhood to fame as a violinist has a strong pull in the early episodes, and Cemil's love for Lamia keeps the tension alive. The chemistry between Aslı Tandoğan, Burak Hakkı and Özge Özder is the show's biggest asset. But 75 episodes is a long road for one novel to carry: in the middle stretch the story keeps circling the same emotional knots. Its air day changing three times probably didn't make it any easier to follow.

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

Reşat Nuri Güntekin's 1923 novel had been brought to the screen several times before; this series is the fifth adaptation. For a lover of literature, the real question is how much of the novel's melancholy, romantic air survives the move to present-day Turkey. Kenan's conflict between his art and his ambition still rings true. But dropping Doctor Vedat and having Lamia and Cemil know each other from the start are significant changes to the novel's fabric; Güntekin's fine moral inquiry at times shrinks into an ordinary love triangle. Still, reminding new generations of a classic is worth something.

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

Güntekin's novel dealt with the conflict between ethics, loyalty, love and ambition; by moving it to present-day Turkey, the series puts the question of climbing the social ladder up front. A violinist who rises from a poor childhood to fame is a good figure for asking what social mobility costs. This world where art, success and love intertwine also reflects late-2000s television's appetite for stories of rising up. Its broadcast in Serbia as Plač Violine and in Syrian-dialect Arabic in Abu Dhabi shows that such emotional stories find an audience across borders.

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