Turkey, Pakistan to co-produce series on revered Muslim general Saladin

[Last starfighter]

Turkey, Pakistan to co-produce series on revered Muslim general Saladin .
Turkish producer Emre Konuk, owner of Akli Films, announces signing new deal with Pakistan's Ansari & Shah Films to jointly produce a TV series about the life of Salahuddin al-Ayyubi.
The series, featuring actors from Turkey and Pakistan, will be shot in Turkey and is planned to have three seasons.
The series, featuring actors from Turkey and Pakistan, will be shot in Turkey and is planned to have three seasons. (Twitter/@emrekonukk)
Turkey and Pakistan have announced plans to co-produce a television series on the life of Salahuddin al-Ayyubi, a revered Muslim general popularly known in the West as Saladin.

Having welcomed the project offer from Pakistan's Ansari & Shah Films, producer Emre Konuk, owner of Turkey's Akli Films, announced on Saturday that they have reached an agreement.

"A happy news on a blessed Friday night! Contract signed between Akli Films and Ansari & Shah Films about 'Sultan Selahaddin Ayyubi'," Konuk tweeted.

He wished that the international, joint project is beneficial "to our country and our art world."

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Series will be shot in Pakistan

The series, featuring actors from Turkey and Pakistan, will be shot in Turkey and is planned to have three seasons.

Konuk said he was happy to realise the project, despite being aware of the difficulty in portraying "this great person who left his mark in history and all over the world."


Saladin defeated the crusaders and recaptured Jerusalem in 1187.

 

[Foinikas]

I wonder if they will present him as Kurdish or go for Seljuk or settle for Arab.

 

[khansaheeb]

We need to have more student exchange and tourism and more trade ties rather than movies.

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Turkey, Pakistan to co-produce series on revered Muslim general Saladin .
Turkish producer Emre Konuk, owner of Akli Films, announces signing new deal with Pakistan's Ansari & Shah Films to jointly produce a TV series about the life of Salahuddin al-Ayyubi.
The series, featuring actors from Turkey and Pakistan, will be shot in Turkey and is planned to have three seasons.
The series, featuring actors from Turkey and Pakistan, will be shot in Turkey and is planned to have three seasons. (Twitter/@emrekonukk)
Turkey and Pakistan have announced plans to co-produce a television series on the life of Salahuddin al-Ayyubi, a revered Muslim general popularly known in the West as Saladin.

Having welcomed the project offer from Pakistan's Ansari & Shah Films, producer Emre Konuk, owner of Turkey's Akli Films, announced on Saturday that they have reached an agreement.

"A happy news on a blessed Friday night! Contract signed between Akli Films and Ansari & Shah Films about 'Sultan Selahaddin Ayyubi'," Konuk tweeted.

He wished that the international, joint project is beneficial "to our country and our art world."

READ MORE: Why are psychological dramas dominating Turkish TV?

Series will be shot in Pakistan

The series, featuring actors from Turkey and Pakistan, will be shot in Turkey and is planned to have three seasons.

Konuk said he was happy to realise the project, despite being aware of the difficulty in portraying "this great person who left his mark in history and all over the world."


Saladin defeated the crusaders and recaptured Jerusalem in 1187.

It is written by Khalil Ur Rehman Qamar. He in an interview few months ago he will make an historic series like Ertugrul

 

[Hareeb]

Why not Babar? Akbar? Khilji? Durrani? Don't like heroes of this region?

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

liberal will start shitting bricks again!

 

[Awan68]

Why not Babar? Akbar? Khilji? Durrani? Don't like heroes of this region?

Saladin is not region centric, the reverance he holds is in relation to the reclamation of Al Quds which is the first Qibla and third most holy site for all muslims.

 

[Great Janjua]

How about we co produce the Koral EW system instead

 

[StormBreaker]

Salahuddin has got nothing to do with Pakistan, Why Pakistani actors then ?

Mughal hota to samajh aata, But Mamluks ?

 

[Great Janjua]

Salahuddin has got nothing to do with Pakistan, Why Pakistani actors then ?

Mughal hota to samajh aata, But Mamluks ?

Exactly who cares let bygones be bygones, it's not like am not grateful. What we need to co produce is weapons,Not history.

 

[Awan68]

Salahuddin has got nothing to do with Pakistan, Why Pakistani actors then ?

Mughal hota to samajh aata, But Mamluks ?

By ur defination we should have nothing to do with Islam cause it didnt originate in Pakistan?, is that ur stance?

 

[FuturePAF]

We need to have more student exchange and tourism and more trade ties rather than movies.

The Turks would welcome us if we get our industries in order. They are business minded, but need sound business partners to invest with.

 

[khansaheeb]

The Turks would welcome us if we get our industries in order. They are business minded, but need sound business partners to invest with.

That is true for the rest of the world. We need to break the cycle and jump the gap.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Why not Babar? Akbar? Khilji? Durrani? Don't like heroes of this region?

Chal oye

 

[Hareeb]

Saladin is not region centric, the reverance he holds is in relation to the reclamation of Al Quds which is the first Qibla and third most holy site for all muslims.

If they going build a model for Al-Aqsa and Doom for this series, better stick with it and forget the real one.
Moreover, he was a Kurd. It'd be interesting to see how Turkish director presents him in this series.

Chal oye

Crusades to dikhaney ni, better ha Panipat ya 1857 war per bana lete. Even Alauddin vs Mongols is a much better story.