When the series Halka was broadcast on TRT 1 in 2018, it attracted a lot of attention with its unusual subject. Now, a brand new and different series is coming from Levent Cantek, who is the screenwriter of the series.
Halka, starring Nazan Kesal, Serkan Çayoğlu, Hande Erçel, Kaan Yıldırım and Hazal Subaşı, was an action series. Although the series about two young men with different characters and lives, Kaan and Cihangir, struggle side by side against a conspiracy that they thought was a coincidence and that they thought was fate, the series said goodbye to the screens with its 19th episode.
Now, a new series is coming from the screenwriter of the series, Levent Cantek. Levent Cantek, who also wrote the screenplay for the most recent movie Bozkır, is writing a series about the life of Otello Kamil, one of the most important names in Turkish theater and who has an extremely impressive life story.
It is stated that the series, which is planned as eight episodes and whose shooting will begin in October, will be broadcast on one of the international digital platforms next summer. The producer of the series is Es Film, which is the company behind Halka, which has also signed successful projects such as Barbaroslar, Payitaht Abdülhamid, İsimsizler and Filinta.
Who is Otello Kamil?
Otello Kamil, whose real name is Kamil Rıza Bey, is known as the actor who introduced Shakespeare to Turkey. He is known as Otello Kamil for his role as Othello, which he played many times.
The actor, who first appeared on the stage as Abdullah Sergeant in the play Vatan Yahut Silistre, staged by the soldiers in the regiment in which his father was the commander, achieved great success with the role of Mitifigo in Alphonse Daudet’s play The Girl from Arles.
He passed the exam in 1914 and became one of the first students of Darülbedayi, but he had to leave after a short time to join the Battle of Çanakkale; He was sent to the Romanian front. After the war, he wanted to form an ensemble and tour, but without success.
He joined Gavril Efendi’s traveling company and traveled around his hometown with this company and played Shakespeare’s Othello, which was adapted into Turkish with the name Arabin Vengeance. It was at this time that he was nicknamed Otello.
The health of Kamil Rıza Bey, who was suffering from economic difficulties, deteriorated as a result of his addiction to alcohol, cigarettes and drugs. To all this, Reyno’s disease had to amputate both legs. Kamil Rıza Bey, who made a living on the salary he received from the City Theater after losing his limbs, lived in the winter hall of a casino. Otello Kamil allegedly ended his life by jumping into the orchestra void after playing his last game.