Viewers who like Turkish love television series should not pass by such a wonderful teleromaniac as Menekshe and Khalil. The actors are selected perfectly, the plot, although it seems banal at first glance, is replete with unexpected twists and intense scenes. An additional bonus is the beautiful views that Turkey is famous for. So who got the main roles?
Menekshe and Khalil: actors and plot
The television project, the first and only season of which was presented to the public almost 10 years ago, tells the sad story of a girl who is forced by her family to marry an unloved person. But the main character wants to spend her life with a completely different person, which the audience will learn about in the first episode of the soap opera Menekshe and Khalil. The actors who played the unfortunate lovers are Kyvanch Tatlutug and Cedef Avci.
Menekshe is a 20-year-old emigrant who, several years ago, moved with her parents and brothers to Germany from Turkey. The girl’s father, despite the move, insists that their family continue to respect the traditions of their native country. In Berlin, Meneksha takes a job in a cafe where she meets a young illegal Khalil. Young people fall in love with each other, but are forced to keep the beginning romance secret from everyone.
The true tragedy, which the actors of the Menekshe and Khalil series remarkably convey, begins when the main character is forced to marry a wealthy Turk who dreams of moving to Germany. Frightened by her father’s threats, the girl agrees to the wedding, but the next day after she escapes with Khalil to Turkey. But even this does not help the lovers to hide from the husband and brothers Menekshe.
Kyvanch Tatlutug and his character
Initially, the character played in this television novel Kyvanch Tatlutug seems like an ordinary guy. However, viewers will find out interesting details about the poor emigrant from Bosnia. It turns out that in the past, a man in love with Meneksha hides many secrets. Indeed, the series Menekshe and Khalil, whose actors and roles were hotly discussed by fans even after the completion of a single season, is full of surprises.
Critics have reacted coolly about the game of Kyvancha in this TV show, claiming that he portrays an overly positive character, sometimes overdoing it with the idealization of the image of Khalil. But the popularity of the series is explained by many as the fame of the person who embodied the image of the protagonist. The actor Tatlytug, who refused a career as a model for filming a movie, really has a lot of fans. In his homeland, he was even nicknamed "Turkish Brad Pitt."
Kyvanch became a star long before the release of the dramatic television project Menekshe and Khalil, whose actors for the most part were already known to Turkish viewers. Fans will be able to see an attractive blonde in such well-known television projects as “Kuzey Guney”, “Forbidden Love”, “Kurt Seit and Alexandra”. In the field of big cinema, the actor has not yet achieved significant success, but, given his young age, this can happen in the future.
Who was played by Sedef Avji
Beautiful characters are one of the main advantages that the television novel Menekshe and Khalil possesses. Actors starring look great together. Some critics accuse Sedef Avci, who embodied the image of the unfortunate Meneksha, in that she seems unnecessarily cold, devoid of emotions against the background of Tatlytug. However, the actress perfectly portrays a frightened girl who can not escape from the power of a cruel father and his subordinate brothers.
Fans will be able to see Sedef Avji in such well-known TV projects in Turkey and beyond as Listopad, Ezel, and Price.
Other interesting characters
Tatlutug and Avdzhi are far from all the interesting actors who played in the series Menekshe and Khalil. The year 2007 in Turkey was fruitful in terms of the discovery of new stars, including thanks to the television novel about lovers hiding from the chase. For example, it was thanks to this soap opera that the audience learned about the existence of such a talented actor as Hassan Kucukchetin. He brilliantly played the psychologically unstable main villain of the series - her husband Menekshe Mustafu, forced to search for an escaped spouse.
Also, one cannot fail to note the wonderful game of Murat Daltaban, who embodied the image of a person from Khalil's mysterious past.
This is how the most interesting characters appear in this drama series about love and the struggle for it.