Bir Bulut Olsam
Bir Bulut Olsam (English: If I were a cloud) is a Turkish television series produced by Tims Productions and broadcast on Kanal D. It was aired from February 23, 2009 to 24 December 2009 . It was directed by Ulaş İnaç and written by Meral Okay. The music was composed by Aytekin Ataş. The series is notable because of the spectacular portrayal of Mustafa Bulut by Seoul International Drama Award winner and International Emmy Award nominated Turkish actor Engin Akyürek. [1]
| Bir Bulut Olsam | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Meral Okay |
| Directed by | Ulaş İnaç |
| Starring | Engin Akyürek Melisa Sözen Engin Altan Düzyatan Aslıhan Gürbüz |
| Composer(s) | Aytekin Ataş |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| Original language(s) | Turkish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 29 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Timur Savcı |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Production company(s) | Tims Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Kanal D |
| Picture format | 576i ( 16:9 SDTV ) 1080i ( HDTV ) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | February 23, 2009 - December 24, 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Plot
This story is about feudal traditions that are still common in the less-urban parts of Turkey. Mustafa (Engin Akyürek) is the eldest among four children of the town Guzelyurt's mayor -Aslan Bulut (Ünal Silver). Mustafa has been married to his cousin Narin (Melisa Sözen) in childhood. As they grow older Mustafa fell literally "madly" in love with Narin, but Narin did not love him and did not accept him as her husband. Unrequited love made him very short-tempered, impulsive and obsessive about Narin. Due to the unresponsiveness of his wife, Mustafa subjected Narin to beating. Both Mustafa and Narin suffered emotional and physical scars of this unconsummated marriage. But while Narin's physical torture was witnessed by the town, Mustafa's pain was never understood. Moreover, Mustafa is epileptic as he suffers from hysterical fits whenever his anger or frustration peaks.
Mustafa's parents in order to get him away from Narin (as she doesn't accepts him as her husband) marry him for the second time to his mother's niece - Asiyae (Aslihan Gürbüz). Asiyae loves Mustafa but Mustafa (who cannot see any woman as his wife other than Narin), subjects Asiyae to torture whenever she tries to come near to him.
Mustafa is brought-up by a rich father who cared for his political power more than his family ties. His mother is from a lesser background and therefore, remains one-step behind her husband in decision-making. Mustafa's mental health and his unfilled love have made him an aggressive person, who beats and insults women whenever a situation arises. But at the same time he is too caring towards his immediate family.
Then one Dr. Serdar (Engin Altan Düzyatan) is posted to Guzelyurt. Due to some events created by Mustafa himself, Serdar and Narin come close to each other, but the doctor doesn't confess it. Narin is proposed by a teacher Haroon (Ahmet Kural), and Mustafa's father forcefully makes him divorce Narin and gets her married to Haroon. Mustafa, not accepting all this, kidnaps Narin on her wedding day and rapes her. He is shot by the police. But instead of sending him to prison, Narin's lawyer plan to send him to a 'mental hospital' for getting him cured. But even staying at the hospital for months and getting electric-shock treatment, Mustafa's love for Narin doesn't die.
Meanwhile, a daughter is born to him with Asiyae. He names her 'Nar'. Though, Mustafa never wanted a child from Asiyae and wanted to abort the baby, but the moment his daughter is put into his arms, the fatherly love erupts and Nar becomes the most important person in his life. He talks to his baby about his one-sided love for Narin. During this time, Mustafa also has an illicit relation with his father's girl friend Bahar (Şükran Ovalı). He is taking revenge from his father for separating him from Narin.
Narin also gives birth to Mustafa's son but tells everyone (even her mother) that it is from her husband Haroon. Only Serdar knows the truth. Haroon dies in an accident. Serdar and Narin come closer. Mustafa's father suffers from an attack after Asiyae shoots Bahar on discovering her affair with Mustafa. During all this Narin and Serdar are married while, Mustafa and Asiyae have gone on a vacation.
Finally, in the last episode Mustafa accepts the bitter truth that Narin can never be his, and succumbs to the unrelenting love of Asiyae. Months pass, and Serdar tragically gets killed in a mine blast, in front of Mustafa's eyes. But it all ends on a positive note, as even after knowing the truth about Narin's son Ates to be his, Mustafa never insists the widowed Narin to marry him. He just convinces her to stay in Guzelyurt so that he is not separated from his son. Narin agrees to this.
In the last scenes, we see a happy Mustafa with his wife Asiyae and three kids (Asiyae gives birth to another daughter in the last episode).
Cast
- Engin Akyürek as Mustafa Bulut
- Melisa Sözen as Narin Bulut
- Engin Altan Düzyatan as Dr. Serdar Batur
- Aslıhan Gürbüz as Asiye Bulut
- Ünal Silver as Aslan Bulut
- Sema Keçik Karabel as Düriye Bulut
- Cahit Cök as Yaşar Bulut
- Burcu Binici as Gülengül Bulut
- Haluk Cömert as Kadir Bulut
- Ebru Nil Aydın as Hatun Bulut
- Şukran Ovali as Bahar Açar
- Ahmet Kural as Harun
- Meral Okay as İnci Batur
- Selim Bayraktar as Mahmut Paşa
- Şinasi Yurtsever as Ali Asker
- Hülya Duyar as Fatma
- Berfu Öngören as Seher
- Suat Usta as İbo
- Murat Cemcir as Asil
- Cüneyt Yilmaz as Muko
- İlkaye Doğan as Safiye
- Hatice Sezer as Naciye
- Lebib Gökhan as Murat
- Duygu Zade as Zeynep
- Kübra Tekin as Melek
- İzzettin Atuğ as Ramo
- Mertcan Yilmaz as Samet
- Muhammed Aslan as Yusuf
International broadcast
- Arab World on OSN MBC
- Croatia on Nova TV as Da Sam Oblak
- Kazakhstan on NTK as Bır Bult Bolsam
- Northern Cyprus on Kanal D as Bir Bulut Olsam
- Pakistan Urdu 1 as "kaash main aik badil hoti"
- Romania on Euforia Lifestyle TV as Obsesia