TEHRAN – A number of Iranian and Turkish cineastes will team up to make a 24-episode series entitled “Ayatay” about a love story set in Iran’s Azarbaijan region during World War I.
Jalil Asghari, the Iranian producer of the project entitled “Ayatay”, told the Persian service of MNA on Monday that shooting will begin in spring.
Iranian filmmaker Hossein Pursattar will direct the series, which will be released on the Iranian home video network.
The Turkish Asli Islamoglu Agency, an organization involved in casting and cinema management, will also be collaborating in this project, Asghari said.
He added that a cast of Iranian and Turkish actors are due to work together in this series.
Iranian actress Faranak Bastanfar will co-star beside Turkish actor Kaan Urgancioglu in the series.
Eighteen episodes will be shot in different Iranian cities, including Tabriz and Tehran, while the rest will be filmed in the Turkish cities of Istanbul, Ankara and Erzurum.
The serial is also due to be broadcast on the Turkish channel Show TV.
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