Shahmaran | |
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Turkish | Şahmaran |
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Based on | Şah-ı Mar by Emine Buzkan Kaynak[1] |
Written by | Pınar Bulut |
Directed by | Umur Turagay |
Starring | |
Composer | Hakan Ozer |
Country of origin | Turkey |
Original language | Turkish |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producers |
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Production locations | |
Cinematography | Yon Thomas |
Editors |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Tims & B Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | 20 January 2023 |
Shahmaran (Turkish: Şahmaran) is a Turkish fantasy-drama Netflix series directed by Umur Turagay and written by Pınar Bulut. The show, which stars Serenay Sarıkaya and Burak Deniz in the lead roles,[2] was released on 20 January 2023.[3][4]
Şahsu, a psychology lecturer from Istanbul, goes to Adana for work and decides to confront her grandfather, who abandoned her mother many years ago. While there, she becomes involved with a community that worships Şahmaran, a mythical creature that is half woman, half snake, who are waiting for the completion of a historical prophecy. Her life is transformed when she meets a mysterious man named Maran.
No. | Title | Original release date |
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1 | "Throes of the Earth (Dünya Sancısı)" | 20 January 2023 |
2 | "Things Rain Says (Yağmurun Söyledikleri)" | 20 January 2023 |
3 | "Unstable Equilibrium (Kararsız Denge)" | 20 January 2023 |
4 | "Unbearable Lightness of Believing (İnanmanın İnanılmaz Hafifliği)" | 20 January 2023 |
5 | "Future Changes (Gelecek Değişir)" | 20 January 2023 |
6 | "The Turmoil That Is Life (Hayat Gürültüsü)" | 20 January 2023 |
7 | "The Recurrence of Love (Aşkın Tekerrürü)" | 20 January 2023 |
8 | "The Snake Inside Me (İçimdeki Yılan)" | 20 January 2023 |
Three days after its release, the series had been watched a total of 17 million hours worldwide.[5]
A critic at Cumhuriyet praised the cinematography and actors but was disappointed with the "dissonance" between the "reality of the region" and the characters' behaviour, citing excessive nudity and out-of-context scenes that do not match the old Turkish traditions of the region they were filmed in. The critic also likened Maran's family to the Cullens in Twilight.[6]