Pakistani actors to appear in Pak-Turk venture ‘Salahuddin Ayyubi’

Web Desk — The upcoming Pak-Turk drama series on Salahuddin Ayubi will feature four well-known Pakistani actors. In the show, the life of a great Muslim leader Saladin – who is better known in the West as Saladin – will be shown.

In the first round of auditions, which were held in Lahore and Karachi, Ushna Shah, Adnan Jilani, Farhan Agha, and Ayesha Omar were chosen. Over 6,000 actors applied for the tryouts, but only 62 were selected for the Islamic warrior series, which will be screened simultaneously in Pakistan and Turkey.

In an interview with BBC Asian Network, renowned Pakistani actor Adnan Siddiqui, who has been selected as executive producer along with Humayun Saeed, Dr. Kashif Ansari, and Dr. Junaid Ali Shah said, “I’m excited, I know that this particular series will do wonders for Pakistanis.”

“It will give Pakistani actors access to the international market, and the only way we can penetrate the international market is through Turkey,” Siddiqui added.

Emre Konuk, the owner of Akli Film, tweeted, “A contract has been reached between Akli Films and Ansari & Shah Films regarding the upcoming Pakistani-Turkish series.”

The much-awaited drama series will be filmed in Turkey on sets that have been built especially for the project, he said.