Menajerimi Ara

Menajerimi Ara
Genre	Drama Comedy
Written by	Yelda Eroğlu (1–7) Yeşim Çıtak (1–7) Emine Yıldırım (3–7) Ekin Atalar (8–34) Sema Ergenekon (35–41) Uğraş Güneş (35–45)
Directed by	Ali Bilgin (1–9) Deniz Çelebi Dikilitaş (10–45)
Starring	Barış Falay Canan Ergüder Fatih Artman Serhat Teoman Ahsen Eroğlu Deniz Can Aktaş Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu Özge Borak
Theme music composer	Uğur Ateş, Saki Çimen
Composers	Saki Çimen Uğur Ateş
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	45
Production
Producer	Kerem Çatay
Production location	Istanbul
Running time	150 minutes
Production company	Ay Yapım
Release
Original network	Star TV
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	25 August 2020 (2020-08-25) – 11 July 2021 (2021-07-11)

Menajerimi Ara (transl. "Call My Manager") is a Turkish drama and comedy television series signed by Ay Yapım, directed by Deniz Çelebi Dikilitaş, script written by Uğraş Güneş and Volkan Yazıcı, first episode aired on 25 August 2020.^[1] Blending drama and comedy, the series centers around the lives of four managers with their assistants at a prestigious talent agency.^[2] With each episode, actors from the cinema and television industry participate in the series as guests and play themselves.^[3] Adapted from the French TV series Dix pour cent.^[4] The series ended with its 45th episode, which was broadcast on 11 July 2021.

Plot[]

Four managers of talent agency Ego, namely Kıraç (Barış Falay), Feris (Canan Ergüder), Çınar (Fatih Artman) and Peride (Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu), deal with difficult situations every day and defend their business visions. They skillfully combine art and business, but their private and professional lives sometimes come into conflict. Managers and their assistants take us behind the scenes of the wild world of famous players; where laughter, emotions, intrigue, disappointment and tears constantly collide. Dicle (Ahsen Eroğlu), who entered this wild world for the first time, says that I am also in the war, starting from the bottom in his struggle against personalities whose egos are higher than their height.

Shots[]

While the building where the imaginary talent agency EGO is located is 42 Plaza^[a] in Istanbul - Maslak,^[5] the house where the Dicle character stayed for the first 3 episodes is in the Kurtuluş district of Şişli district. Some of the interior shots took place at the Beykoz Shoe Factory.^[6]

Cast and characters[]

Main characters[]

• Kıraç Özdal (Barış Falay): One of the managers of EGO.
• Çınar Bilgin (Fatih Artman): One of the managers of EGO.
• Dicle Ertem (Ahsen Eroğlu): Feris's assistant.
• Barış Havas (Deniz Can Aktaş): One of the players that Feris managed.
• Peride Şener (Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu): One of the managers of EGO.
• Ceyda Yücesoy (Özge Borak): Serkan's old friend. EGO's partner and later new owner.
• Feris Dikmen (Canan Ergüder): One of the managers of EGO. She is a self-confident and tough personality. Dicle's manager. She went to the USA for 6 months with Serkan. (1–35)
• Serkan Tahtacı (Serhat Teoman): Former Ego Agency manager who returned home from the USA. Owner of Berlin Agency. They can't get along with Kıraç. Later, he buys Ego Agency from Mayda's father and decides to merge the two agencies. He returned to the USA with Feris. (12–35)

Guest artists[]

The artists listed below have appeared in one episode in which they played themselves or fictional characters.

Episodes[]

It was broadcast on Tuesday evenings from 1st to 8th episodes, and on Sunday evenings from 9th episodes.

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Menajerimi Ara on official website of Star TV