Menajerimi Ara () is a Turkish comedy and drama 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. Blending drama and comedy, the series centers around the lives of four managers with their assistants at a prestigious talent agency. With each episode, actors from the cinema and television industry participate in the series as guests and portray themselves. Adapted from the French TV series Dix pour cent. The series ended with its 45th episode, which was broadcast on July 11, 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 and defend their business visions. They combine art and business, and their private and professional lives sometimes come into conflict. The managers and their assistants are shown working in the world of famous actors, where laughter, emotions, intrigue, disappointment and tears collide. Dicle (Ahsen Eroğlu), Kıraç's neglected daughter, enters this world, starting as Feris's assistant in her struggle against personalities with large egos.
Shots While the building where the imaginary talent agency EGO is located is 42 Plaza in Istanbul - Maslak, 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.
Cast and characters
Kıraç Özdal (Barış Falay): One of the managers of EGO and Dicle's father. (1-45) Çınar Bilgin (Fatih Artman): One of the managers of EGO. (1-45) Dicle Ertem (Ahsen Eroğlu): Feris's assistant and Kıraç's Daughter. (1-45) Barış Havas (Deniz Can Aktaş): One of the actors that Feris manages, and later Dicle's boyfriend. (1-45) Peride Şener (Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu): One of the managers of EGO. (1-45) Feris Dikmen (Canan Ergüder): One of the managers of EGO. She is self-confident and has a tough personality. Dicle's boss. She went to the US for 6 months with Serkan. (1–45) Serkan Tahtacı (Serhat Teoman): Former EGO Agency manager who returned home from the USA. Owner of Berlin Agency. He and Kıraç can't get along. Later, he buys EGO Agency from Mayda's father and decides to merge the two agencies. He returned to the US with Feris. (12–45) Ceyda Yücesoy (Özge Borak): Serkan's old friend. EGO's partner and later new owner. A manipulative and pretentious person who often resorts to dirty and dishonest tactics, she's not liked by anyone at EGO. (29-45)
Gulin Yetik (Gamze Karaduman): Kıraç's assistant. (1-45) Emrah Ayoglu (Semi Sirtikkizil): Çinar's assistant. (1-45) Aydin Havas (Beran Kotan): Barış's brother. (1-45) Beren Özdal (Yaprak Medine): Kıraç's step daughter, Mayda's daughter and Barış's co-star and asumed girlfriend among the media. At first friendly with Dicle, she turns into her enemy after learning that she's Kıraç's daughter and for her relationship with Barış, trying to sabotage and incriminate Dicle on several occasions. (1-45) Jülide Tirmik (Nazli Senem Ünal) (1-45)
Guest artists The artists listed below have appeared in one episode in which they portrayed themselves or fictional characters.
Actor Episode YearAlican Yücesoy 12020Tuba Büyüküstün Ali Bilgin2Nebahat Çehre Nükhet DuruMelisa Damla Öykü 2Orhan DenizCeylan Özgün Özçelik3Çağatay UlusoyDerya Baykal Müjgan Ferhan ŞensoyErcan KesalEdis 4Melisa Şenolsun Demet Akbağİrem Derici 5Şükran Ovalı Mesut Can TomayAli Biçim Rıza Kocaoğlu 6Boran Kuzum Gökçe Bahadır 7Ahmet Rıfat Şungar Burçin Terzioğlu 8Hazal Kaya Bilge ŞenFeyyaz Yiğit 9Ali Yoğurtçuoğluİlkin TüfekçiSadi Celil Cengiz 10Aslı İnandık 11Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu Pınar Deniz 12Arif Erkin GüzelbeyoğluYılmaz GrudaTilbe Saran (Sabiha)İrem Derici 13Ozan Dolunay 14Murat Dalkılıç 15Selen UçerMelis Birkan 16Ushan ÇakırYetkin Dikinciler 17Erhan YazıcıoğluHayrettin KaraoğuzBora Akkaş 18Tuğba Çom Makar 192021Perihan SavaşPerihan Savaş 20Tamer Levent 21Ege KökenliŞerif Erol 22Gülben Ergen 23Serdar OrtaçEce DizdarAslı Tandoğan 24Başak KarahanSerdar Ortaç 25Almila Ada İrem Derici 26Kalben Levent Ülgen 27Yaşar ÜzerŞenay Gürler 28İbrahim Kutluay Sedef Avcı 29Defne Kayalar 30Aydan Şener 31Serdar OrtaçRahmi DilligilSelda Alkor 32Tugay MercanAyça Varlıer 33Yağmur TanrısevsinCeren Taşçı 34Devin Özgür Çınar35Zeynep KöseKemal BaşarBurcu Altın 36Bala AtabekOnur Büyüktopçu 37Ruhi Sarı (Erdem)Çağrı Çıtanak (Murat)Erdem Akakçe (Alper)Gülden AvşaroğluAyça Ayşin Turan 38Alp NavruzBeyti EnginMustafa Kırantepe 39Nihan Büyükağaç (Didem)Fatih Al (Timur)Defne Yalnız 40Serkan Tınmaz (Görkem)Burak Altay (Fırat)Fatih Ürek 41Gürgen Öz 42Bahtiyar EnginSinem ÖztürkCem Belevi 43Nursel KöseMehmet EsenMurat Dalkılıç 44Yasemin AllenEmre Bey 45
Notes
International broadcasting Call My Agent gained a lot of popularity among Turkic countries (especially in Azerbaijan), Iran (especially Iranian Azerbaijan), Balkans, Latin America (especially Colombia and Argentina), and Pakistan where it has been a complete success, and Arab countries. Country Network Local title Series premiere Timeslot Mega Llama a Mi Agente 20 April 2024 22:30 23:30 Pasiones TV Llama a Mi Agente 6 February 2024 19:00pm TNT La Agencia 12 December 2023 22:30 Caracol TV Llama a Mi Agente 28 May 2024 15:30 Latina televisión La Agencia soon (2024)
References
External links Menajerimi Ara on official website of Star TV