NAZAN SAATÇİ | Who is Emine in the film Tokatçı, which is so bad that it's practically non-existe...
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Back then, there was a radar in Samsun... The American base, even from there, would come and pick up my father for repairs... As my father got older, work became too much for him, of course. That's when my sister and I took over. While they were making ends meet on rent, my sister was working non-stop, and I was constantly thinking, "What can I do to earn extra money?" In 1976, there was a supplement in Tercüman Newspaper's İnci. They were organizing the King and Queen of Cinema Competition. Türkan Şoray and Ayhan Işık were on the jury. I was incredibly excited to have the King and Queen of Cinema on the jury. I decided to enter the competition and entered as Nazan Şenay. I had come up with a made-up surname for myself... (She starts laughing...) Bulut Aras was also in this competition. She was Uğur Fidan, who entered the competition under her own name and surname. We both won the competition and embarked on the artistic journey… Of course, I can't say we were fully launched… Because there was a sex film craze at the time. Many film actors were unemployed… My dreams of earning money were dashed. Soon, the photo-novel craze had begun. I started acting in photo-novels. My photo-novels attracted great attention. Later, I made two films with Bulut Aras: "Kahreden Kurşun" (The Killer Lead) and "Bir Zaman Kardeş" (Once Upon a Time, They Were Brothers)… Then I starred with Cüneyt Arkın in "İmmorsuz" (Immortal). Her success didn't stop there. She was also chosen as Miss Turkey during that time through the Günaydın-Saklambaç newspaper. Even though she was entering the cinema, Nazan Saatçi faced obstacles she couldn't overcome. Her artistic journey was a difficult one. She described those days and her disappointments to Ses magazine as follows: "There was hardly a competition, domestic or international, that I didn't participate in." If I had put the effort and effort I put into these competitions into my own promotion domestically, I would have long been a famous star. To become a famous star, it is all about advertising... Then good promotion, a good setup... Good acquaintances... Good and constant sensationalism... Getting along with the press... Gaining support... You also need to be a little financially strong. And to act consciously and cautiously...” “I never had, and could not have, a big contact with cinema. Otherwise, I was chosen as ‘Miss Cinema’ in 1976. I came in second in the ‘Asian Beauty Contest’ in the Philippines. I was chosen as ‘Ideal Woman’ in Italy. And unfortunately, I did not utilize these advertisements well..” If I had utilized them well, “I think it would have changed. Publicity needs to be done consciously and appropriately. Seeing people become famous in seven months, I understand this better.” “For example, Hülya Avşar... Her fame lasted a total of 7 months... What’s more, her queen status was taken away from her... I have three queenships, but they were to no avail...” I have traveled many countries, seen many places. 28 countries participated in the Ideal Woman Competition, and I won first place. I promoted Türkiye. I gained some press coverage. I appeared on TV programs. I established contacts with film companies abroad... Now, if I had my own film company, thanks to these contacts, I could easily sell films abroad and become a millionaire..." "I've already made a total of seven films... Most of them didn't even screen in Istanbul..." "They were films for small companies. They couldn't even find a theater in Istanbul to screen them..." (film) Nazan Saatçi's life would change towards the mid-1980s. First the film "Tokatçı," then her adventure in Pakistan, would be a significant turning point in her career. In 1985, luck smiled upon her. Nazan received a call. A production manager friend from a Yeşilçam film office was calling. The beautiful actress explained the rest of the story to Habib Babar as follows: There were Pakistani filmmakers in their office. They were shooting a film in Istanbul and were looking for an actress. They'd been showing me all morning all artist's portraits, and they'd even noticed my picture on the office wall, saying they wanted to meet me too. My sister Rezan said, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's grab a taxi and go. Come on, get ready and let's go. Maybe this will be a good opportunity. Don't you always say you love Indian dance movies?" "Like the movie Avare, Avare mu lalala"... we laughed. It was a very accurate reminder... I'd always had this incredible, seemingly absurd dream of myself as an artist dancing among the trees. We went for an interview... Shekil Aktar greeted us... He was a very gentleman with glasses, thin, and very polite... I came with a set of pictures. I said, "You can take whatever you want." They did; it was as if I knew them. They were very warm and genuine. The film was called Hulchul. I was going to share the lead role with Bangladeshi artist Shabana Azmi. The male lead was Pakistan's top ...