Kaybedenler Kulübü director Tolga Örnek: 'I didn't expect it to be this well-loved'

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The film Kaybedenler Kulübü, which focuses on the lives of Kaan Çaydamlı and Mete Avunduk and stars Nejat İşler, Yiğit Özşener, and Ahu Türkpençe, has remained a constant topic of conversation for many years due to its iconic lines.

The sequel to Kaybedenler Kulübü, which was watched by 485 thousand 580 people, titled 'Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda', was released in 2018.

That film was watched by 570 thousand 373 people.

Director and screenwriter Tolga Örnek, who has been living in the USA for many years, spoke about the phenomenon that is the Kaybedenler Kulübü film.

'WE WORKED HARD TO INCREASE THE TEMPO'

Örnek said, "I had said let's make a small film so we wouldn't have a blank year. But this became my most popular film. Before filming, we always asked ourselves the question, 'Will we bore the audience?' We worked very hard to increase the tempo during the editing process. I think we were successful in the end. I didn't expect it to be this well-loved before we filmed it."

ABOUT KAYBEDENLER KULÜBÜ

Kaybedenler Kulübü is a 2010 Turkish comedy-drama film. The film, which covers the lives of Kaan Çaydamlı and Mete Avunduk, was directed by Tolga Örnek and the screenplay was written by Mehmet Ada Öztekin and Tolga Örnek.

The film, which was released in Turkey on March 25, 2011, with 137 copies, features Nejat İşler as Kaan, Yiğit Özşener as Mete, and Ahu Türkpençe as Zeynep. The film is based on the radio program titled Kaybedenler Kulübü, which aired on Kent FM between 1996 and 2001.

The film tells the story of the radio program called Kaybedenler Kulübü and the lives of the DJs who hosted it, Kaan and Mete. In the first three days of its release, it was watched by 65,780 people and grossed 666,091 TL.

Furthermore, before the film was released, a book titled Kaybedenler Kulübü - Filmin Öyküsü (Kaybedenler Kulübü - The Story of the Film) was published, detailing everything about the production from start to finish.

In addition to positive reviews from critics, it received negative criticism for aspects such as not concluding the storylines it opened, ignoring the political atmosphere of the period, and lacking a sense of time.

It also won the Golden Okra (Altın Bamya) and Audience Okra (İzleyici Bamyası) awards at the Golden Okra Awards, which are distributed to criticize the male-dominated perspective in cinema and draw attention to sexism.

As of October 2017, filming for the sequel, Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda, began under the direction of Mehmet Ada Öztekin and was released in 2018.

News Source: 12punto