Zabranena Lyubov ( bg, Забранена любов, lit. "Forbidden Love") was a soap opera filmed in Bulgaria. Its broadcasting started on 5 October 2008, at 20:00 on Nova Television and its first season ended on 5 June 2009. The soap opera was based on the Australian TV series '' Sons and Daughters''. The soap opera rotates around two Sofia families, the affluent Konstantinovs and the low-income Belevs, who are mainly linked together by a central theme of love. It not only deals with the love of siblings who are unaware of each other, but also life in contemporary

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n society. It has tackled controversial issues during its first season such as: murder,

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, homosexuality, rape, teacher-pupil relations and so on. Its second season started in autumn of 2009.

's Prime Minister

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also had a part in one episode as himself.

Characters

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, , - , Elitsa Konstantinova , Sanya Borisova , , - , Yavor Belev , Fahradin Fahradinov , , - , Dimitar Belev , Ivaylo Geraskov , , - , Nadezhda Beleva , Albena Stavreva , , - , Filip Belev , Plamen Dimov , , - , Marina Beleva , Iliyana Kodzhabasheva , Bulgarian television series 2011 Bulgarian television series endings 2008 Bulgarian television series debuts 2000s Bulgarian television series 2010s Bulgarian television series 2010s television soap operas 2000s television soap operas Nova (Bulgarian TV channel) original programming