Şaban, the
Turkish is a popular cinema character, portrayed by
Turkish actor Kemal Sunal
Ali Kemal Sunal (11 November 1944 – 3 July 2000) was a Turkish actor and comedian. With ''Hababam Sınıfı'', '' Kapıcılar Kralı'' and ''Davaro'', Sunal gained large popularity amongst Turkish cinema goers and was famed for his charact ...
. Both figures rose to fame hand in hand, as the commoner clean-hearted looks of Şaban on the screen became very popular among Turkish citizens, and the two names had been used interchangeably, similar to the connection between
The Tramp
The Tramp (''Charlot'' in several languages), also known as the Little Tramp, was English actor Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character and an icon in world cinema during the era of silent film. '' The Tramp'' is also the title ...
and
Charlie Chaplin. The character sometimes appeared as "İnek Şaban" (Şaban the Geek), most significantly in the popular film series
Hababam Sınıfı
''Hababam Sınıfı'' (The Chaos Class) is a 1975 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ertem Eğilmez based on a novel by Rıfat Ilgaz, featuring an ensemble cast including Kemal Sunal, Tarık Akan and Münir Özkul that tells the adventures of a pri ...
.
Even if Sunal went on to play darker and more realistic characters in his later projects, Şaban became a trademark figure in the national filming history. One of the most popular films which features Şaban is
Tosun Paşa.he is very popular among the Turkish people.
Filmography
External links
Kemal Sunal Films pageKema Sunal Movies on the netKemal Sunal films on blogKem Sunal Fan Blog PageKem Sunal Movies
Turkish films
Fictional Turkish people
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