My Dark-Eyed One (Kara Gözlüm) (translated)

Atıf Yılmaz directed Kara Gözlüm (My Dark-Eyed One), a Yeşilçam musical from 1970. It blends romance, comedy, family drama and song in the story of a fisherman's daughter and an out-of-work composer in Istanbul. Produced by Akün Film, shot in colour and running about 95 minutes, it was the first film to put Türkân Şoray and Kadir İnanır on screen together.

Azize (Türkân Şoray) makes a living fishing alongside her aged father, while Kenan (Kadir İnanır) is a classical composer with no work. Osman, the so-called King of the Nightclubs, notices Azize's voice and makes her a singer at his venue; Kenan takes a waiter's job in the same place. Thanks to songs that arrive from an unknown hand, Azize quickly becomes a star and is invited to Hollywood. The producers insist that the mysterious composer travel with her, and she now has a choice to make. Ali Şen, Müjdat Gezen, Aziz Basmacı and Diclehan Baban round out the cast.

Bülent Oran wrote the screenplay, İrfan Ünal produced, and Orhan Kapkı shot it. Metin Bükey and Orhan Gencebay composed the score, and Belkıs Özener sang Şoray's songs. The title song is remembered as one of the best-loved songs of Yeşilçam.