Selo Gori, A Baba Se Ceslja

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TV series "Selo gori a baba se ceslja" is an elegiac story of a modern Serbian village in 21st century. Written as a comedy, combined with deep melodrama elements, this a tale whose central characters are small, simple, but at the same time great people. This is an affectionate saga of family and krsna slava (religious feast day), of sons and fatherhood, of some well-known secrets; the tale of people living by the river Morava, in Sumadija, in Serbia, but also in every other place on Earth where love and the joy of life are the main reason for living and survival. As an executive producer, in coproduction with Serbian Broadcasting Corporation, in the period 2006-2010, Contrast Studios achieved great success, producing five seasons (101 episodes) of this famous TV series. According to television audience measurements, which is the only proper way to evaluate the success of a TV program, famous "Baba" beat all the ratings ever recorded in Serbian TV market thus far. With the first four episodes, our series found its place at the Top Ten List, and then consolidated the position with the following ones. The share of audience was in average 65 percent, with the average rating of 32, for the period of four years of running, which means 4.5 million people, which is the half of Serbian population watched almost every episode of our series, in premiere and the first repetition broadcasting. Radasin, Milasin, Zlatana, Radojka, Dragojlo, son Dragan and other exceptional characters made their way to the audience, making "Selo gori a baba se ceslja" a unique social, sociology and cultural phenomenon. As a proof to this, there is a long list of prizes awarded to the author, his associates and the project in whole.