Urdu dubbed with English subtitles
Umar(Omar) Series (عمر سیریز ) is a Islamic historical Arab television drama Series-serial that was produced and broadcasted by MBC and Qatar TV and directed by the Syrian director Hatem Ali. The series is based on the life of
عمر بن الخطاب ( حضرت عمر فاروق
(رضہ اللہ عنہ ، دوئم خلیفہ
Umar bin-alkhattab (583–644) the second caliph of Islam and depicts his life from 18 years old until the moments of his death.
Director
Hatem Ali (2 June 1962 – 29 December 2020) was a Syrian Television and Cinema director, writer and actor.
Production
It was made at the cost of 200 million Saudi Reyal and filmed in Morocco. 30,000 actors and a technical team from 10 different countries who toiled 300 days to make the 30-part series.Omar series was originally released in Arabic and then dubbed in other languages including Urdu
CONTROVERSY
The series faced large controversy due to its depiction of the four Rashedin Caliphs ( خلفاء راشدین ) along with other characters, who some Muslims believe , should not be depicted much like Muhammad.
Committee members for managing historical context
A board of scholars was created for maintaining the historicity of the script. The major members of the board were:
Yusuf al-Qaradawi , Akram Zia Omari , S al-Awda Abdul Wahab Turairi Ali al-Sallabi Saad Al-Otaibi
Trailer
EPISODE 1
