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Rashash (TV series)

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Rashash
رشاش
Written byTony Jordan
Directed byColin Teague
Country of originSaudi Arabia
Original languageArabic
No. of episodes8
Production
Production companyMBC Studios
Original release
NetworkShahid
MBC1
Release9 July 2021 (2021-07-09)

Rashash (Arabic: رشاش) is an eight-part Saudi Arabian drama series written by Tony Jordan, Sheikha Suha Al Khalifa and Richard Bellamy and directed by Colin Teague. The series follows the true-life story of Rashash Al-Otaibi, a Saudi bandit, drug trafficker and murderer who terrorized the local population in the 1970s and 1980s.[1]

The multi-million dollar crime-thriller production was shot partly in Saudi Arabia and partly in Abu Dhabi and features an all-Saudi cast in the lead roles. The script tapped exclusive material Saudi state archives on the real Rashash's "long-running criminal investigation from the late 1980s.”[2]

It was streamed on Shahid VIP with one episode per week of about an hour, starting from July 9, 2021.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Obaid, Ruba (19 August 2021). "Saudi crime drama 'Rashash' breaks new ground". Arab News.
  2. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (6 January 2021). "MBC Studios Launches Groundbreaking Saudi Crime Drama 'Rashash' Created by U.K. Writer Tony Jordan". Variety.
  3. ^ "قصة سعودية مستوحاة من الثمانينيات.. "شاهد" تعرض "رشاش"". العربية (in Arabic). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. ^ مسلسل رشاش يتسبب بجدل حول عرضه في السعودية (in Arabic), retrieved 12 September 2021