"Pod sretnom zvijezdom" ''(Under a lucky star)'' is a

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written by

Diana Pečkaj Vuković Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) ...

. Main director is

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, while the other directors include Daniel Kušan,

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, Aldo Tardozzi and

Tomislav Rukavina Tomislav Rukavina (born 14 October 1974) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Croatia national U-17 team. Club career In 1992 Rukavina started his football career in his hometown of Osijek, be ...

. Telenovela started filming February 6, 2011. "PSZ" has started broadcasting on March 14, 2011 on Nova TV at 6 pm.

Plot

Elizabeth "Betty" Vrban brings together her closest childhood friends for her 40th birthday celebration. Each woman expresses one wish during the blowing of birthday candles. The next day those wishes start to come true. Their lives start to change dramatically.

Music

The title track " I remember only happy days" is a

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n music classic, and a big 1980s hit sung by

Gabi Novak Gabrijela "Gabi" Novak (; born 8 July 1936) is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. A wife of the prominent Croatian singer-songwriter Arsen Dedić, whom she married in 1973, Novak became popular in the 1960s. Biography Born in Berlin into a family ...

. The authors of the song are

Kemal Monteno Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian recording artist and singer-songwriter whose career stretched from the 1960s to the 2010s. Early life Monteno's father Osvaldo was an Italian from Monfalcone. During World War ...

and

Arsen Dedić Arsenije "Arsen" Dedić ( sr-Cyrl, Арсеније "Арсен" Дедић, ; 28 July 1938 – 17 August 2015) was a Croatian singer-songwriter. He wrote and performed chansons, as well as film music. He was also an award-winning poet, and was o ...

. For the purposes of

, they recorded a special version of the song which was sung by a young Croatian singer

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Fun facts

* This is the first telenovela of

which was broadcast on Nova TV. Former telenovelas by Diana were shown on HRT. * Mirna Medaković,

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Robert Kurbaša Robert Kurbaša (born 13 October 1977) is a Croatian actor. Filmography Television roles * ''Ruža vjetrova'' as Srđan Matošić (2011-2012) * ''Pod sretnom zvijezdom'' as Vedran Gallo (2011) * '' Dnevnik plavuše'' as Toni (2010-2011) * ...

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, Nikša Marinović,

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and Romina Vitasović have performed together in a successful

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". * The first role of

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n veteran actress

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in Croatian series. * Although it was initially announced that the series will have 260 episodes, Nova TV cut the order to 75 episodes due to unsatisfactory ratings. The series ended with a

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Broadcasting

Telenovela's world premiere was on March 13, 2011, on a Bosnian television channels

RTRS Radio Television of Republika Srpska ( Serbian: ''Радио Телевизија Републике Српске'' / Radio Televizija Republike Srpske or RTRS) is the entity-level public broadcaster which operates radio and television services ...

and FTV, the day before the premiere in the country of origin. In

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the series started on March 14, 2011. Reruns of the telenovela were aired on

Doma TV Doma TV is a Croatian specialized television channel. Programming aired by Doma TV Telenovelas Ended * Acorralada * Alborada * Amar sin limites * Amor real * Amores Verdaderos * Anna und die Liebe ''(canceled after 254 episodes)'' * Apuesta p ...

Cast

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1852531, Pod sretnom zvijezdom 2011 telenovelas 2011 Croatian television series debuts 2011 Croatian television series endings Croatian television soap operas 2010s Croatian television series Nova TV (Croatia) original programming