''Vruć vetar'' (

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: Врућ ветар, ) is one of the most popular Yugoslav TV series that aired in 1980. The show and movie cut from scenes of the show (''Avanture Borivoja Šurdilovića'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Авантуре Боривоја Шурдиловића, English: The Adventures of Borivoje Šurdilović)) were also popular in neighbouring countries (

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and

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, as well as in

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). The main theme (titled ''"A sad adio"'', "Now it's time to say goodbye", performed - among others - by Slavko Bešić Čupa and by Dragan Stojnić) became very popular and is enjoying a bit of a cult status.

Plot

The show follows the adventures of Šurda, a man in his mid 30s from

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who comes to

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to work and get rich. In Belgrade he lives in a small house with his granny and uncle Firga, a retired mason. Šurda buys a local barbershop, but this job doesn't suit him, so Šurda sells the barbershop and buys a car to become a taxi driver. He is not successful in this job either, so Šurda, after listening to Bob's story about better life abroad, decides to become

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, a guest worker in Germany. But none of the jobs he finds are right for him, so he is forced to return to Yugoslavia. Here, he meets Vesna, an attractive stewardess, and the couple eventually get married. Firga succeeds in employing Šurda in his former construction firm. There, Šurda, with a little cheating, wins a flat that the company gives for its own workers, but after some internal problems within the company, Šurda is forced to fight for the flat. Eventually, Firga is awarded a new flat, so the whole family settle to a new home and they find that their new flat is occupied by Pera, a homeless chemist.

Cast

Ljubiša Samardžić Ljubiša Samardžić ( sr-cyr, Љубиша Самарџић; 19 November 1936 – 8 September 2017), nicknamed Smoki, was a Serbian actor and director, best known as Šurda in the ''Vruć vetar'' TV series, and Inspector Boško Simić in the com ...

— Borivoje Šurdilović "Šurda" *

Bora Todorović Borivoje "Bora" Todorović ( sr-Cyrl, Боривоје "Бора" Тодоровић; 5 November 1930 – 7 July 2014) was a Serbian actor. He was the younger brother of the actress, Mira Stupica, and father of Srđan Todorović. Biography He ...

— Slobodan Mihajlović "Bob", Šurda's friend and "partner" *

Miodrag Petrović Čkalja Miodrag Petrović ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Петровић, , 1 April 1924 – 20 October 2003), known by his stage name Čkalja (Чкаља), was a Serbian actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia. Biography He performed ...

— Blagoje Popović "Firga", Šurda's uncle *

Radmila Savićević Radmila Savićević ( sr-Cyrl, Радмила Савићевић; 8 February 1926 – 8 November 2001) was a Serbian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1961 to 2000. Selected filmography References External links * ...

— Šurda's Granny * Žika Milenković — Sotir Šurdilović "Soća", Šurda's father * Vesna Čipčić — Vesna Šurdilović, Šurda's wife * Ljubica Ković — Šurda's mother * Dragomir Bojanić Gidra — Krstivoje, Šurda's partner * Čedomir Petrović — Pera

Episode list

# Čovek na pogrešnom mestu (A Man in the Wrong Place) — 6 January 1980 # Taksista (A Taxidriver) — 13 January 1980 # Gastarbajter (Gastarbeiter) — 20 January 1980 # Kobni susret (The Fatal Encounter) — 27 January 1980 # Bračni vir (Marriage Whirl) — 3 February 1980 # Stan (Flat) — 10 February 1980 # Na barikadama (On Barricades) — 17 February 1980 # Pronalazak (The Invention) — 24 February 1980 # Brodolom (Shipwreck) — 3 March 1980 # Šampion (The Champion) — 10 March 1980

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vruc Vetar Radio Television of Serbia original programming 1980 Yugoslav television series debuts 1980 Yugoslav television series endings Serbian comedy television series Serbian-language television shows 1980s Yugoslav television series Television shows set in Belgrade Television shows set in Serbia Television shows filmed in Serbia Television shows filmed in Belgrade