Ari Irham Learning Silat And Da'wah For The Bidadari Series With Bening's Eyes

Ari Irham (Photo: ist)

JAKARTA - Ari Irham plays the character as the son of a kiai in the new drama series Bidadari Bening. In the series directed by director Farid Darmawan, Ari plays Gus Afif, a smart, pious, and wise kiai boy.

Gus Afif is even described as often replacing Kiai Sobron (played by Ikang Fauzi), his father, in filling the material of the taklim assembly. According to Ari, the figure of Kiai Sobron will be an important role model for Gus Afif in living his daily life. As the eldest son of the kiai leader of the Kanzul Ulum Islamic Boarding School, Gus Afif is also a charismatic figure and memorizer of Al Quran.

In this drama, I undergo a lot of preparation, such as learning silat, recitation, speech and da'wah. Playing the character Gus Afif is indeed a big challenge for me. And this is one of the reasons I took part in this series," Ari said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 10.

The 10 episode drama, which is based on a hit novel with the same title by Habiburahman El Shirazy. Bidadari Bermata Bening tells the life journey of a girl named Aina (played by Zoe Abbas Jackson). This orphaned teenager must choose love when three applicants compete for a place in his heart.

The drama Bidadari Bermata Bening will also be enlivened by a number of stars such as Endhita, Vladimir Rama, Indra Birowo, Olla Ramlan, Fatih Unru, Dimas Aditya, and Boah Sartika.

Ari Irham also hopes to play Gus Afif's character well. He also hopes that this drama will be liked by fans of the novel Bidadari Bermata Bening and can't wait for the drama version.

I feel a lot that must be studied and explored in this series. The novel is really good, "he added.

Novel Bidadari With Bening's eyes is said to have received an extraordinary response from novel lovers since its release in 2017. The author, Habiburahman El Shirazy, has previously written the best-selling novels such as Paragraphs of Love to When Love satisfies.