Esti HaMekho'eret

*Esti HaMekho'eret*
Esti HaMekho'eret
Genre	comedy-drama
Created by	Shlomo Moshiah
Based on	El amor no es como lo pintan; by Juan David Burns and Elisa Salinas
Starring	Riki Blich, and others
Country of origin	Israel
Original release
Network	Channel 2]
Release	July 3, 2003 –; 2006

Esti HaMekho'eret (Hebrew: אסתי המכוערת; lit. The Ugly Esti) is an Israeli television comedy-drama series starring Riki Blich. The series premiered on 3 July 2003 on Channel 2 in Israel and was created by Shlomo Moshiah.

This series is based on the Mexican telenovela El amor no es como lo pintan, despite reports that it is based on the Colombian novela Yo soy Betty, la fea.^[1] A report to the stockholders of Dori Media shows that the company was threatened with a lawsuit because of their show's similarities to Betty la fea.^[2] Because of potential legal action, the show's premise was changed, as was its title, "Elvis, Rosenthal, VeHaIsha Hamistorit" .

Cast

Actor/Actress	Character
Riki Blich	Esther "Esti" Ben-David
Shaike Levi	Hananel "Elvis" Ben-David
Oded Kotler	Zvi Rosenthal
Liora Rivlin	Dina Rosenthal
Nitza Saul	Ika Alfandari-Ben David
Chelli Goldenberg	Ruthy Casspi

References

^ Segev, Noam (May 26, 2002). "The pilot episode of "I am Esti, the ugly one" will be shot soon" (in Hebrew). ynet. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
^ "Report to Dori Media stockholders" (PDF).

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[1] Segev, Noam (May 26, 2002). "The pilot episode of "I am Esti, the ugly one" will be shot soon" (in Hebrew). ynet. Retrieved September 15, 2010.

[2] "Report to Dori Media stockholders" (PDF).

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