SHARJAH: Eminent Kuwaiti artists have shed light on the Kuwaiti movie "Bas Ya Bahr" during their participation in the 22nd edition of the Sharjah International Narrator's Forum. During a seminar on "sea stories", veteran Kuwaiti actor Saad Al-Faraj spoke about the epic Kuwaiti cinematic film "Bas Ya Bahar", revealing that this movie that had won international awards paved his path to becoming a professional actor.

Faraj also recalled when he used to weep when his father would go on a diving journey at sea, revealing that the emotions expressed in the film were sincere and mirrored his bitter personal childhood experience. His peer, the equally renowned Hayat Al-Fahad, said she was elated with the honoring of the film's actors, noting that it is also an honoring of the ancestors who earned their bread from venturing into the sea in the olden times.

Sharjah Institute for Heritage honors the actors of "Bas Ya Bahr".

Actor Mohammad Al-Mansour recalled his late fellow Khaled Al-Sideeq, who played a major role in "Bas Ya Bahr", describing it as a major documentary for Kuwait and the Gulf for shedding light on the perils the ancestors had to endure while seeking to make a living. In another seminar held within the framework of the forum, Kuwaiti writer Talal Al-Rumaidhi addressed attendees with a document on diving heritage in Kuwait, namely diving for pearls. Most natives of the Gulf, in the olden times, used to live by pearl diving, he affirmed. - KUNA