Egyptian actress Ilham Shaheen revealed that her absence from the art scene and the new movie list is due to her lack of conviction of the roles offered to her. She said, "I refuse to exist for the sake of existence, because I did not do it from my beginnings, and I will not do it at this stage, even if I sat at home without work until the last moments of my life." Shaheen added, “In the recent period, the cinema passed through many crises, and there were no topics that motivated me to return to art. Certainly, amid the action of the action films, my presence will not be effective, and there will be no role I wish to play in this context. Certainly, I have been offered roles that I have never found suitable for my standards and what love it".
Shaheen, who returns after an absence from more than one work, collaborates with a number of young stars, such as Menna Shalaby and Amina Khalil, who spoke in an interview with «Emirates Today» about the details of the film “Curfew” and “People of Blemish”, and also revealed the details of her series New that collects Laila Elwi and Hala Sedky.
On her criteria for choosing artwork, Shaheen said, “I have a very special taste, and I tend to film black and white, romance and drama, and the most important thing I like and makes me biased to work and participate in it is to be integrated directing and production in terms of the idea, and this is the most important thing, the topic must be appropriate Of constructive values and beneficial to society, and not any subject and peace ».
The well-known Egyptian artist did not hesitate to say, "Most of what is presented is not appropriate for me. I am against the cinema of violence, blood, and exaggerated action, and I notice the disappearance of romantic, lyrical and human films, as the works that speak of violence have become too much", suggesting that "the state must enter To make historical and romantic films, and to organize the idea of offering and disagreeing, most of the great films were produced by the state. ”Despite that, Shaheen did not deny that she enters the cinema and follows up on all the films presented, noting“ I am not against it or against her fans, and I am well aware of the revenues that she achieves, But I demand diversity, and the existence of all the topics The mettle that enriches the feelings, not the movement and violence, but unfortunately they are looking for profit Producers, and some of them imitate, what the comedy succeeds, we find everyone produces a comedy, and if ActionAid succeeded panting everyone behind him, and so ».
Ilham Shaheen indicated that she does not boycott the youth or refuse to cooperate with them “but within the limits of actions that are appropriate for them”, as evidence that she cooperated with Ahmed Al-Fishawi, Iyad Nassar, Nahed Al-Sebaei, Zina, Nelly Karim, and others, in her recent films, such as “One Wahid Safar”, And "a day for women" and "shook downtown".
Speaking about her cinematic projects, the Egyptian artist explained, "I am preparing more than one movie at the moment, and I will start it with a movie (a curfew) with the director Amir Ramses, who also wrote the script and dialogue, and I am one of his fans, because he is a distinguished director, and among the few who are distinguished by the combination of writing Directing, having a special vision, and the film revolves around a night of curfew in Egypt at the time of the revolution, and I play a woman who leaves prison on this night, meets many obstacles, and co-starring Amina Khalil.
Elham Shaheen denied that the content of the film is political, as his name indicates, explaining that "social, dramatic, human action does not directly touch politics, nor does the (Brotherhood) rule as it was stated, but only its name carries political significance."
Shaheen stressed that she is not afraid to cooperate with new directors during this period, because she has previously cooperated with directors in their first experiences, and they are now "important and important directors", and she is enthusiastic about the new blood "because the film industry depends on renewing talent and supporting young talents."
Shaheen revealed the movie "People of the Blemish", which she is preparing for with Menna Shalaby, and said, "This film has been under preparation for a while, and finally I contracted by Manna Shalaby and a number of stars, who will be disclosed very soon .. The work is written by Tamer Habib and directed by Mohamed. Yassin, ”denying the rumors that the movie is about homosexuality, and that there is a censorship objection that hinders filming, and because of him, a number of stars apologized, and Shaheen said,“ All of this is not true. The film is social, and it has nothing to do with the idea of homosexuality at all. ».
"O world, my love."
Egyptian actress Ilham Shaheen said that there is a legitimate idea that will bring her to the TV soon after Ramadan, which is a second part of the movie "Ya Donia Ya Grammy", which I presented in the nineties with Laila Elwi and Hala Sidky, and the idea was at the beginning that a second part be presented From the film as a cinematic act, but later it was decided that it would be as a TV series that would be written by the author of the film Mohamed Helmy Hilal, and it would be titled "My Heart Loves You O Dunya", which is a continuation of the film's events and the story of the three heroines, and the development of their lives more than 20 years after the release of the film. The series will include new characters who embody the three hero's children, who are supposed to be in their twenties.
• “I was offered roles that I never found appropriate to my standards and what I love.”
• “I am not afraid of collaborating with new directors, nor am I boycotting young artists.”