The controversy witnessed by social networking sites, since the artist Mohamed Ramadan announced his intention to present a series on the late artist Ahmed Zaki, in Ramadan 2021, and the audience split between those who reject and support the idea of choosing Ramadan to carry out the personality of Ahmed Zaki, he reiterated the debate about the biographies and the accompanying ones. Controversy, criticism and problems, often reaching the courts.
Many of the singers expressed their rejection of Mohamed Ramadan's embodiment of the character, as there are many artists whose candidacy to present famous personalities has been the subject of controversy and controversy, whether before or after the show of work, and perhaps the most prominent of these situations is the widespread controversy raised by the nomination of the artist Sabreen to star in the series “Umm Kulthum” And the skepticism of many critics and viewers about her ability to do the character, besides the absence of a similarity in features between Sabreen and Umm Kulthum, but once the work began, many retracted their position and the voices of the attack were softened, but many of them turned to praise of the artist's performance, and the great shift in Its appearance and features, to become close to the eastern planet. On the contrary, what happened with the series "In the Presence of Absence", which dealt with the biography of the late poet Mahmoud Darwish, and sparked widespread controversy, which increased with the beginning of its presentation due to the poor performance of the artist Firas Ibrahim, in addition to the mistakes that he made, and intellectuals demanded that the series be stopped. Because of his poor level, which reflects the disregard for Darwish's character.
Angelic image
The controversy and criticisms faced by the work of CVs do not only depend on who is fit to perform the character the focus of the work, but the bulk of it is usually related to obtaining the approval of the heirs of the character he addresses, the conflict between presenting the character in a realistic way, and the heirs' desire to present only positive aspects of it. It is a conflict that often ends in a defect in work events, and the hero appears with an angelic personality who does not make mistakes, and accepts the mistakes of others with exaggerated tolerance, such as the criticisms faced by the series “Imam Al-Da’’ah” about the biography of Sheikh Muhammad Metwali Al-Shaarawi, and the series “Umm Kulthum”, or that The heirs or people who appeared at work disown him, declaring their rejection of the image in which the character was presented, and directing them to the courtyards to stop the show, such as "Asmahan", "Al-Shahrourah", and many others.
Actions that did not see the light
Although there are many artistic and cinematic works that were presented and addressed real personalities, there are also quite a few that have not been written out into the light due to the conflict with the heirs or for fear of marketing, such as business projects on the stories of the life of Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud, and artists Baligh Hamdi Rushdie Abaza, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Naguib Al-Rihani and Muhammad Fawzi, as well as writer and artist Rosa Al-Youssef, and the series that dealt with the story of the life of composer Zakaria Ahmed, and he has the title of the last song composed by Umm Kulthum, “It is Sahih Al Hawa Ghallab”, and it has not been shown yet.
While some artists were keen to resolve this matter during their lives, by declaring their refusal to submit their CVs in works of art, such as the late artist Hind Rustom, who recommended her only daughter Senet not to allow anyone to provide her biography.
The largest share
Although the late artist Ahmed Zaki had the largest share of submitting autobiographical works, beginning with the series "Al-Ayyam", in which he presented the life story of Dr. Taha Hussein, passing through films: "Nasser 56" on the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser and the period of nationalization of the Suez Canal, then "The Days of Sadat", and even the movie "Halim", in which he embodied the personality of the artist Abdel Halim Hafez, the presentation of his personal biography in an artwork, will not be without problems, as it seems, as his sister Iman Atia, in statements to Egyptian newspapers, declared that no one has the right Provide such work only with the consent of the family, and inform them of the scenario.
- «in the presence of absence» dealt with the biography of the late poet Mahmoud Darwish, and provoked controversy.
Many doubted Sabreen's ability to personify "Umm Kulthum" in the popular series.