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The young Sheikh El-Shaarawi, plus Heneidi and Shaaban's new films

(cairolive.com, April 1, 2002)  

Comic super-star Mohamed Heneidi is on the set of his upcoming film, "Sahib Sahba", a tale of two friends.
The interesting thing about the new film is that  Heneidi will finally be back on screen with Ashraf Abdel-Baki, one of the other young comedians who rose to fame along with Heneidi, with all of them being single-billed in would-be blockbusters for the younger crowds.
Heneidi's last effort was Ga'ana Al-Bayan Al-Tali, while Abdel-Baki's was Rasha Garea.
Critics and fans alike have been urging Heneidi to re-team-up with Alaa Walieddin in a new film, but both stars say the right script has yet to come up.

As Hassan Youssef delves deeper into the look and personality of the Sheikh El-Shaarawi we all know from Friday sermons on TV over the years, another actor is preparing to play the young Shaarwai in the earlier episodes of the TV series being made about Shaarawi's life.
Ahmed El-Shafei, who plays Mustafa Kamel in the TV drama Qassim Amin, tells Al-Akhbar that he was chosen for the part because of his excellent Arabic, and for the fact that he has never played a hip youngster in any previous series.
The producers thought the audience would not be comfortable with an actor who had previously been seen partying on screen, in the role of the budding young sheikh.

Is this a joke or what? Shaaban Abdel-Rehim is set to star in yet another film, after the popular (if not critical) success he received in Mowatin wa Mokhbir wa Harami. According to a tiny item in Al-Ahram, Shaaban's new film will be called "Fallah fil Congress", or "An Egyptian farmer in Congress"... Is this going to be something like the classic "Mr Smith Goes to Washington", or more like Eddie Murphy's "The Distinguished Gentleman". The item says the film is already in production and will be co-starring Abeer Sabry, Alaa Morsi and Hassan Kami. 

For more on Shaaban click here.

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