Director Ramy Emam, the son of prominent actor, “El Zaeem” Adel Emam, denied the rumors that circulated recently about the deterioration of his health condition.
He posted a video of himself with his father on Instagram and captioned, “Look who’ s beside me now ???”.
The footage showed the pair from the behind-the-scenes of their new series “Valentino”; Adel appeared in good health, smoking a cigarette and preparing for his role.
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Adel is set to participate in Ramadan 2020 drama marathon with TV series “Valentino”, which were scheduled to be premiered this year in Ramadan, but the series filming stopped without clear reasons.
This was the prominent actor’s first time to be absent from the Ramadan 2019 drama marathon, after seven years.
It also co-stars, Dalal Abdelaziz, Tarek El Ebiary, Elham Abdelbadea, Badria Tolba, Rania Mahmoud Yassin, Wafaa Sadeq, Sameh Hussein, Soliman Eid, Mohamed al-Kilani, and Huda El Mufti.
The TV series is written by writer and poet Ayman Bahgat Kamar and directed by Ramy Emam.
The TV series will be produced by businessman Tamer Morsi, head of Egyptian Group For Media (EGM).
Emam’s latest artistic work is TV series “Awalem Khafeya” (Hidden worlds).
El Zaeem, born on May 17, 1940, is an Egyptian veteran actor and one of the most iconic figures in Arab cinema.
He was born in Mansoura on May 1 but moved to Sayyed Zeinab at an early age with his family where he grew up. He co-starred in over 100 movies, TV series, and plays.
The actor earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Cairo University, where he became passionately involved in college theatre productions.
He joined a television troupe in 1962 while still a student, and began starring in TV plays like "Ana wa Howa wa Heya" (He, She and I) and "Al Nassabin" (The Swindlers) which was performed at the Al Hakim Theater.
In the following years, he acted in several famous plays such as "Al Bijamma Al Hamra" (The Red Pajamas),"Fardet Shamal" (Left Shoe), and "Gharammiyat A'feefy" (A'feefy's Love Affairs).
In the 1970s, he co-starred in the hit play "Madrassat Al Mashaghbeen" (Mischief at School), which were staged from 1971 to 1975, which were followed by play "Shahid Mashafsh Hagga" (The Witness Didn't See Anything), and play "Al Wadd Sayyid Al Shaghal" which were staged from 1985 to 1993.
In 2000, the United Nations named him a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR.
People became familiar with seeing El Zaeem on the small screen over the past seven years, as he co-starred yearly in Ramadan drama matron with a new TV series such as "Awalem Khafeya", "Afaret Adly Allam", "Ma'moun wa shorakah", "Ostaz wa Ra'ees Qesm", "Saheb El Saa'da","Al Araaf", and "Firqat Naji Atallah".
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