Actress Mona Zaki resumed Wednesday filming her role in TV series "takato took" (crossroads); she will participate with this series in Ramadan 2020 drama marathon.
The series production halted as precautions to stem the spread of coronavirus, which is spreading across the globe.
The cast filmed several scenes inside the Al-Ahram Studio in the Haram district, which featured Zaki, Mohamed Farag, and Sayed Ragab.
The series writer and director Tamer Mohsen had set a new schedule for filming, and intensified the days and hours, in order for the series to be premiered in Ramadan, which arrives in only 22 days.
Many drama makers are seeking to complete the drama productions that are set to participate in the Ramadan 2020 drama marathon, amid the necessary measures taken to stem the spread of Coronavirus.
Approximately 18 TV series has been confirmed to broadcast on Egyptian and Arab satellite channels, in which 11 series have already finished filming all its scenes.
Meanwhile, the remaining are waiting to film some external scenes, in order to enter the montage phase, which does not require staying inside the studios, especially the interior ones.
As for the series, the comedy genre dominates the series that are ready to be shown during the Ramadan 2020 drama season.
However, there will be 3 action genre series for action lovers.
This Ramadan season witnesses the participation of many celebrities including, Nabila Ebeid, Nadia El Gendy, Haifa Wehbe, Dorra Zarrouk, Lekaa Elkhamissi, Ahmed Fahmy, Akram Hosny, Asser Yassin, Nelly Karim, Amir Karara, Yasser Galal, and others.
On the other hand, Zaki has multiple upcoming projects on the way, including TV series "Nemra Etnien”, film “El-Ankaboot” (The Spider), co-starring Ahmed El Sakka.
She is also co-starring in film “Al sandouk al Aswad” (The Black Box) in which she plays a pregnant woman.
It is written by Ahmed and Haitham El Dahan and directed by Mahmoud Kamel.
She is also set to return with El Sakka to the stage after 16 years of absence with a new theatrical production holding a temporary title of “The wife of an important man”.
The plot is adopted from an international script and revolves around a group of wives who pranks their husbands to take their rights from them.
The pair’s last theatrical collaboration was 2003’s play “Keda Okay” with Hany Ramzy, Yasmine Abdel Aziz, and Sherif Mounir.
Zaki and El Sakka are among the most successful duo in Egypt and the Middle East. They presented several of their successful films, including “Saeedi in the American University”, “Days of Sadat” with the late star Ahmed Zaki, “Africano”, “Mafia”, “On Love and Passion”, and “Taymour and Shafika”.
They stopped cooperating together for 10 years until they began once again in 2016’s film “30 Years Ago”.
It is worth mentioning that Zaki was born in Cairo in 1976. She graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University.
The actress career started by chance at the age of 16, as Egyptian actor-director Mohamed Sobhi was searching for new faces, she applied in the hopes of getting a chance to meet Sobhi.
She was cast by Sobhi and had her first acting role in his play “Bel Araby El Faseeh”.
She later co-starred in a number of popular TV series such as “El A’elah”, “Khalti Safiya wel Deir”, “Nisf Rabi’ El Akhar”, “Ahalina”, “Ded El Tayyar” and “El Daw’ El Sharid”.
She also co-starred in several plays, among which were “Le’b Eyal”, “Ya Messafer Wahdak”, “Afrouto”, and “Keda OK”.
In 2001, Zaki received an award from Gihan El Sadat, the wife of former president Anwar El Sadat, for portraying her in masterpiece film “Ayam El Sadat” (Days of El Sadat).
A year later, she married prominent Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy and gave birth to three children Lily, Selim, and Younes.
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