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Nelly Karim to Make Guest Appearance on Film, “March 30”


Fri 21 Aug 2020 | 11:50 AM
Yara Sameh

Egyptian actress, Nelly Karim has finished shooting her role in movie “March 30”, during which she stars as a guest appearance.

Ahmed Al Fishawy shared several photos from the behind-the-scenes of the movie.

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It also stars Khaled El Sawy, Dina El Sherbiny, Sabry Fawwaz, Injy El Mokkaddem, Mohamed Aly Rizk, Asma Abulyazeid, Mohamed Shahin, and others.

The movie is written by Hamid Al-Madani, and directed by Ahmed Khaled Moussa.

“March 30” is a disco genre, which is written by Hamid Al-Madani, and directed by Ahmed Khaled Moussa.

Karim’s latest artistic work is TV series “Bi 100 Wesh”(Many-Faced), which achieved great success in Ramadan.

The TV series also stars Asser Yassin, Moustafa Darwish, Islam Ibrahim, Sherif Desouqy, Ola Roshdy, Donia Maher, Mohamed Abd El Azim, Loai Omran, Zeinab Ghareeb, Salwa Mohamed Ali, Hanan Youssef, Sarah El Tonsy, and others.

It is written by Ahmed Wael and Amr El Daly, directed by Kamla Abou Zekry and produced by El Adl group.

It was scheduled to be premiered in Ramadan 2019, but the series filming stopped due to the failure to obtain the necessary permits for the censorship of artistic work.

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On the other hand, Karim is also set to star in TV series “Nemra Etnien”, and movie “El Feel El Azraq 3” (The Blue Elephant 3).

The Blue Elephant 3 brings together the same cast and crew of the first film, including director Marwan Hamed, screenwriter Ahmed Mourad, as well as stars Karim Abdelaziz and Nelly Karim.

The Blue Elephant is one of the highest-grossing Egyptian films in the last 10 years. The film grossed more than EGP 35 million, and 1.2 million tickets sold during the Eid Al Adha season in 2014, achieving wide acclaim.

The Blue Elephant received a rating of 8.6 on IMDb with more than 21,000 votes by users, making it the highest-rated Arabic film on IMDb. The film is still one of the most-watched films on TV and VOID platforms.

Director Marwan Hamed adapted writer Ahmed Mourad’s best-selling book The Blue Elephant that was released in 2012. The novel was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2014.

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It is worth mentioning that Karim, born on December 18, 1974, is an Egyptian actress, former model, and ballet dancer.

She was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to a Russian mother and an Egyptian father. Karim graduated from the Ballet Arts Academy and began dancing ballet at the Opera in 1991.

Karim has performed in the television series “Wajh al-Qammar”, “Hadeeth al-Sabah wa al-Masaa”, “al-Houb al-Kabir”, and “al-Bannat”.

She is currently engaged to prominent businessman, Omar Islam, a close friend of “El-Hadaba” Amr Diab. She announced in a press statement that she got engaged to Islam.

“I don’t care about who is saying what. The important thing is that I am happy with the love that I am currently experiencing and enjoy my time with my daughters, my mother, my fiance, and friends.” Karim told “ET bel Arabi”.

The actress’s announcement arrives after she posted a photo on Instagram stories holding a man’s hand, which left her fans in a state of bewildered as it follows Omar Islam marriage rumors, which she immediately denied, two days ago, stating that she does not marry in secret.

She got engaged in a very private ceremony held on a beach, which was limited to 4 members from each family, away from public gatherings, in respect to the Ministry of Health Coronavirus prevention measures. Karim is scheduled to get married at the end of summer.

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She got married multiple times. She got married for the first time when she was 16 years old to businessman Bahaa Sabri, without the consent of her family sixth months after her father passed away, and separated from him after 9 years of marriage and had only then EGP 1000.

Then, Karim secretly got married for only one month and did not declare her husband’s name until now, as she considers him a big mistake and refuses to talk about him.

In 2004, she got married to her third husband, nutritionist Hani Abu Naga, four days after meeting, and got separated after 11 years of marriage.

Karim has four children, who are Karim “20 years”, and Youssef “17 years” from her first marriage, and Celia and Kinda from her second marriage.