2022/06/08
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What many do not know is that the late Egyptian artist Mahmoud Abdel Aziz was expelled from his father’s house when the latter learned that his son was working in art.
The dispute continued until his stardom emerged and he obtained the confidence and satisfaction of his father, who asked him to choose roles worthy of him and in the name of the family, and he was able to carve out a place for himself in the artistic community until he was called the magician of cinema.
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz achieved great success in the Egyptian street, which was emotionally associated with the series Raafat Al-Hagan and all its heroes, and memorized the names of their characters within this epic work, most notably “Mohsen Mumtaz, Nadim Hashem, Esther Polinsky, Serena Aharoni.”
Many scenes accompanied the Raafat Al-Hagan series, during the period of its preparation by director Yahya Al-Alami and writer Saleh Morsi, including the presentation of the character “Raafat or David Charles Samhoun” to the artist Adel Imam before the role goes to the artist Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, which caused a huge gap in their relationship.
Many reasons contributed to the failure of the artist, Adel Imam, to play the character of Raafat Al-Hagan, including his success in the character of Juma Al-Shawan, during the events of the series “Tears in Rude Eyes”, directed by Yahya Al-Alami and writer Saleh Morsi in 1980, and therefore the makers of the work found it difficult for the leader to play this role after The audience was associated with him in the character “Shawan”.
Among the other reasons that hindered Adel Imam from starring in the Raafat Al-Hagan series, despite his enthusiasm for it, is the absence of the element of form and features, at a time when Raafat Al-Hagan’s personality required his belonging to the Jews and his enjoyment of Western features and light skin.
The reasons that made Mahmoud Abdelaziz win “Raafat Al-Hagan” also included Adel Imam’s objection during the preparation sessions that brought him together with the director of the series Yahya Al-Alami and writer Saleh Morsi, in a way of narrating the events that began with the death of Raafat Al-Hagan “David Charles Samhoun”, and his assertion that this amounted to burning The details are for the viewer at the beginning, which was rejected by the makers of the series.
The artist, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, was enthusiastic about the character of Raafat Al-Hagan, and from his excessive admiration for this epic work, he did not negotiate his wages, nor did he get tired of any conditions, especially since he was aware that he was facing a historical act that would increase the magician’s credit to his fans.
After Mahmoud Abdelaziz’s success and the rise of the Raafat Al-Hagan series to the top of the drama, tension occurred in his relationship with the artist, Adel Imam, when the press wrote at the time about excluding the leader from the work and assigning him to the magician who achieved resounding success, and a rupture prevailed between the two stars and statements came out from both parties that the role of Raafat Al-Hagan He was presented to each of them before the other, and over the years the relationship between them gradually returned.