When Ilham Shaheen was asked regarding the first credit for her stardom, the answer was decisive
She is the choice of leader Adel Imam for her to play the starring role in front of him in the movie “Helfoot”, and that she considered herself a television star before the movie “Helfoot”, but following this movie she became considered one of the movie stars.
Actress Elham Shaheen confirmed that she became a star following her participation in the movie “Helfoot” with leader Adel Imam, and she said during previous statements on the “A Last Word” program with the media, Lamees Al-Hadidi on the Ontv channel, that she considered herself a star.
She was a television star before the movie “Helfoot”, but following this movie, she became a movie star. The star, Ilham Shaheen, confirmed that she chose the details of the “Faten” character that she presents in the events of the movie “Curfew”, on her own, as she presents the character of a woman who presented 20 years in prison.
She indicated, during her statements on the “A Final Word” program, with the media, Lamees Al-Hadidi, on the Ontv channel, that she was not afraid to appear ugly or far from her, and that she chose to wear a black wig to completely change her look and change it herself by adding some tufts of white hair.
Shaheen said, “The films must be presented in a way that helps to solve problems and confront them, and that the film carries a cause that strengthens women, and the star Ilham Shaheen revealed that she decided to do the movie “curfew”, on an exceptional basis, as she decided not to present other films following the movie
“A Day for Women” is the 100th movie, and she said: “When I was young, I used to tell myself that I presented 100 films, adding that the movie “Curfew” attracted her attention from the first scene, a woman who was released from prison following 20 years, so she decided to present this work.
For his part, the Egyptian artist Adel Imam expressed his happiness with the statements of the artist Ilham Shaheen, in which she said that her stardom began when she participated in the movie “Helfoot”.
And he confirmed in previous press statements that he found in her a distinguished artist who loves and sanctifies art, and was committed to the utmost degree, which created great chemistry between them during the filming of the movie, and she directed the work in a distinctive way.
It is noteworthy that the movie “Helfoot”, the movie was shown in cinemas in mid-1985, starring Adel Imam, Saeed Saleh, Ilham Shaheen, Hussein El-Sherbiny and Salah Kabil, written by Waheed Hamed and directed by Samir Seif.