2022/04/06
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There are stars in Egyptian cinema who did not take their right to fame, despite their distinguished roles and wonderful artwork, and throughout their artistic career they remained in secondary roles, and few of us know their stories and among these stars…. Artist Saleh Al-Aweel.
And who turned from a simple employee in the Ministry of Industry to one of the most famous comps. His sharp facial features and piercing eyes, in addition to his height, made him sit on the throne of the roles of bullying and bullying, as well as some roles in which he appeared as an informant and gang leader.
He was able to stand in front of many stars, starting with the artist Shukry Sarhan until his standing in front of the late Mahmoud Abdel Aziz.
Therefore, in the coming lines, “Zaman Post” will tell you more regarding the most important artistic stations in the life and career of the artist Saleh Al-Aweel.
His upbringing and artistic beginnings The artist, Saleh Al-Aweel, was born in the Sharkia Governorate on the nineteenth of March 1946, and he is now 72 years old. He previously worked as an employee in the Ministry of Industry.
But the distance from the routine of government work prompted him to dispense with his job forever following joining the first movie scene, where he stated: “I did not know whether I would be a hero and famous or not… But all I thought regarding was that I did not like al-Qaeda in offices, and until now I work for a year and 3 No, the important thing is to do something I love.”
The beginnings of the artist, Saleh Al-Aweel, came from his intense love for attending cinematic films, and while watching the most recent films at Cosmos Cinema, he knew from the audience that actors always sit in a café behind the cinema on Emad El Din Street.
So he decided to go to her and stay there day and night and play cards with them until he finds his chance. Indeed, he got to know many young actors who offered him to participate with them in a new movie starring Shukri Sarhan.
His cinematic beginnings were through the movie “The Thief and the Dogs” in 1962 as a gas station worker, then he participated in the movie “The Shahatein Strike” in 1967 directed by Hassan Al-Imam, and then the movie “Wards and Thorns” in 1970 with Nahed Sharif and Muhammad Rushdi.
Since that time, the work of the artist, Saleh Al-Aweel, has continued, and he has participated in more than 220 artworks, and his roles have focused on embodying the personality of the thug, the gangster, the villain or the farmer and the Saidi.
It is noteworthy that the name of the artist, Saleh Al-Aweel, appeared incorrectly on some of the sequences in the form of “Saleh Al-Awaim”, such as the sequences of the movie “Ragel with Seven Spirits” and the movie “Ashch Al-Turjuman”.
He hit the leader, and regarding the memories of the artist, Saleh Al-Aweel, with the leader, Adel Imam, as they are many and uncountable, as he participated in 10 films and one series.
The artist, Saleh Al-Aweel, said in one of the television interviews that in one of the scenes of the movie “The Hamada and Toto Gang” in 1982, he severely beat Adel Imam, even though the director had asked him to beat him falsely.
Perhaps the reason for this is the negative feelings that the artist Saleh Al-Aweel has for Adel Imam, as he previously stated that he had stood in front of many stars, but the only one who did not love him was Adel Imam and described him as “arrogant and selfish.”
He also believes that the late artist Samir Ghanem is the most tender and tender actor until he told that in one of the scenes of the movie “They Steal Rabbits” in 1983, Ghanem was supposed to hit him with a “shamma” on the head, but he refused and hit him with an egg instead of a tattoo.
He also said that the late artist Ahmed Zaki, while performing one of the scenes with him in the movie “Hassan Al-Lul” in 1997, slapped him in the face without it being written in the script, which angered the wailing a lot, but the nomad worked to satisfy him and gave him a sum of money.
Family life The artist, Saleh Al-Aweel, married from outside the artistic community and had 6 daughters and a son.
Even his only son tried with him repeatedly to join one of the plays he presented, but he refused, not out of hatred for acting, but because he was not good at it.
His artworks The artist Saleh Al-Aweel presented many films, including “The Thin Thread, the Bullet is Still in My Pocket, The Emperor, We Are On the Bus, Al Mawardi Coffee, The Customer, Excuse me, Law, File in Literature, The Innocent, Hero of Paper, The Women’s Police, The Client.” No. 13, Devil’s Island, Samiha Badran’s case, The Devil Who Loved Me, The Dancer and Politician, Shams Al-Zanati, Mister Karate.”
His beginnings with drama were through the series “Dreams of the Flying Technician” in 1976 with leader Adel Imam, then he participated in series, including “Captain Gouda, Raafat El-Hagan, Layali El Helmy, Diary of Wanes, Half of Rabi’ Al-Akhir, Taming the Ferocious, Zizinia, Al-Sirah Al-Hilali, A horse without a horse, a man in the era of globalization, Juha al-Masry, a princess from Abdin, disobedience, the halal mountain”… and others.
The artist Saleh Al-Aweel also participated in a number of television evenings, including “There is no time for fear, it happened in Kafr El-Tanashi, the face and the mask, the innocent and the image, and the two faces of the moon” in addition to his appearance in the “We are where” fawazir in 1994 with Samir Sabry and Hassan Kami.
In the field of theatre, the artist Saleh Al-Aweel participated in four plays, namely “Al-Madaq Alley” in 1985, “Al-Sa’ida have arrived” in 1989, “Hakim Oyoun” in 2001 and “Gharib Al-Dar” with Mimi Jamal and Najah Al-Mouji.
Disappearance from the scene “I am currently sitting in Bassos in Qalyubia and satisfied with my artistic career even if I am sitting at home now.” Those were the last words of the artist Saleh Al-Aweel seven years ago when he presented his last work in 2015 where he participated in the series “Mulberry Leaves” and the second part of the series. Me, Papa and Mama.”
It is said that the leader fought him and caused him not to be given roles from directors in the new works.
