Among drama series during Ramadan this year, Banat Afkari (My Brainchildren) scripted by Mohsen Zayed and directed by Yahya Al Alami has drawn much of the attention of viewers, according to the daily Al Ahram.
Zayed told the paper that the director had decided to take the risk of relying totally on drama and dialogue as the platform of the scenes rather than on graphics.
“And he did it,” said the writer, “he came up with a skillfully-made piece of work, where all the actors played their parts with sensitivity and awareness of their dimensions.”
The hero, Bahgat Abul Afdal, is a prominent scenarist who is able to provide people with views and advice on life and yet he is a failure in his private life, a life full of contradictions.
The writer insisted that the distinguished actor, Mahmoud Mursi, was the right man to do the part of Abul Afdal, challenging critics who had said Mursi was too old to play the role of a lover.
He said, “On the contrary, I advocate this choice. What can be wrong with a man from any age group to fall in love? In contrast with that when a man gets older and feels that his end is near, he loves life more and wants to feel that somebody needs him. At the beginning Mursi was reluctant to play the part, but after I asked him to re-read the script, he gave a nod. And he did play his part with proficiency.”
“The conflict this writer undergoes in the series has its impact on society and has to do with family disintegration. This is the same topic which the European and American drama are now trying to focus on and call for restoring the family consolidation and stability,” Zayed told the daily.
Costarring in the series along with Mursi are Elham Shahin, Tahani Rashed and Osama Abbas.
The series is one of three written by Zayed being aired during Ramadan this year including Hadith Al Sabah Wa Al Masaa (Morning and Evening Speech) based on the novel of the international writer Nagib Mahfouz and the series Off Side, Zayed’s debut in radio drama -- Albawaba.com
