Egyptian actress Muna Zakki denied circulating rumors about the existence of disputes with her husband, Ahmad Hilmi, and that he had asked her to resign from her acting profession. Muna was surprised to hear these rumors, saying that she is on very good terms with Ahmad and she recently visited him at the location of his new movie “saye’ bahar” to celebrate his birthday with the cast.
According to the London based Elaph, Muna asserted that her daughter Lili, who had recently been sick, is currently feeling much better. Muna Zakki had recently participated in the 13th Damascus Film Festival with her latest movie “Sahar Al Layali” (Up All Night). The movie, directed by Hani Khalifa, was criticized because it was directed towards Egyptian values in an embedded but yet a polite way. The movie had won the prize of joint acting in the festival.
Muna revealed in a personal interview that she only finds herself in the cinema, stressing that the cinema industry is a very important source of income for Egypt, and she wonders why this is not the case in other Arab countries? Muna went on to defend her film saying that it is not once that displays nudity or has sexual connotations.
Muna stressed that it was made into an international one because it contained human feelings that are expressed every where, and dealt with an issue that no other film in Arabic drama had ever dealt with. At the same time it did not provoke Arab public’s feelings, showing the talent of the director, because he was able to present bold issues without being rude. Syrian artist Abdul Min’im Amairi, husband of Syrian singer Asalah Nasri, had said that the scenes are so convincing and emotional that you cannot be shallow and concentrate on the looks of the actress or her body.
Muna adds that looks are not the main factor of success, but hard work and always striving to be better, besides being beautiful or ugly does not make one a good actor. The film had faced some crucial criticism accusing it of being too provocative and promoting American culture or products.
Muna notes that the cinema is for all kinds of people; cinema is affection, and magic, and that there is a special atmosphere when one goes to see a movie, the lighting, sharing the view with a crowd, the big screen and the sound effects. These days, movies are making high profits exceeding six or even twenty million EGP. There was a time during the eighties when the cinema was not getting profits at all. –Albawaba.com
