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The Ramadan 2024 Egyptian drama season sees a decrease in the number of comedy series as the original card only includes 6 works, compared to 9 series last year.
A number of comedy stars will be missing from the competition this year, most notably Mohamed Henedy, who was due to appear in the second part of the series “Land of Hypocrisy” before the postponement, as well as Donia Samir Ghanem, Ahmed Fahmy, and Ali Rabie.
The list of comedy series in the next Ramadan includes “The Greatest 8” with Ahmed Mekky, “Strawberry” by Nelly Karim, “Baba Jah” by Akram Hosni, “He, She and They” by Hisham Majed and “Khaled Nour and his Son”. “Nour Khaled” with Chico and finally “Lunch Box” by Ghada Adel.
“The great”
The artist Ahmed Mekky continues to present the series “The Big One” and will appear in front of his fans in Ramadan 2024 with the eighth part, the filming of which began weeks ago and, above all, includes numerous guests of honor, in particular Amina Khalil and Mohamed Tharwat.
The series stars Bayoumi Fouad, Hisham Ismail, Rahma Ahmed, Hatem Salah and Mustafa Gharib. The script and dialogues are by Ahmed Saad Wali and directed by Ahmed El Gendy.
Nelly Karim and Akram Hosni
Actress Nelly Karim returns to presenting comedies with a series called Strawberry. It consists of only 15 episodes, written by Mohamed Suleiman Abdel Malek, directed by Marawan Abdel Moneim and starring Mustafa Khater, Shaima Saif and Ahmed Fahim. During the events, Nelly embodies the character of a girl named “Strawberry”, the daughter of a property guard, and she dreams of becoming rich, so she decides to sell the illusion to people through various professions in which she works, including a Cup reader, energy expert and influencer.
In turn, artist Nelly Karim told Al-Sharq that she will return to comedy this Ramadan after being away from the genre for almost four years since the series “100 Wesh” aired in 2020.
She pointed out that the presentation of her new series “Strawberry” in just 15 episodes was due to her desire to start filming the work and that all the episodes had already been written, resulting in series of 30 episodes and “short Episodes” was not often available. The works began to attract audiences and achieve success. “Great because of the intense events it contains, which are anything but drawn out and drawn out.”
Akram Hosni also returns to the Ramadan drama marathon after just a year’s absence as he prepares to shoot a new series tentatively titled Baba Jah, which consists of only 15 episodes.
The series stars Nisreen Amin and Samaa Ibrahim and was written by Wael Hamdy and directed by Khaled Marei.
Nisreen Amin revealed to Al-Sharq the nature of the character she will embody in the work, explaining that she plays the role of Akram Hosni’s wife and works in a school.
Artistic separation
The Ramadan 2024 drama season will see an artistic separation between Hisham Maged and Chico as each of them presents their own series.
Chico is collaborating with artist Karim Mahmoud Abdel Aziz in a comedy series titled “Khaled Nour and his son Nour Khaled,” which recently began filming, and they star alongside Sherif Ramzy.
The series deals with marital disputes in a comedic context in 15 episodes. The work was written by Karim Sami and Ahmed Abdel Wahab and directed by Mohamed Amin, who had his first experience with television dramas.
As for Hisham Maged, he recently signed a deal to star in a new 15-episode series titled He, She, and They. This is the series that artist Mustafa Shaaban signed a contract for two years ago before apologizing for it.
Asmaa Jalal was contractually signed to star in the series. The work was written by Khaled and Sherine Diab and directed by Khaled Diab.
Asmaa Jalal told Al-Sharq that she had not thought about presenting a comedy series, but she was excited by the experience because of the subject matter the work deals with and because it relies on situational comedy, in addition to her desire to to work with them Hisham Majed and director Khaled Diab.
“Lunch Box”
After her absence from the last Ramadan drama season, actress Ghada Adel will return in Ramadan 2024 with a new series called “Lunch Box” consisting of 30 episodes.
The events of the series are inspired by the American series Good Girls, which premiered in four seasons in 2018. The events revolve around three mothers who organize a grocery store robbery to escape financial difficulties and gain their independence.
Jamila Awad, Fadwa Abed, Hisham Ismail, Amr Ramzy and Ahmed Al-Shami take part in the series alongside Ghada Adel, directed by Hisham Al-Rashidi.
Writing crisis
Critic Magda Morris told Al-Sharq: “The decline in the number of comedy series in Ramadan 2024 is due to the crises that writing is suffering and justifies it with the absence of 30-episode series, with the exception of two Series.”, namely “Al-Kabir Awi 8” with Ahmed Mekky in the lead role and “Lunch Box” by Ghada Adel.
Seeing that the series “Al-Kabir Awi” suffered from major crises because Ahmed Makki had pushed himself into an artistic form that he did not want to leave for many years, she said: “He may not have self-confidence, right.” Maybe he’s crazy about the characters he presents in the work.”
She continued: “Ahmed Mekky has a large fan base, and if he decides to change, he must find a good story.” Therefore, she refused to continue the “Very Big” series unless new and attractive events would be added.
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