Salah Abdallah

 Salah Abdullah  1955  Egyptian actor

Comedy in the life of that artist is a nature that runs in his blood, and it represents one of the components of the human personality before the artist. When you meet him, you feel the simplicity of his life, the spontaneity of his speech and his high sense of humor. Despite his comic beginnings, the artist Salah Abdullah, who surprised the Arab masses this year by embodying two tragic characters, is the character of the leader Mustafa Al-Nahhas in the series “King Farouk”, and the character of Fawzi Al-Dali in the series “Al-Dali”, which he succeeded in presenting with the same His ability to present comedic roles in which he excelled at the beginning, in which some have compared him to the late comedian Najib Al-Rihani. These days, Salah Abdullah is living a stage of maturity and artistic brilliance that made him transcend light roles and present works with content, in addition to expressing the psychological struggle of the characters he presents, whether on television or cinema, which is what he expresses by saying: “I hope that these works will remain in A memory of my credit and for my children to be proud of it after me.” Salah Abdullah was born in 1955 in the Bulaq Abu Al-Ela neighborhood, where he lived for six years of his childhood, then moved at the age of seven with his family to the nearby Bulaq Al-Dakrour neighborhood, which he comments on by saying: “I lived more than half my first life between Bulaq The first and the second boulaq, and this that was and went, and the one that passed, and the blessing in the one to come.” Salah Abdullah’s childhood did not indicate a love of art and interest in the world of acting, as he focused his interests in writing political poetry and working with political activity available to those in his condition, until he became the secretary of the youth of the Bulaq El-Dakrour neighborhood and Dokki. When he joined the Faculty of Commerce to study there, he was attracted by the university's acting troupe, and he was impressed by the theatrical works it presented on the university's stage, so he decided to form an amateur theater group called "The Alliance of Working People's Forces", because it included some workers and craftsmen, in addition to his fellow students, A trend that was not used in that period, but the band succeeded in drawing attention to it, through which, as an actor and director, he presented a number of theatrical performances by the great writers of that period, including “Ah Ya Country” by Saad Eddin Wahba and “Askar and Haramiya” by Alfred Faraj. . With his preoccupation with theatrical work, Salah Abdullah decided to leave politics, especially after his success in writing poems for a number of plays in which he worked in small roles, including "The Green Military", starring comedian Sayed Zayan. The artist Salah Abdullah recalls those beginnings by saying: “I owe thanks to my discovery of director Shaker Abdel Latif, who introduced me in the play “Rabaa Al-Adawiya.” Then he nominated me to join the “Studio 80” group, which was formed by the artist Mohamed Sobhi and the author Lenin Al-Ramli. "You are free". It can be said that Salah Abdullah is the artist of deviating from the text in the theatrical works that he presented, but without being ashamed, which is what prompted him to defend that concept by saying: “People misunderstood the word deviation from the text and thought that it was deviating from the boundaries of literature, but I see the opposite; The actor as long as he possesses the experience, ability and mastery with which he can come out within the limits that do not conflict with the personality and the dramatic line of the theatrical work and without pretense; This exit benefits the work and does not harm it, because it draws a smile on the face of the viewer. It is a required and desirable exit and has existed since the establishment of the theater.”

Career

The public’s real knowledge of Salah Abdullah came through his participation in the series “Sunbel after the Million” in 1987, when the artist Mohamed Sobhi offered him to play one of the small roles, but it was one of the influential roles in the memory of the audience that stuck in her mind the way Salah Abdullah spoke and his jokes that It gave them more laughter, and he attracted the attention of the video directors who presented him in many roles, but the most famous of them was his role in the series “Wolves of the Mountain” with the artist Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Abdullah Ghaith and Samah Anwar. A role that established his feet in the world of acting and blended in his performance between tragedy and comedy. Despite his success on stage and on television, Salah Abdullah’s relationship with the seventh art did not start strong, as directors assigned him small roles in a number of films presented by senior directors, including “Ya Muhallabiya Ya” with Laila Elwi, scriptwriter Maher Awad and director Sherif Arafa, and "Chair in the Club" with Lucy and Medhat Saleh. Until Salah Abdullah’s relationship with cinema was documented and he presented a number of important films that placed him among the ranks of stars, starting with the movie “The Desire” with Nadia Al-Jundi and Ali Badrakhan, and the movie “Citizen, Detective and Thief” with Hind Sabry and Khaled Abu Al-Naga and director Daoud Abdel Sayed, and “ Blood of the Ghazal” with writer Waheed Hamed, director Mohamed Yassin, artist Nour El-Sharif, Yousra and Mona Zaki, “The Hostage” with director Sandra and scriptwriter Nader Salah El-Din, and finally, “The Ghost” that he presented last season and achieved more success through the character of the villain who He played it ably, and critics wrote about him in this role: Salah Abdullah’s performance was outstanding throughout the film, as the role of the villain that he played did not require excessive emotions, which Salah Abdullah realized with his talent, so the role played smoothly and easily to bring the character to safety .

Despite the praise that critics spoke of for the many roles that Salah Abdullah played in what he presented on the cinema screen, he was more proud of his film with Daoud Abdel Sayed, “Citizen, Informer and Thief,” about which he says: “This film is the most important in my artistic career. The credit for his success after God Almighty is due to its director, Daoud Abdel Sayed, who was a pleasant and pleasant thing to deal with at all stages.” Salah Abdullah adds: “In the past, I was convinced that I am a professional actor and that I must play all roles, whether good or in which diarrhea is an essential element, but over the years, things have changed for me and quality has become the first and last criterion for accepting or rejecting the role.” At a time when Salah Abdullah embodies remarkable roles, he confirms that he does not dream of the absolute championship, justifying this by saying: “In order to be an absolute champion, there must be several reasons, the most important of which is to find a story of your progress well, and secondly, to find the enthusiastic product that will give you the opportunity to Without stinginess in production, for example, Talaat Zakaria, who is from the generation that came after me, really made an effort and did not refuse to perform one or two scenes in a movie until he reached stardom and absolute heroism and was lucky to find a producer who performed well in the tournament, and also participated in dubbing Many cartoon films with his voice, such as the role of (Maten) in the movie “Cars, Part One.”

Awards in Salah Abdullah’s life are very few at the level of professionalism, but in the field of hobby, he won many of them, as the best actor and best director at the level of the Republic, through university theater competitions and mass culture competitions. In the field of professionalism, he got his role in the movie “Citizen, Detective and Thief,” including the Film Association Award for Best Actor in a First Role, and the National Film Festival Award. When you see Salah Abdullah, you think he just left the Upper Egypt train. His features express seriousness, and his face gives you a sense of kindness and innocence. His style is characterized by spontaneity in performance; He never aspired to be the only star, and he was not invaded by the diseases of fame, but his ambitions in art are limitless.