Fouad Zaki Muhammad al- Mohandes (September 6, 1924 - September 16, 2006); An Egyptian comedian film actor, one of the giants of Egyptian art in theatre, cinema, television and radio. He achieved many successes in cinema and television, but the theater remained his first love, and he did not leave the stage that gave him fame and his most beautiful professional and personal memories.
Fouad Al Mohandes started acting in the university cast. At that time, he met the artist, Najib Al-Rihani, first on the pretext of giving a press interview to the college magazine. At the end of the interview, the student, Fouad el-Mohandes, persuaded Al-Rihani to direct a play for them. This was their first meeting in acting, when he was asked to rehearse the novel “Everday's Story.” The play succeeded and won the Youssef Bey Wahba Cup, at the time.
Fouad Al-Mohandes joined the Al-Rihani theater group. He did not benefit much in terms of getting the roles he desired, but he benefited indirectly. Fouad Al-Mohandes summarizes this by saying, "I was raised at Najib Al-Rihani Theatre," and this crystallized his artistic personality and his professional and moral commitment.
After the death of Naguib Al-Rihani, Fouad Al-Mohandes joined the "Saa Le albak" troupe since its founding in the early fifties of the last century, and this was his beginning with acting.
He had a famous daily social radio program called "kelmteen w bas", broadcast since 1968, highlighting the negative aspects of Egyptian society, according to Sayed Effendi. He also left a large number of songs in his films and plays, and excelled on television by presenting many works for children, the most famous of which is Fawazeer Amo Fouad in the month of Ramadan, which was a great success and his first audience is "Children" in the eighties and nineties. He also presented many plays for children, including Hala Habibi. He sang songs for children, the most famous of which are: "Abu al-Fasad's Birthday" and "Raih Agib al-Deeb from Deylah". He also entered the experience of film production when he produced the comedy film Viva Zalata, but it was not successful at the time.
He did not skimp on his expertise on young talents, he was a support and support for them, and among the most famous of these are the artist Adel Imam and Sana Younes. Fouad el-Mohandes deserved the title "The Professor", which he used to keep throughout his life, in addition to many nicknames, perhaps the most famous of which are "The Laughter Maker", "The Smile Engineer" and "Fouad the High Comedy".
The duo "Fouad and Shwikar" are among the most famous comedic duos in Arab cinema and theater, and they met artistically for the first time in the play "The Technical Secretary" after it was presented to him by the artist Abdel Moneim Madbouly. But Fouad Al-Mohandes had seen one of her plays and caught his eye.
In one of her interviews, Shwikar talked about their love story, and the story of their marriage, which is transmitted by artists. After a long love story, Fouad Al-Mohandes proposed marriage to Shwikar while presenting the play "I, He and She". He leaves the text for the first and last time in his life, and whispered to her, "Will you marry me?" And she answered with acceptance.
However, the marriage did not take place until after the completion of filming the movie "Fugitive from Marriage". In the last scene, Shwikar was wearing a wedding dress and veil, and Fouad el-Mohandes was wearing a suit and tie.
The two took advantage of this scene, and after filming ended, they went to the Ma'zoun, at two in the morning, to culminate their love story with marriage. Director Hassan Al-Saifi and his wife, artist Zahra Al-Ala, went with them. That was in November of the year 1963. Then the divorce took place in 1980, during the performance of the play "Sk Ala Banatak", in which Shwikar participated with her voice.
However, despite the divorce, the artistic cooperation between them continued, and the two plays “Soul was kidnapped” and “Almost my wife”. And the series “Dreams of the Spider” and the movie “The Crime of Only a Quarter.”
Shwikar admitted in one of the interviews that she only loved Fouad Al-Mohandes, and describes him as "the love of my life" from whom she did not stay away.
His most important films: A Rendezvous with the Past, Shafiqa the Coptic, Almaz and Abdo Al-Hamouli, The Black Candles, The Groom Arrives Tomorrow, His Majesty, The Little Witch, The Zizi Family, The Groom of My Woman, River of Love, Among the Ruins, A Single Life, Princess of Arabia, Husband on Call, Take care of your neighbors, the doorman, five doors with the artist Nadia Al-Jundi, the liar and his friend, the idol of the masses, and he made several films with Shwikar, including: The Land of Hypocrisy, Shanbo in the Trap, the threshold of a moose, a love chase, you who killed Papaya, the school of teenagers, a crime only a quarter, Female serial killer, most dangerous man in the world, fake millionaire.
Fouad Al-Mohandes presented nearly 70 films, but the theater remained his first love, and he presented plays: “Sk Ali Bantak, Technical Secretary, Eve at 12 o’clock, for the sake of your eyes, it is truly a respectable family, Hala my love, my beautiful lady, I am where and where are you?” Love, me and her and His Highness, why, me
and him and her.
Al-Mohandes died on September 16, 2006, at the age of 82, although the direct cause of Fouad Al-Mohandes's death was a severe heart attack. However, there were many precursors to his death. These introductions have accumulated since his divorce from the love of his life, the artist Shwikar, he suffered from depression that increased his feeling of guilt towards his ex-wife and the mother of his two sons, then the death of his student, artist Sana Younes, which affected him greatly. And the fire that broke out in his room and consumed all his valuables, morally and materially. Such as prizes, certificates of appreciation, money, clothes, rare pictures, books, scenarios for his films, and the bed of Khedive Ismael on which he sleeps, which he bought from an auction in Paris in 1969, as he was fond of rare antiques. In addition, he suffered greatly from the imprisonment of his eldest son, Muhammad, due to a dispute with a bank, and he was wronged. The last reason is the death of a friend of his life, the great artist Abdel Moneim Madbouly. Fouad el-Mohandes left one month after Madbouly's departure.
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