Written by Bassem Fouad Sunday, July 30, 2023 05:00 AM
Fame has passed Farid Shawqi Who we celebrate his birthday on July 30 of each year, the borders of Egypt and reached the European capitals, specifically Turkey, as Turkish films were released in the sixties of the last century, and the Turkish audience reserved their seat in the cinema to watch the screen monster, in starring films co-produced by a Turkish-Egyptian, At that time, two versions of the film were being made, one Egyptian and the other Turkish, in which the voice of the “monster of the screen” was dubbed in Turkish.
The Lebanese director of Turkish origin, “Saif al-Din Shawkat”, was the one who came up with the idea of going out to Turkey after the setback of 1967 and presenting joint cinematic works that included Arab and Turkish actors. The beginning of his directing was the movie “Gharam in Istanbul” starring Syrian comedians Duraid Lahham and Nihad Qalai, in addition to Actors from Turkey such as “Sevda Nour”, “Organ Goknar”, and “Lutfi Anjan”.
“Gharam in Istanbul” achieved success in Turkey, and “Farid Shawky” was one of those enthusiastic about participating in Turkish cinema in production and acting, taking advantage of his artistic weight and his massive cinematic career. In 1968, the King of Tarso appeared in 6 Turkish films at once, and he was a contributor to many productions. Among them, in addition to his reliance on the Egyptian scriptwriter Abd al-Hay Adeeb in its authorship.
The first of these films was “Five Sexy Women” starring Turkish star Cünet Erkin and star Hulya Darcan. He appeared as a supporting actor. The second is the movie “Looking for a Bridegroom”. As for the third film, which is the most important, it is the movie “Jamila”, whose title was translated into “Othman Al-Jabbar”, and Farid Shawky co-starred with the Turkish star Murad Sweidan and the most important Turkish star at the time, “Hulya Kochet”.
The movie “Osman Al-Jabbar” achieved unprecedented success in Turkish theaters. Fareed Shawky became famous among the Turks specifically because of that movie, as a result of their admiration for his acting abilities as an “action” star, and the success of the screen monster because of “Osman Al-Jabbar” reached that he won the Golden Orange Award for best supporting actor in the 1969 Antalya Film Festival for his role in the movie. The first foreign actor to win the award in the most important festival in Turkey.
Farid Shawky has been presenting Turkish films for more than 10 years, and they have gained fame and wide spread in Turkey, equal to their counterparts in the Arab world.
