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Child Doha, the heroine of the movie “Happy Birthday”: My starring in the movie came by chance, and this is my most difficult scene

After winning 3 awards from the Tribekia Festival, and being chosen as Egypt’s representative in the Oscar nominations, the film (Happy Birthday Day) was screened within the activities of the eighth session of the El Gouna Film Festival.

 

The film stars Nelly Karim and Hanan Mutawa, and was written and directed by Sarah Gohar, but the film’s real surprise was the talent of the child heroine of the film. Doha Ramadan, who amazed the audience with her honesty and ability to perform the character “Toha.” She works as a young maid in the home of a wealthy family, and a touching human relationship develops between her and the family’s daughter, Nelly. Although Touha has never known the meaning of celebrating her birthday, she decides to organize a small party for her friend in an attempt to spread joy in the lives of others, while hiding inside her a sincere childish longing to celebrate a day like this one. Once.
 
And in special statements to the “Rose Al-Youssef” portal, Doha said: I am 11 years old, and my experience with the movie (Happy Birthday Day) is my first, and my choice to star in the movie came by chance, as I met the director, Sarah Gohar. By chance in one of the public places, and when I felt that my specifications were suitable for Toha’s character in the film, she trained me well to perform. She even brought me someone who would train me to perform in some scenes, such as the scene of cleaning the fish. There were some difficult scenes that I was able to do because I practice them in my life, such as the scene of changing the tube. As for the most difficult scene in the film for her, it was the scene of swimming in the Nile, where she says, despite my ability. In order to swim well, the scene was somewhat difficult, as I was tied to a stone while filming the scene, but it is not scary for me, as I love acting, and I also felt great encouragement from all the work team that I had the pleasure of working with, led by Nelly Karim and Hanan Mutawa, who played the role of my mother in the film.
 
Regarding the successes achieved by the film, Saeeda says I chose the film for Oscar nominations, and I hope it wins an award. I am also happy with the response and the audience stayed with the film after it was shown in El Gouna, and I hope that it will be admired by the audience when it is shown publicly. As for the most influential moment for her, it was when the work team held a birthday party for her on stage after the film was shown. She says: It was a beautiful surprise, especially since my birthday had passed a few days ago without celebration.

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