Hind Rostom Explained

Hind Rostom
Birth Name:Nariman Hussein Mohammed Murad
Birth Date:12 November 1929
Birth Place:Alexandria, Egypt
Death Place:Cairo, Egypt
Nationality:Egyptian
Othername:Marilyn Monroe of Egypt
Occupation:Actress
Spouse:
  • Hassan Reda
  • Dr. Mohammad Fayad
Children:Bassant Reda (daughter)

Hind Hussain Mohammed or Nariman Hussein Murad, more commonly known by her stage name Hind Rostom, (هند رستمpronounced as /ˈhende ˈɾostom/, ; November 12, 1929 – August 8, 2011)[1] was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the icons in the Egyptian cinema, as she was mainly known for her sensual roles.[2] [3] [4] Her physical appearance earned her the name Marilyn Monroe of the east ("مارلين مونرو الشرق").[5] [6] Hind Rostom starred in more than 80 movies in her career.

Early life

Hind Hussain Mohammed was born in the neighborhood of Moharram Bek, Alexandria, Egypt on November 12, 1929.[7] [8] She was born to a Middle class family, to an Egyptian mother[9] and an Alexandrian father of Turkish origin.[10] [11]

Career

She started her career at the age of 16 with the film Azhaar wa Ashwak (Flowers and Thorns). Her first true success was in 1955 when the famous director Hassan Al Imam offered her a role in Banat el Lail (Women of the Night).

Her famous films include Ezz El-Dine Zulficar's Return My Heart (Rodda Qalbi) with Shoukry Sarhan, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and Salah Zulfikar in 1957, Ibn Hamidu with Ismail Yassine in 1957. She was cast by Youssef Chahine in the 1958 film Cairo Station (The Iron Gate / Bab El Hadid) alongside Farid Shawki. She also co-starred in Salah Abu Seif's La Anam (Sleepless) with Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, and Rushdy Abaza in 1958, Sira' fi al-Nil (Struggle in the Nile) with Omar Sharif and Rushdy Abaza in 1959, and Chafika el Koptia (Chafika the Coptic Girl) in 1963, where she played the role of a Coptic Orthodox nun. Rostom was known as the queen of seduction in Egyptian cinema, the "Marilyn Monroe of the East (or of the Egyptian cinema)".[12] [13] [14]

She decided to retire acting in 1979 because she wanted the audience to remember her at her best.In December 2002 Rostom once more turned down an offer of £E1,000,000 for her biography. The offer was made by an Egyptian satellite channel to portray her life as a drama series. She was asked to submit a complete history of her past achievements, and work experiences with prominent actors of the past, such as Farid Shawki, Salah Zulfikar, Shukri Sarhan, and Shadia. The actress stated that she refused to sell her life as a means of entertainment and felt that her personal life was of her concern and no one else. Rostom made a statement when she turned down belly dancer Fifi Abdo's invitation to attend a party held in Hind Rostom's honour.

In 2004, she refused to accept Order of Sciences and Arts, "The award came too late, I'm not placed on the shelf for them to pick me whenever they want, there's only one Hind Rostom in the middle east, and let's consider that the number of my generation star actresses isn't that big enough to ignore us, and also it's not appropriate to honor me after years of honoring people who are less than me, another point is that I also refuse to honor me before Shadia, she'd deserved it and she was a star longtime before me", Rostom commented.[15]

Personal life

Hind Rostom's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery.[16] She was married twice, once to Hassan Reda, a film director and father of her only daughter, Passant, then to Dr. Mohammad Fayaad, a gynecologist. "I have no regrets," she stated in an interview about her decision to retire. "I did it for the love of my life, my prince, Dr. Fayaad," she added, referring to her second husband Mohammed Fayyad, whom she was married to for more than 50 years.Rostom was overprotective of her daughter Passant due to worry about the stigma associated with artists’ children lacking parental supervision. "She was extremely stern, even with my friends," Passant recalled. She was not allowed to join her friends on trips and outings.[17] [18]

Death

On August 8, 2011, Rostom died in a hospital in Al-Mohandeseen, Giza due to a heart attack, at the age of 81.[19] [20]

Honours

On November 12, 2018, Google recognized her with a doodle.[21]

Selected filmography

Film

YearFilm RoleNotes
1950Baba AminSonia
1954Women Can’t Lie
1955FleshNurten
1955A Love Crime
1955Women of the Night
1956My One and Only Love
1957Return My HeartKarima
1957Hamido's sonAziza
1958Cairo StationHanuma
1958SleeplessKawthar
1958Ismail Yassine in the Mental Hospital
1959Struggle in the NileDancer Nargis
1959She Lived for Love
1960Between Heaven and EarthStar Nahid Shoukri
1961A Rumor of Love
1961Path of HeroesNour
1963Chafika the Copt GirlChafika Elqebteya
1965The Nun
1966Three ThievesAmina
1967Departure from HeavenAnan
1967The Second GroomWafae
1971My Beautiful teacherNadia
1972Den of Villains
1979My Life is AgonyFatma

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: هند رستم (قطة السينما المتوحشة):مصطفى أمين لقبني ب (ملكة الشائعات)!! . www.al-jazirah.com . 11 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Hend Rostom. IMDb. 2017-01-19.
  3. Web site: Hind Rustom, AlexCinema. www.bibalex.org. 2017-01-19.
  4. Book: MAXIMILLIEN., DE. STARS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. APRIL 2018. ECONOMY EDITION.. 2018. LULU COM. 978-1387709335. [S.l.]. 120. 1032280396.
  5. News: Arab News. 'Marilyn Monroe of Arabia' Hind Rostom dies. 2012-06-29.
  6. Web site: http://www.hayyes.com/celebs/hend-rostom . ar:هند رستم . 2012 . Hayyes.com . ar . Hend Rostom . https://web.archive.org/web/20130808070253/http://hayyes.com/celebs/hend-rostom . 8 August 2013 . dead . الفنانة هند رستم اسمها بالكامل هو هند حسين محمد باشا رستم، وهي ممثلة مصرية ولدت في الثاني عشر من نوفمبر عام 1931م، بحي محرم بك بمحافظة الاسكندرية، عاشت في عائلة شركسية مصرية. (Hend Rostom, full name Hend Hussein Mohammad Pasha Rustam, is an Egyptian actress who was born on 12 November 1931, in Moharram Bey neighborhood of Alexandria, to a Circassian Egyptian family.) .
  7. Sekaly . Malak . 19 January 2016 . SpiralMag . Cairo . https://web.archive.org/web/20160705045610/http://www.spiralmag.net/?p=4041 . 5 July 2016.
  8. Book: De., Lafayette, Maximillien. Hind rostom : the world's greatest actress (a synopsis).. 2011. Lulu Com. 978-1257054190. [Place of publication not identified]. 941695283.
  9. News: Hesham. Soha. Hind Rostom (1929-2011) Egypt's Monroe. 5 September 2017. Al-Ahram. Rostom was born on 11 November 1929 in Alexandria to an Egyptian father and an Egyptian mother. . https://web.archive.org/web/20170905183456/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2011/1060/cu4.htm. 5 September 2017. dead.
  10. News: Rym Tina Ghazal. The Other Marilyn Monroe. 5 September 2017. Huffington Post. Of aristocratic Turkish & Arab roots, Rostom was born on November 11, 1931 in Alexandria as Nariman Hussein Murad....
  11. News: The Daily News Egypt. Egyptian screen legend, seductress Hind Rostom dies at 82. 2011-08-28. The Daily News Egypt. 2011-08-09. Born Nariman Hussein Murad on Nov. 11, 1931 in Alexandria to a middle class Turkish father and an aristocratic mother, her parents separated shortly after she was born. She moved to Cairo with her father when she was nine and then later with her single mother a few years later.. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326074759/http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/film/egyptian-screen-legend-seductress-hind-rostom-dies-at-82.html. 2012-03-26.
  12. Book: Music and media in the Arab world. Frishkopf, Michael Aaron. 9781617976032. First . Cairo. 891590944. September 2010.
  13. Web site: The Other Marilyn Monroe. Ghazal. Rym Tina. 2012-08-13. Huffington Post. en-US. 2018-07-25.
  14. Book: Haroutunian, Mourad R.. Media, politics, and religion in Egypt: an analysis of the impact of the relationship between government and religion on Egyptian media content, 1950-1995. M. Haroutunian. 2000. 91.
  15. Book: Ayman, Ḥakīm. Hind Rustum, dhikrayātī. Al-Karma Books. 2018. 9789776467941. Cairo. 26. 1036238392.
  16. Web site: Magazine . Enigma . 2016-11-03 . Hend Rostom . 2023-10-28 . eniGma Magazine . en-US.
  17. Web site: 2022-09-10 . Egyptian icon Hind Rostom: The Marilyn Monroe of the East . 2023-10-28 . Arab News . en.
  18. Web site: Deena Adel . 18 Aug 2011 . Egypt's 50s cinema star Hind Rostom, through her daughter's eyes .
  19. News: Egyptian screen siren Hind Rostom was an accidental feminist. The National. 2018-07-25. en.
  20. News: Egyptian cinema sensation dies of heart attack at 82. Dina Aboul Hosn. 2011-08-10. GulfNews. 2018-07-25.
  21. Web site: Hind Rostom's 87th Birthday . google.com . en . 2018-11-12.