It Wasn't On My Mind
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| It Wasn't On My Mind | |
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| Directed by | Hassan Ramzy |
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| Edited by | Albert Naguib |
| Distributed by | xxx- |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
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It Wasn’t On My Mind (Arabic: ما كانش عالبال, transliterated Makansh alal bal) is an Egyptian romantic comedy film released in 1950.[1]
Synopsis[edit]
A painter named Kamal (Kamal el-Shennawi) visits a village during a celebration of Mawlid (the prophet Muhammad’s birthday) and attends a performance of a local band; admiring the band’s singer Samira (Raqiya Ibrahim), he makes an appointment to paint her the next day at her home. He does not know, however, that Fattouh al-Adl (Reyad El Kasabgy), a rejected earlier suitor of Samira’s, is stalking her. When Kamal arrives for the session, Fattouh fights him and Kamal wins. The theatre owner (Hassan Atla), however, is infuriated by the disruption and expels the entire band, driving Samira to move in with her aunt Aziza (Aziza Helmy), uncle Mabrouk (Fouad Shafiq), and cousin Jarjir (Ismail Yassine.
Kamal gets the band a new residency in Cairo, and he and Samira bond while he paints her. He discovers that her father Khalil Pasha Taher (Seraj Munir) drowned at sea in a torpedo shipwreck during World War II, while Samira and Aziza survived.
Borai (Abdel Aziz Ahmed), the Minister of Agriculture, visits Kamal and relays that Kamal’s grandfather (Abdel Waress Assar is determined to marry Kamal off to his cousin Sita (Doria Ahmed), whom Kamal rejects as uneducated. The grandfather himself comes to Kamal’s house in Cairo while Borai tries to pass off Samira as Sita, Mabrouk as Khalil, and Jarjir as Dr. Jamil Ahmed, Khalil Pasha’s son. The grandfather is convinced, but Sita becomes smitten with Jarjir.
The grandfather, after meeting the still-alive Khalil, becomes aware of the ruse and thus becomes determined to foil Kamal and Samira’s marriage. Kamal insists on marrying Samira and Sita on marrying Jarjir. Meanwhile, Fattouh tries to kill Kamal but is saved by Samira, who sustains a minor wound in the process and thereby earns the respect of her potential grandfather-in-law. The latter agrees with the real Khalil to their children’s marriage.
Cast[edit]
Kamal el-Shennawi, who was talented at drawing, enjoyed playing the painter in the film. Raqiya Ibrahim spoke Arabic as the heroine but neither read nor wrote it, so her dialogue was presented to her in French.[2]
Cast list[edit]
- Kamal el-Shennawi (Kamal Abdelrahim, a painter)
- Raqiya Ibrahim (Samira bint Khalil Taher)
- Ismail Yassine (Jarjir or “Dr. Jamil”)
- Doria Ahmed (Sita)
- Abdel Waress Assar (IKamal and Sita’s grandfather)
- Seraj Munir (Khalil Pasha Taher, Samira’s father)
- Fouad Shadiq (Mabrouk, Aziza’s husband)
- Aziza Helmy (Mabrouk’s wife and Samira bint Khalil Taher’s sister)
- Abdel Aziz Ahmed (Borai)
Songs[edit]
The actors did most of the singing in the film, unlike in some productions of the era. Raqiya Ibrahim in particular had sung in several previous films, including the famed 1944 release A Bullet in the Heart.[3]
| Title | Lyricist | Composer | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|
| “أغاني المولد” (“Mawlid Songs”) | Abdel Aziz Mahmoud | Abdel Aziz Mahmoud | Abdel Aziz Mahmoud |
| “مصر الفلاحة” (“Sita and Jarjir”) | El-Sayed Ziada | Abdel Aziz Mahmoud | Doria Ahmed, Ismail Yassine, Nelly Mazloum |
| “ستيتة وجرجير” (“The New Generation”) | El-Sayed Ziada | Ali Farrag | Raqiya Ibrahim, Ismail Yassine |
| “أمير الأحلام” (“Egyptian Farming”) | Jalil al-Bandary | Abdel Aziz Mahmoud | Raqiya Ibrahim, Ismail Yassine |
| “الجيل الجديد” (“Prince of Dreams”) | Mamoun el-Shennawy | Abdel Aziz Mahmoud | Raqiya Ibrahim |
| “أنا الساحرة” (“I Am the Witch”) | Mamoun el-Shennawy | Ali Farrag | Raqiya Ibrahim, Ismail Yassine[1] |
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kassem, Mahmoud (2006). موسوعة الأفلام الروائية في مصر والعالم العربي ("Arabic Movies Encyclopedia"), vol. 2. Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization. p. 449. Search this book on
- ↑ Zuhdi, Maher (June 20, 2016). "كمال الشناوي... الوجه الآخر للقمر (15 - 30)". Al-Jarida. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ↑ Kassem, Mahmoud (May 3, 2019). "بين نارين". Al-Shorouk. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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