Khalli Balak Min ZouZou (1972) is an Egyptian movie starring the famous actress Soad Hosny, Hussein Fahmy, and Taheya Cariocca. It’s directed by Hassan Al Imam. As most Egyptians movies, it combines drama, comedy, and of course music. Its musical atmosphere created all Egyptians to love the magic of the movie. The movie mainly targets social pressures in the 1970s.
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Plot
Zuzu is a college student that comes from a family of entertainers. Her mother was a retired belly dancer. Her home was on Cairo's famous Muhammad Ali St., known for housing entertainers and musicians. Zuzu performs every night with her family at weddings and private parties as a dancer and singer. This is kept as a secret from all her friends because it is shameful. Being a professional belly dancer in Egypt during this period was understood to be a low profession, one loosely associated with prostitution, or a lack of morality. Zuzu falls in love with one of her professors who breaks his engagement in order to be with her. The cousin of the professor tries to break off what he has with Zozo and eventually finds out that she is an entertainer. The cousin frames Zuzu in public, arranging an event that forces her to expose her work as a dancer. Her professor was shocked and ashamed at first, but in the end, all is resolved as Zozo decides to return to her studies and embrace a bright future free of the need to work as a Muhammad Ali St. dancer.
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Music
Khalli Balak Min ZouZou has many songs that are still sung by Egyptians till now. The songs were the most influential and memorable on Egyptians and many more. Two main music composers were Kamal El-Taweel and Salah Gaheen. Kamal El-Taweel was friends with Abdel Halim Hafez, also another great music composer and singer. Kamal El-Taweel created the most memorable song Ya Wad Ya Te’eel (O Teaser Boy) which was sung by Soad Hosny.