I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying

I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying, also known as The Made Up Truth (Egyptian Arabic: أنا لا أكذب ولكني أتجمل German: Die geschminkte wahrheit translit: Ana La Aktheb Wlakenani Atajaml), is a 1981 Egyptian television-film written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and directed by Ibrahim El-Shaqanqeeri. It stars Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Zaki and Athar El-Hakim.^[1][2][3][4]

I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying
Egyptian Arabic	أنا لا أكذب ولكني أتجمل
Written by	Ihsan Abdel Qudous
Screenplay by	Mamdouh El Leithy
Directed by	Ibrahim El-Shaqanqeeri
Starring	Salah Zulfikar Ahmed Zaki Athar El-Hakim
Music by	Gamal Salama
Country of origin	Egypt
Original language	Arabic
Production
Producer	Mamdouh El Leithy
Cinematography	Said Bakr
Editor	Abdel Aziz Fakhry
Running time	110 minutes
Production company	Egyptian Television Network
Original release
Release	1 January 1981 (1981-01-01)

Plot

Rafik Hamdy is a famous writer, who has one daughter, Khairya, a college student. Her colleague Ibrahim, the diligent student, falls in love with her and she also exchanges love, although the rich student Hani admires her, Ibrahim tries to hide the truth of his social level for fear that Khairiya will move away from him, to claim that he is from a wealthy family. But eventually, Rafik knows the truth and confronts Ibrahim and now Khairia must choose. ^[5][6]

Main cast

• Salah Zulfikar as Rafik Hamdy
• Ahmed Zaki as Ibrahim
• Athar El-Hakim as Khairia
• Zahret El-Ola as Nadia
• Nahed Samir as Mobrouka
• Farouk Youssef as Hani
• Maha Abu Ouf as Maisa
• Ahmed El Gezery as Saleh
• Mohamed Shawky as Madbouly
• Fatheya Chahine as Hani’s mother
• Ahmed Khamis