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The same year Shaw’s Malay Film Productions released P. Ramlee’s Penarek Becha, they also produced this melodrama centred around another humble trishaw driver. Like Ramlee’s film it was co-written by young literary upstart Jamil Sulong (who later became a director). Similar issues around class, wealth and modernity are explored through the tale of a kindly older trishaw driver (Omar Rojik) who adopts Jamilah, an orphan and marries her guardian, offering her a simple but better life (including a very, very long visit the circus). As the years pass Jamilah pulls away from her impoverished kampong life towards a world of motor cars and monied families, while kind Omar’s health is failing. A classic slice of social-realist melodrama.
Year: 1955
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Director: K. M. Basker
Cast: Datin Saadiah, Siput Sarawak, Omar Rojik, Ahmad Mahmud, Latifah Omar
Crew: K. M. Basker (Director)
Runtime: 96 minutes
Release: Apr 07, 1955
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Country: Malaysia
Language: Bahasa melayu
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