- Kami (film)
Infobox Film
name = Kami
caption =
director =Patrick Yeoh
producer =Zain Zaharan
starring =Sudirman Arshad Zul Zamanhuri Osman Zailani Ho Kwee Leng Ibrahim Din Shariff Babu Azmi Mohamad Azizah Muslim Norhayati Yaacob Param Andhi Balakrishnan Andhi Ganesh Munusamy
music =
distributor =Indra Film Sdn Bhd
released =17 May 1982
runtime = 105 minutes
country = Flagicon|MalaysiaMalaysia
awards = 3th Malaysian Film Festival, 1982
Best Child Actors - Zul Zamanhuri
language = Malay
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.filemkita.com/filem/k/kami_01.html"Kami" is a 1982
Malaysia n drama film. It is notable as being the first and only feature film featuring Sudirman Haji Arshad, a successful Malay singer dubbed the "Singing Lawyer" as he was a law graduate from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur (an academic background almost unheard of among Malay entertainers). The film is written and directed Patrick Yeoh, who was notable as being the first non-Malay in several decades to direct a Malay film.The film is unusual for its time, not following the conventional Hindustani-influenced formula that typified Malay films of the era.
ynopsis
The film is about two young runaway teenagers who meet in the city after leaving their respective homes in different states. Tookoo (Sudirman) the elder of the two, who was first in the city, "adopts" Din (Zulzamri) and as their relationship develops, is both big brother and father to Din. And as the film progresses we see how Tookoo dreams of being a successful pop singer, and how he and Din survive in the city, collecting recyclable items for sale. We are touched by what these two teenagers go through in the concrete jungle of the city as they are bullied by gangs who rob them of their hard-earned money, cheated by dishonest employers who do not pay them and traumatised by over-zealous police who arrest Tookoo by mistake.
Response
The film was panned by a generation of Malay film reviewers accustomed to the typical Malay film format. However, three out of four established film critics in the country voted it the best film of the year in Malaysia in 1983. The film represented Malaysia at two international film festivals. Zulzamri who played the character of Din won the Best Child Actor Award at the Malaysian National Film Festival.
Cast
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Sudirman Arshad - Tookoo
*Zul Zamanhuri - Din
*Osman Zailani - Tookoo's father
*Ho Kwee Leng - Tookoo's mother
*Ibrahim Din - Mamak
*Shariff Babu - Pak Du
*Azmi Mohamad - Abang Husin
*Azizah Muslim -
*Norhayati Yaacob -
*Param Andhi -
*Balakrishnan Andhi -
*Ganesh Munusamy -Songs
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Budak Baru -Sudirman Arshad
*Pelangi Petang -Sudirman Arshad
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