If the moon could linger on morning so bright
Why can't the sun do the same at night

-extracted from the film TALENTIME

I don't really have anything to blog about so today I'll just blog about two Malay film producers who have inspired me to write as I am doing now. They're none other than the late Yasmin Ahmad and Kabir Bhatia but of course the late Yasmin Ahmad is my #1 film producer and ads. The photograph above was her last film and it was great. Her other films; Sepet, Gubra, Mualaf, Mukhsin etc. are not that bad if tey were to be compared with Talentime. It's a great movie and you might like it too but I do find some people who dislike her films cause it has a little bit of sarcasm towards the Malay society such as the Malays who doesn't think out of the box and most probably THESE group of people are the ones who dislike her films. And others, like my family and I, appreciates such films and late Yasmin Ahmad had done issues involving the society into a wonderful film. Don't be surprised to see tears rolling down your cheeks after watching Talentime cause I did.

Synopsis of TALENTIME:

A talent search competition has matched two hearts - that of Melur, a Malay-mixed girl and an Indian male student, Mahesh. Melur, with her melodious voice, singing whilst playing the piano is one of the seven finalists of the Talentime competition of her school organised by Cikgu Adibah. Likewise Hafiz, enthralling with his vocalist talent while playing the guitar, dividing his time between school and mother, who is hospitalised for brain tumor.

It all started after Mahesh, amongst the students assigned to get the finalists to school for practice, delivered the notice of successful audition to Melur's house. His handsome looks attracted the girl. Early on of their relationship, tragedy struck Mahesh's family when his uncle Ganesh who had been the care-taker of the family since the loss of Mahesh's father, was stabbed to death on his wedding day. Melur thinking that Mahesh's silence was due to his grief over the tragedy became furious when she was continuously ignored. She regretted it however after Hafez revealed Mahesh's situation.


Here's 2 soundracks from the film Talentime written by late Yasmin Ahmad. The second song made me cry when I heard it at the end of the film. Listen to the words and you might be touched or even shed a tear.









So long, fare thee well
The dancer and the dancing days have taken leave and fell
So turn down this bed of stone
Quench me with the deadly nightshade from the rose that you belong

The long December rain is falling now
Running down on streets to nowhere
Music is my life you're my sweetest nightingale
But I can't hear it here no more
And I go
I go

Hush now, don't shake or break
Words have fallen silent like soldiers to the grave
No matter what they do or say
Lay me on the sleepy meadow by the tracks upon your face


Wikipedia: Talentime is a 2009 drama film directed and written by the late Yasmin Ahmad. Yasmin, in her blog, has described it as a story full of joy and pain, hope and despair, a host of beautifully-written songs, and rich, rich characters.








p/s Don't forget to watch CINTA on Suria channel tonight.




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HANISAH
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