RISE...INI KALILAH is the local production that's making the rounds of the cinemas around the country right now. It takes inspiration from the recent General Elections (GE14) to weave a story around six loosely-connected characters in the days leading up to GE14. I say loosely connected because these six characters do not know one another - except maybe two of them - and yet their paths would cross on that fateful day of the 9th of May. In their own ways they contributed to the formation of Malaysia Baru. Out with the Old, in with the New.
Each of the six characters contributed a slice of Malaysian life, both the good and the bad. "There is policeman Azman (played by Remy Ishak) who doesn’t accept bribery of any sort, but he doesn’t stop his partner when the latter harasses and blackmails the common people either. Teacher Shanti (Sangeeta Krishnasamy) is always questioning the authority for any wrongdoing even when that authority is none other than her own father, who is the headmaster at the school she teaches," reviewed Mumtaj Begum in The Star newspaper.
There is bound to be at least one character that we can associate closely with, whether the character is the policeman, teacher, reporter, businessman, overseas student or overseas worker.
That's us with Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow |
On the stage were the film's producer, (Fred Chong) his three directors (Saw Teong Hin, Nik Amir Mustapha and MS Prem Nath) and two of the actors (Jack Tan and Moon Yoong). |
In all these scenes, the PKR flag flew prominently everywhere while the BN flag and banners were nowhere to be seen. Oh, I forgot....except for a fleeting moment during the rolling of the credits at the very end of the film, an alternative party flag and name were used to depict the campaigning ruling party. But nobody was fooled. We knew what they referred to.
RISE...INI KALILAH had hit the local cinemas from Thursday (13 Sep 2018) but my wife and I were lucky enough to have been invited to a private preview screening of the film in Penang a week earlier because, well, we had volunteered our services to the DAP as their polling agents during GE14. A small reward for our efforts, we were told.
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