Malaysia's first mainstream gay movie
Saiful Redzuan Abu Bakar (left) and Azharudin Ramli in an emotional scene in ... Dalam Botol.ARE Malaysian moviegoers ready for the first mainstream Malaysian-made movie about homosexuals?
That will be answered when ... Dalam Botol, directed by Khir Rahman, opens nationwide at the end of the year. The film will be his directorial debut.
The controversial film, its original title was Anu Dalam Botol, focuses on the relationship between a gay couple that ends tragically.
Newcomers Azharudin Ramli and Saiful Redzuan Abu Bakar, play the lead roles after beating more well-known and established actors such as Adi Putra and Norman Hakim for the coveted roles as the first local on-screen gay couple.
Producer Raja Azmi Raja Sulaiman is hopeful that the film will do well in cinemas.
If ... Dalam Botol gets shown in the cinemas, it will create history as the first gay-themed film ever to be shown openly in Malaysia.
Similar Hollywood films like Brokeback Mountain, Borat and Bruno were banned here.
A local short film on the lives of transvestites making a living in Jalan Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Bukak Api (2000), directed by Osman Ali, was only allowed to be shown in private screenings.
Another film on transvestites, 2 Alam produced by dR Movie Productions is expected to be shown in June.
However, the character of the transvestite in the movie is played by Singaporean actress Suhailah Salam.
That will be answered when ... Dalam Botol, directed by Khir Rahman, opens nationwide at the end of the year. The film will be his directorial debut.
The controversial film, its original title was Anu Dalam Botol, focuses on the relationship between a gay couple that ends tragically.
Newcomers Azharudin Ramli and Saiful Redzuan Abu Bakar, play the lead roles after beating more well-known and established actors such as Adi Putra and Norman Hakim for the coveted roles as the first local on-screen gay couple.
Producer Raja Azmi Raja Sulaiman is hopeful that the film will do well in cinemas.
If ... Dalam Botol gets shown in the cinemas, it will create history as the first gay-themed film ever to be shown openly in Malaysia.
Similar Hollywood films like Brokeback Mountain, Borat and Bruno were banned here.
A local short film on the lives of transvestites making a living in Jalan Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Bukak Api (2000), directed by Osman Ali, was only allowed to be shown in private screenings.
Another film on transvestites, 2 Alam produced by dR Movie Productions is expected to be shown in June.
However, the character of the transvestite in the movie is played by Singaporean actress Suhailah Salam.
It's really a fun news, can't imaging Malaysia will having this kind of movie...
This will be a big challenge to the term, this movie is about the relationship between gay couple,in Malaysia homosexual always the sensitive issues, Malaysia will take it seriously before post it in cinema... censorship will taken if necessary...
but if success to show in cinema, this will create a history for Malaysia Film..
i will consider to watch it....
1 comments:
anu dalam botol LMAO
cant wait!
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