To pay his debts, a small-time actor is forced to impersonate screen icon P. Ramlee.
Acting
Tony Eusoff's double consciousness — Zakaria playing Ramlee playing himself
Direction
Megat Sharizal directs himself in a film about directing an impostor
Production
Recreation of 1950s-60s Malay studio system feels lived-in, not museum-piece
Director
Megat Sharizal
Tony Eusoff
Zakaria
Sofia Jane
Zaiton
Mimi Lana
Yasmin
Megat Sharizal
Yusof
Abi Madyan
Joned
Azhan Rani
Amran
Amerul Affendi
Hang Jebat
Beto Kusyairy
Hang Tuah
Anas Ridzuan
Tauke Kedai
Bront Palarae
Zakaria Theatre Actor
Sharifah Amani
Yasmin Theater Actress
Iedil Putra
Engku Mukhriz
Nadia Aqilah
Rokiah
Vanida Imran
Zaiton Theatre Actor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
P. Ramlee remains Malaysia's most beloved entertainer; his 1973 death in poverty is national trauma. The film dares to ask who profits from keeping martyrs alive.
Director Sharizal's own father worked in the declining studio system Ramlee once ruled — this is inherited grief dressed as comedy.
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