MOVIES AND MUSIC

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MOVIES

P Ramlee was a Malaysian film actor,director,singer,songwriter,composer and producer.Because of his commitments to the film and music industry and his scholarly work,he is frequently viewed as the symbol of Malay amusement in
Malaysia,Singapore,Brunei and Sumatra,Indonesia.In his short,colourful career in the entertainment industry,Tan Sri P.Ramlee directed 54 films,acted in 62 films,wrote 359 songs and sang more than 200 of them.

Movie of Penarek Becha

Seven years after his acting career started,P.Ramlee directed his first film,Panerek Becha in 1955.In 1957,he appeared in the first of his Bujang Lapok comedic films ,where he acted alongside Aziz Sattar and S.Shamsuddin.The Bujang Lapok tetralogy series are still popular among contemporary Malay film audience.

Theater in the P.Ramlee gallery

His award-winning films are:

Hang Tuah(Legend of hang Tuah):Best Musical Score,3rd Asian Film Festival (Hong Kong 1956) and official screening at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival in 1957.The only P.Ramlee movie to be filmed in colour.

• Madu Tiga (Three Wives):Best Comedy,11th Asian Film Festival (Taipei,1964)
• Pendekar Bujang Lapok (The Three Warrior Bachelors):Best Comedy,6th Asian Film Festival(Kuala Lumpur,1959)
• Ibu Mertuaku (My Mother -in -Law):Most Versatile Talent,10th Asian Film Festival(Tokyo,1963)
• Nujum Pak Belalang(Pak Belalang The Fortune Teller):Best Comedy,7th Asian Film Festival(Tokyo 1960)
• Sumpah Orang Minyak(Curse of the Oily Man):Best Black and White Photography,5th Asian Film Festival(Manila,1958)

P.Ramlee with his achievement by his worthy efforts

MUSICS

In 1947,P.Ramlee won the first place in a singing competition organised by the Penang Radio.

The violin was an instrument well loved by P.Ramlee. Seen here is a photograph of him holding a violin in a post with his early band Teruna Sekampung,in Pulau Pinang .The band comprised P.Ramlee ,Said and Ismail and Mohd Noor.

The first song he composed was none other than AZIZAH. It was composed in 1945 and committed to his first love which push him on the edge towards fame. He gave the song its first public airing at an Agricultural Fair in Bukit Mertajam in June 1948.

The Teruna Sekampung Band(1946)

The Teruna Sekampung Band and Orkes Mutiara Pulau Pinang

His last song,"Air Mata Di Kuala Lumpur"(Tears in Kuala Lumpur) was composed in 1973.It was released posthumously in an album bearing the same titile.The track was sung by his wife,Saloma,and the lyrics depict his crushed feelings and disappointment upon his return to Malaysia after leaving Singapore

The lyric of the song is written by P.Ramlee's own handwriting complete with his signature.It tells the story of love between two people from diffeent society levels.