BAIK PUNYA CILOK hits 1.1 MILLION mark after six days! and still going strong!!!

MAcam pinang di belah dua kan...kan...!! heehee. Like the pinang fruit cut into two!!

Back in the country after an amazing encounter in bangkok with 'Sai' aka Intira Charoenpura aka 'Nang Nak'... I am happy gila tenuk to inform you guys that she has Agreed to be in SUMO-lah!!! She said she loves the story and the uniqeness of the characters. WICKED!!... and a Reputable Thai production company straight away expressed their interest to Distribute the movie in Thailand!! DOUBLE WICKED.

So guys, we are on our way to having a first major internationally distributed Malaysian film in our hands - SUMOlah!!! It has always been my dream my friends to bring our Malaysian cinema to the world and now it is almost a reality. Alhamdulillah.

Also Alhamdulillah for all the people who have gone to see Baik Punya Cilok and have been going all out to spread the word to their suku sakat and friends. You guys really rock!!

much love and respect to you all.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

AFDLIN SHAUKI

BAIK PUNYA CILOK still going strong!!!... can we make this film hit 5 million???

We'll that is what they are telling me from kl as i am now in bangkok to try and woo a really excellent thai actress named Intira Jaroenpura aka Nang Nak to try and join the cast of SUMO-lah. I will not be berlagak and try to hide my excitement to meet this lady tomorrow, i believe she is truy one of Asia's most remarkable female actors. She is currently shooting a new film produced by Francis Ford Coppola and directed by Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol (Director of Legend of Suriyothai) at a budget of 50 million Dollarss!!! ( i suddenly have visions of Dr. Evil saying those figures aloud) and here i am a Malaysian Af-DE-WHo? offering her a role in a film with a budget that is probably smaller than the size of that production's catering budget. But i plod on, hoping that a good story would intice a fellow artiste to join a very determined and excited team of Malaysian film workers to try and bring a first truly International Malaysian film project to the region and perhaps the world.

A pipe dream, many might say but guess what? I am a person who constantly believe in dreams and making them come true. Buli was a dream... winning an award at the Malaysian Film Festival was a dream.... The current success of BAIK PUNYA CILOK is a dream... and now to conquer a greater vision of getting a local film distributed internationally... and maybe going to International film festivals and bringing pride to the country like P.Ramlee, Yasmin Ahmad, Ho Yuhang, Amir Muhammad, James Lee and to prove that mainstream doesn't mean shit-stream. Well, at least not all the time.

A great indication is that she has read the treatment and she thinks that it is really funny and a lot of fun. Next we have to talk money and schedules. YIKES!!!... donnolah... apa nak jadi-jadilah... Just tebalkan my face and make my ten cent face, get on my knees and get ready to beg and grovel. I have no shame, some of you might be saying.

Ab-so-frakking-lutely!!!... whatever for a DREAM.

Let's make Cilok the biggest film this year (well it is the last local film of 2005 anyway).... SPREAD THE WORD MY FRIENDS... UNLEASH YOUR EXCITEMENT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY... IT IS YOUR FILM... YOU MADE IT THE MONSTER THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, WITH YOUR SUPPORT!!! NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE MOVIES ARE IT WOULDN'T MEAN JACK WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT!!... YOU DESERVE BETTER MOVIES!!!... DON'T ENTERTAIN MEDIOCRITY!!!... SUPPORT NEW MALAYSIAN DIRECTORS!!!.... THE POWER IS WITH YOU!!!.... YOU TOO CAN STOP PIRACY IF YOU WANTED TOO!!!.... POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!

AFDLIN SHAUKI

PS. ACTORLYMPICS starts tomorrow!!!.... so for an evening of live selambakodok komedy and the opportunity to meet the stars of BAIK PUNYA CILOK, CIP KODOK and Harith Iskander LIVE don't forget to make a date with us at Bangsar Actor's studio.

Baik Punya Cilok, first four days collection (+-) RM 700,000.00!!!!

The cinemas have been packing up every single day since it's opening and it is still going strong!!!.... please continue to spread the word if u like the movie and if you don't, don't give up on Malay movies!!!... i'm sure there are many other local directors out there who can whet ur appetite for good Malaysian cinema.

IKLAN tergempar : WE BEAT ERA at the ERA-DIGI futsal tournament in penang on saturday and guess what? we beat both DIGI and later ERA in the finals, by 2 goals to nothing, wicked!! . THE BAIK PUNYA CILOK Futsal TEAM RULES!!! I told the organisers oredi... we are not very skillful and bergaya, but the baik punya cilok team have great understanding of each other and have great fighting spirit cause, except for AC mizal, we ( lowly free-lancing film workers) need all the work that comes our way..

To be fair, there has been good and bad reviews of the movie, as a filmmaker i do not really care about reviews and will do my movies the way i see fit, but i want you to read them all and then watch the film and see with whom you agree with.

For a bad review of baik punya cilok, please read,

Sultan Muzaffar's Review

As for me, i like this one review which really captures the spirit of the Baik Punya Cilok that i wanted to make. read this review at

Solidmind's Review

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As my wife said, "It's all a matter of opinion , there is no right or wrong." (yeahh right!!)

As for me, i remember what U-wei used to tell me, " u just tell ur story! let the technical people worry about the technical side". No excuses, but i guess tayangan unggul could have let me technically finish the film the way i wanted to. But that is another story, in another entry, at another time.

Thanks for all ur support again and thanks for believing.

Power to the People

AFDLIN SHAUKI

BAIK PUNYA CILOK ROCKING AROUND MALAYSIA!!! Terima kasih kerana sokongan kodok-kodok semua!!!

Syukur Alhamdulillah!!!! setelah semalaman mengelabah macam tengilling terkena brandy (hmmmm.... macammana agaknya rupenya ek??).... i baru dapat tahu dari Producer i yang BAIK PUNYA CILOK full house all over MALAYSIA today!!!! dan kepada mereka yang bertanya, BPC opens in SINGAPORE and BRUNEI TODAY TOO!!!!!!.... GILA BABIIIIIIIIIII TONYOK!!!!

Gua betul-betul dengan all humility dan rasa rendah dirinya ingin berterimakasih kepada semua rakyat malaysia, no matter what race or religion u are for having the faith to go to the cinema and spend your hard earnt wages and duit pusaka arwah tok anda semua kat panggung untuk menonton BAIK PUNYA CILOK.

I really... really hope the momentum keeps on going and BAIK PUNYA CILOK becomes the monster MALAYSIAN movie of 2005. Ada satu cerita tu, satu family hampa tak dapat tengok BPC kerana ticket habis dan oleh sebab itu, TERPAKSA...TERPAKSA tau.... tengok KINGKONG. Gila tak GILA... selalu senarionya terbalik untuk MALAY MOVIES

To those of you who haven't watched BPC, please... please make a date with us at any of the cinemas near you because from the feedback that i have been getting... it is a movie u must not miss kalau you mencari something different in MALAY MOVIES.

Having said all that, i just wanna say that every film project for me is like school. I learn so much from each experience and will definitely try to make the next project better and i pray that god will always give me room to improve... so that i can keep giving u guys better and better stuff. Thank you again.

All my love and respect

Afdlin Shauki

BAIK PUNYA CILOK start KHAMIS 22 ni!!!!

Gua excited sangat and NERVOUS yang teramat khinzir sekali akan pembukaan filem baik punya cilok pada hari khamis ni. I would really love for all of you to tell me what you think of it. Ianya bukanlah satu kerja yang perfect but in many ways ianya berbeza dari kebanyakan filem melayu yang lain. Ada yang mengatakan yang the story feels a bit like lock, stock and two smoking barrels but believe me any coincidences are incidental and bukan di CILOK dari situ. It is one of the movies that i used as a reference beside the italian job, snatch as i think LSATSB is one of the best crime caper type film that has been made in recent times. CILOK however has a very strong selamba Malaysian feel to it.

To all the kodok-kodoks that have seen the movie and have been promoting it gila babi...THANK YOU!!! my brothers and sisters for your undying support and belief in my work.

LET's ROCK THE CINEMAS AND MAKE CILOK ONE OF THE MOST HAPPENING KODOK EVENTS THIS YEAR. Bagitahu semua orang kampung untuk keluar hujung tahun ini untuk merasakan penangan BAIK PUNYA CILOK, insya-allah tak menyesal.
The power is now in your hands to make this film a memorable experience.

LOVE YOU ALL

PEACE AND POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

AFDLIN SHAUKI

Finally i can BLOG....... Alhamdulillah! What an amazing two weeks.

First of all sorry to all my kodoks because dah nak masuk dua minggu dah gua tak comolot ngan u all at the blog. GUA TERBUSY GILA YANG AMAT GILA SANGAT. Gua ada rasa macam tak dapat seks sebulan (only applicable to married bloggers yang dah bernikah). Now, i am ready and freer to purge the contents of my mind again.

Macam-macam yang berlaku dalam hidup gua yang gua nak share ngan you all tapi tak tahu macam mana nak start.

Kita mula dengan berita yang cukup menceriakan jiwa ku ini which is, dalam masa dua minggu ni i jadi uncle dua kali, first my sister jayjay gave bith the the beautiful NUR FATIN (she is so damn gorgeous) and then my brother azrul also had a baby boy with his wife Aqryf Shah (nah kau, the other kids are gonna have a field day trying to spell his name at school).
I have always felt that babies are the bringers of rezeki and everytime a baby comes god opens another door of opportunity for us. Now, if only i can get my wife to subscribe to that point of view too. I am feeling the need and a sudden urge for an afdlin shauki junior or too. Two new lives introduced in this world, i think there is no news bigger than that.

Now a bit of house keeping.

FUUYO album!.... To all of you wondering what the hell is happening to my fuuyo order, the honest answer is

1. After finishing the first shipment of CDs and cassettes, we have decided to include two new songs to the album and the mastering process

2. Sadly, many people are enjoying the album for free and have not paid for their copy of the cd. I would just like to say thanks to all those guys that paid for the album and your friendship is greatly appreciated. Terimakasih seikhlas-ikhlasnya dan terima kasih kerana persahabatan anda, serta your belief in our art. But if not more of youstart to pay for the album, we would not have sufficient fund to remaster and repackage the second print. So tolonglah, let's not make this PROJECT: AFDLIN DAH HILANG AKAL fail because i want to hilang akal somemore.

3. We are now going to print the next five thousand orders for all of you and please don't betray our trust relationship. If you don't like it, please return the album so somebody else can hear it.


Next on the list was gua punya japan trip lebih kurang dalam 8 hari untuk mencari location for my upcoming film 'SUMO-lah'. Our adventure to the land of the rising sun took us from OSAKA to KITAKYUSU to FUKUOKA and finally to TOKYO. I must tell you that i have fallen in love with the beauty of the country and the warmth of the people. They were so welcoming and helpful to this small budgeted malaysian film and treated us like we were a hollywood film company. They told us what location we could get for free and what location was the one we could get the best price for and even the amateur sumo wrestlers offered to be in the film for free. I am hoping if there are any malaysian students staying in the fukuoka area and would like to join us as production assistants, u are more than welcomed to join in on the experience of making MALAYSIA's MOST UNSANGKARABLE FILM NEXT YEAR.. Just email me at selambakodok@gmail.com . too much to write about it here so i will continue the sumo story in the next blog.

FAT, FOSSIL and FUNNY was the bomb and i really thought we created history that night.Jit ,Harith and myself really had fun with the collaboration and played to a fullhoue of around 500 pax audience. It was a powerhouse stand-up event

Had a corporate dinner stand-up komedi show to help pay for some festive bank's warnings and notices

Went to NIKKI's glass house and managed to hear her album for the first time... some good stuff, but what's more important is

ALWAYS BELIEVE

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Afdlin Shauki

Watch JULIUS CAESAR at KLPAC and support MALAYSIAN THEATRE!!

Hi gang, sorry lama dah tak update but i have been swamped with work, tapi seperti biasa.... tak kaya-kaya jugak.
Tapi gua redah aje liku-liku hidup ini bak kata si ZAITON SAMEON "Dulu aku sendiri... kini masih sendiri...!!!!" Rasanya macam nak give up pun ada... For your information, i have been busy all year round, but as for income received, this year has been the worst most f@*%ed up off recent years, so as thing would have it, I know feel like a MAS shareholder after reading it's 2005 financial report. alangkah baiknya kalau aku boleh membayar untuk lampin anak aku dengan sebuah lagu atau a joke. That would be the bomb. Oh... kalu ada kengkawan yang dah dapat album dan belum lagi sampai seru untuk membayar... this is a good time to think about it. heehee.

BUT i still consider myself EXTREMELY lucky and because of that will continue on my journey through MORDOR to reach the fires of MOUNT DOOM so i shall be able to cast this preciously cursed ring into it's searing flames. ARRRGGHH!!! Basicly, i have achieved many landmarks thru this trying times and i guess the old saying of " You never know a true man's character until he is faced with hardship". Well, i come from hardship so i guess this is like visiting my kampung la... it's nice to visit once in a while, it reminds me that i am human, am fallible and still one of god's creature who is on a test called life.

A lot happened in the recent weeks that i want to purge from my mind so that it doesn't rot in my brain or infect the joyful ions into becoming FRAKK-ed up ions.

1. My sister gave birth to my latest niece. PUTRI NURFATIN ANTANSHA... haa ambik kau nama, memang nak menyusahkan jabatan pendaftaran la ni my sister ni. I saw the baby recently and she is absolutely gorgeous... i donno why, but i guess whenever i look at a baby's pure innocent face, smell their fresh newborn scent and gaze into their crystal eyes, i feel like i am looking at heaven. I WANT SOME MORE BABIES!!!!

2. Found out my new father has relapsed back into his cancer situation. He is not going to do chemo this time but has opt to go to CHINA for some herbal treatment. Good thing he has my mom now to take care of him and be his companion thru this trying times. I WISH HIM WELL and all my prayers to him and my mom.

3. I am smoking too frakk-ing much and i feel it is starting to affect me!!! Batu rasa macam nak tercabut paru-paru... but how to stop la...everyone around me smokes, so no support can be expected by them - except for my wife. i want to TAK NAK! tapi.... K GAK!! selalu terjadi. BUT I HAVE TO STOP!!!!

4. I Saw Julius Caesar and lemme just say that i am impressed with the whole play and there were some truly memorable performances by the cast namely,
PATRICK TEOH, ARI RATOS and GAVIN YAP who played members of Caesar's senate . As i am a big fan of Shakespeare and DRAMAS, i am however a bit irked by the fact that the men in the play were not sporting togas but some star trek outfits. The sound design for the play however was breathtaking and mengalahkan tengok wayang yang soundnya pakai DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND 6.1 EX. The price of the ticket to me was worth that alone.

More importantly the play was directed by one of my Sifus - JOE HASHAM. A person who plucked me out of my college during my KPP days and told me that i had a talent in writing and directing plays. My first professionally produced play was directed by JOE HASHAM and the late KRISHEN JIT. If it weren't for them, i would still be an Architect. Trust me, that is a good thing.

Also, it is important to support MALAYSIAN THEATRE because it is the source of many great talents to come. So please do try to make it to the play. Kalau interested to find out more check out

5. Just got back from Singapore from the ASIA TV FORUM... and got Gurmit Singh aka Phua CHu Kang to agree to star in SUMO-LAH!...
Banyak gak tv programme yang kita bercadang nak beli dari visit tu for our new tv channel... watch out for a truly kodok experience next year.

6. APA NAK JADI DENGAN FILEM SUMO AKU???????..... Kitorang dah ready nak pegi JEPUN esok (5/12/05) dah tapi duit belum masuk lagi.... TOLONGLAH TUHANKU.... don't let me be a victim of another KEKENCINGAN (after my T.U. experience) and make my VENTURE CAPITALIST/INVESTOR pull thru. IF They do, they will realise that they will be a part of the biggest most rocking Malaysian film EVER!!
SUMO-LAH.

7. I am tired of empty promises.

But that is life.

But it shouldn't be.


POWER TO THE PEOPLE

AFDLIN SHAUKI

Oh before i forget... i have tickets for 20 KODOKS TO WATCH A SPECIAL PREVIEW OF BAIK PUNYA CILOK!!!! COMPLETE DGN LUNCH BERSAMA ARTIS-ARTISNYA. THIS IS IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SUPPORT TO ME AND MY RAMBLINGS SO IF U ARE INTERESTED PLEASE EMAIL
lourenzar@yahoo.com
The only catch is that it is on a working day 13th december 2005. 1 :30 pm at GSC Midvalley.
C U THERE MY FELLOW KODOKs.