IT's coming and it's looking good.

We are on a three day break from shooting and i am so looking forward to it as we haven't been on a break for about three weeks. It's great to have some downtime with the wife and kids as we hardly get to see each other during shoots. Both my daughters have grown up so much and i hate the fact that i am missing their development stages. But it's what i do and hopefully my work will make them proud of me.
What's interesting to me is that this movie looks like a foreign movie with malaysian actors. The set is outstanding thanks to Paul Hasham and team , The crew is excellent, always giving their all and the actors are a joy to work with no childish nagging or diva-ish attitude. This is a dream project, which did not come easy, but it will be the biggest movie i have ever tried to accomplish. WISH ME LUCK and I promise that this movie will not dissapoint. I am giving this thing all that i have got.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

Afdlin Shauki

A Loss.

A few quite eventful thing happen happen to me the last couple of weeks. The most important of which was the passing of my step father, Allahyarham Mohd. Taib, the man my mother married just over a year ago. I wouldn't know how to express how i feel about the loss except that, it shook me and sort of gave me a rude realiti check. More importantly than that however, i am very sad for my mom who had found love again but had lost it in such short a time. I believe however, it is better to have love and lost than not at all and am sure in the brief time that they were together they had given each other joy, happiness and companionship.

Mak if you are reading, I am so sorry for your loss and even more sorry that i cannot be by your side during this hard time. I guess that is my failure as a human being, but know that my thoughts are constantly with you now. i love you mak.

For my muslim friends and blog readers out there who would like to do so, i would be grateful if you would join me in reciting the AL-Fatihah for my step father.
AL-FATIHAH...

Terima Kasih
Yob.

PS. This entry is merely my way of marking this event and the emotions that it has stirred inside of me.

SUMOLAH IS ROCKING AND ROLLING! My experience working with NANG NAK.

THE VERY TALENTED AND VERY BEAUTIFUL SAI CHAROENPURA
Today SUMO-lah was shooting a scene out in cyberjaya, which i think is a great location, the only problem is, it was like shooting at the gates of hell as the temperature out was on a heat-stroke inducing high. One of the set Assistant directors collapsed due to the heat but she's ok now. Sumo is going great and is now 25% complete.
Two days ago, i had the pleasure of working with one of Asia's top leading lady, Inthira Charoenpura. She is a bonifide anak wayang from Thailand. Her father was a famous film director so she literally grew up on a film set and walaupun amat besar namanya di negara Thailand sendiri, she is such a joy to work with due to her high standards of professionalism. What surprises me is how easy it is to work with her. Just imagine this, she is thai but she has to play a character who speaks melayu, english and japanese (which is quite a feat) and she is doing so well. I am learning a lot from working with the two international artiste and hopefully this knowledge will take us to higher level of professionalism and will help us make better international quality films.
I can't wait to share some of the crazy scenes we shot in this film with you, but wait you must, pasal tak habih shooting lagi.

and IF YOU ARE KEEN TO BE IN SUMOLAH, DO JOIN THE CELCOM SUMOLAH COMPETITION by typing "SUMOLAH" and send it to "27777" and you stand a chance to win handphones and to berlakon with me and my cast. Remember u must enter before 15 july

SELF IMPOSED BAN ON SUGAR. THIS MONTH I HAVE DECLARED WAR ON SUGAR... I CALL IT THE AFDLIN SHAUKI IS SUGAR FREE PROJECT.

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LONG LIVE THE HUMAN EVOLUTION

AFDLIN