Alhamdulillah. Dah dapat pengurus baru.

Afdlin bersama dua bintang filemnya yang akan datang Steven Rahman 'LOS dan FAUN' dan Liyana Jasmay 'PAPADOM'.

Thank you, to those of you who applied for the 'pengurus' post. As it was quite an urgent matter, we managed to fill that position when i met up with an old acquaintance who use to do marketing for me during BULI BALIK. Her name is Aina and she will be handling my matters from now on. Once everything is cleared, i will be posting her new number for anyone who needs to get in touch with me.

The internship is however still on, so those of you interested to work with me on my next movie please write in. The experience will be priceless i promise u that. Either u will love movie making or u will hate it.

Saya amat excited sekali, menghadapi Pilihanraya 8hb Mac ini dan saya menyarankan semua rakyat malaysia to make a difference and VOTE, this should be the most important thing in your agenda as a Malaysian this year. Seperti yang pernah dikatakan oleh kawan saya sewaktu ketika dahulu. if you don't vote, then you don't complain. because you let others decide who gets to be in power. jangan mempersiakan voting right anda. on the 8th of march, the power is truly in your hands.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

AFDLIN SHAUKI

INTERNSHIP

Perkara Pertama
Kepada sesiapa yang berminat untuk belajar selok belok dunia perfileman dan television dari saya, sila hubungi email saya di selambakodok@yahoo.com, berikan CV serta gambar terbaru anda dan tulis subjek 'INteRnSHip' pada email anda.

Perkara Kedua
juga, i am looking for a dynamic, fun and trustworthy person to become my personal manager. a lot of travelling will be involved and the hours are long but if done well you will gain much insight and experience on how the film industry works. must be able to use the computer (not just myspace) and good communication skills. Must be rajin and hardworking. If interested please email me aT selambakodok@yahoo.com dan berikan CV serta gambar terbaru anda dan tulis subjek 'Pengurus' pada email anda.

POwer to the people

march ini jangan lupa mengundi.

afdlin

Shooting filem Khabir Bahtia, 'STAMP' sekitar KUALA LUMPUR dan MELAKA.

Khabir briefing me.
I story u ok, actually the story like dis.
Panas macam babi... Indi sebagai pailang baru keluar jail
Bersama Jay... makeup artis filem STAMP.
Nani (wardrobe dresser), Jay (makeup), Razif (assistant Line Producer) dan Wawa (wardrobe)

Aku sekarang ni tengah melalui perjalanan penggambaran sebuah filem berjudul 'STAMP'. Filem ini diarah oleh sahabat lama aku dari zaman Bila Larut Malam aku, Khabir Bahtia. Khabir is an Indian director from india who moved to Malaysia during the Antah UTV days and fell in love with Malaysia (or maybe the possibility of work here was higher, heehee...), got married here and never went back. A very talented director, it was just a matter of time before he started directing films, i used to tell myself that, because of his vision, he will definitely make a fine filmmaker and sure enough, his first break came when he was offered to direct 'CINTA'. Love it or hate it, the movie won accolades and another star was born in the Malaysian Film industry. He is now directing his fourth feature after CINTA (LOVE) versi Indonesia and SEPI (in which i had the pleasure to work with him too). Not only has He got a great eye for story telling but his strength also lies in his ability towork with actors well. STAMP is a really fun story ala OCEAN 11, meets lock, stock and two smoking barrels macam tu la. It stars Me, Rashidi Ishak (my buddy from my first acting gig with Shuhaimi Baba, 'MIMPI MOON'), His wife; the wonderful Vanidah Imran, Que Haider, Indi Nadarajah (from 'Indi and Alan' fame and last seen as Mr Leong in Hans Isaac's CUCI). It was supposed to star MAYA KARIN as well but she pulled out due to scheduling Issues. Personally i think it is going to turn out to be a great film.

BUt a lot goes into making a movie and to get an amalgam of ideas to become one huge cohesive feature film requires a lot of effort and sacrifice. As an Actor , i question wether i still have what it takes to layan the trials and tribulations of making a movie. The truth is, although i can do the work, i am not happy being on this set. I am not sure wether age has made me a crankier person or having been doing this for a while, i really have expected a certain standard or level of treatment for actors, Who for the large part of the entertainment industry are treated like crap by producers. To make it worse, They get no respect from anyone; The public, corporations, the government. No laws protect or help regulate wages for actors. People want entertainment but do not respect the people who make it. As creative people, our Intelectual Property rights in this country is a big joke and currently resides in the longkang. So, after all that, is it wrong that we ask for a little politeness and thoughtfullness at our work space.

I am feeling kind of strained and stressed out being on set and working with some of his production team who doesn't seem to have any inkling on how to handle people on set. This is the first time i have actually felt like murdering somebody for being rude and inept. I however take a lesson from all this, which is, getting a good team to work with is a priceless thing

Maybe its time to hang up the acting boots and concentrate on directing. That i really love.

Jangan lupakan beliau. Ceritakan tentang kebaikan budinya, kehebatan ilhamnya yang pernah beliau kongsi dengan kita. LOLOQ dalam memori.

Rasanya baru sahaja tahun baru bermula, tapi pada bulan januari sahaja sudah berberapa kali ku jenguktanah perkuburan orang islam sekitar bandaraya. Memberi peringatan kepada aku yang akan datang masanya yang aku pun akan meninggalkan semua benda yang kuanggap penting dalam hidup ini. Kenalan ku LOLOQ (ROSLI bin KHAMIS) adalah yang terbaru untuk meninggalkan kita. Kami sempat berbual mengenai penulisan lirik semasa beliau masih ada dan aku sempat jugak berlakon dalam filem DIVA POPULAR arahan Erma Fatima bersama beliau. Mungkin ramai yang merasai, sekumpulan mengingat dan segelintir tak ambik pot pun, tapi hakikatnya adalah salah satu tenaga kreatif terbaik negara ini sudah tiiada. Beliau menulis lirik yang menjadi nyanyian berjuta rakyat negara ini. Harapan aku adalah kita jangan biarkan legasinya pergi begitu sahaja. Mari kita sedekahkan beliau Al-fatihah dan kenang beliau dalam doa kita. Mari kita ceritakan kepada anak, cucu kita tentang kehebatannya satu hari dahulu.

"Dulu ada seorang penulis lirik hebat kat Malaysia ni, Loloq namanya. Madah didalam liriknya amat menusuk kalbu... cuba kau dengarkan lagu nyanyian semua penyanyi hebat negara ini... kesemuanya pernah bekerja dengan hamba allah ini." kata seorang bapa kepada anaknya apabila mendengar sebuah lagu dendangan M.Nasir.

Ya kita semua akan mati,tapi ini tak bermakna aku akan duduk sahaja menunggu ketika itu, aku akan terus berjuang untuk melakukan kerja-kerja terbaik agar mungkin ianya boleh memanafaatkan orang yang memerlukannya.

Aku akan mementingkan famili aku. Kerana mereka amat penting bagiku. lebih penting dari wang ringgit dan kekayaan dunia. Pabila ada di antara orang diluar memandang aku sebagai satu BENDA, mereka senentiasa memandang aku sebagai CINTA.
Korang semua boleh kata apa-apa pun. Itu hak korang berkata apa-apa, berfikir apa jua. Tapi jangan kacau hak aku. Jangan bagi susah perjalanan seni ku. Jangan mendengki ku. Berikan aku kritikan untuk aku menjadi lebih baik, aku menyukainya tapi kalau kau kurang ajar... terimalah reaksi ikhlasku.

Loloq aku tabik kau, aku hormati kau kerana sanggup hidup dan mati sebagai anak seni. jasamu pada bangsamu takkan ku lupai. Rehatlah sekarang sahabat.

Loloq is survived by wife Hariah Yaacob and 3 children - Krsty Nur, 11, Jaevn Nur, 8 dan Yasha Nur, 6.
He was buried Wednesday, 31st Januari, at the Muslim cemetery in Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh.

Power to the people
Afdlin Shauki