Kaki Kaput. Malaysia Baru. Camera canggih. I met Dustin Nguyen!

Assalammualaikum and Hello kepada rakyat Malaysia Baru. Tanggungjawab anda telah pun anda penuhi, anda telah memilih apa yang anda mahukan, sekarang ni tibalah masanya untuk kita bersama kembali to make this country a safe and wonderful place again. Don't forget, we still haven't found that little girl that went missing a while back. Let's hope that the new central govt and new state govt.s can play nice for all our sakes. Its time to put our egos aside and focus on the bigger picture our beloved country, Malaysia.


Anyway some quick updates. I hurt my foot while at the JPJ toilet, so tak glamour but there was this lubang on the floor of the mens toilet and my leg fell through it. Doktor kata that my tendons could be koyak and ask me to put on this aircast for 6 minggu. My mother however had other plans and dia ajak ustaz ni datang rumah untuk ubat i ala alternative medicine using MERCURY.... at first gabra jugak i, pasal benda tu kan poisonous, tapi selepas dia bagi gua reasoning dia iaitu..."it takes a thief to catch a thief"... It takes poison to chase out poison.So this ustaz has the ability to command the mercury to seek all the ailments in your body and with the will of Allah cure it. Lemme know what u think of that.


A little while back, i had the good fortune to meet a member of the '21 Jump Street' cast member Dustin Nguyen who was introduced to me by the Petra group as they are backing him in helping him bring his script to the hollywood silver screen. it is an action feature film called 'MONKS ON FIRE' to be shot vietnam and possibly here. this could be the beginnings of me fulfilling my ultimate dream. Insya'allah.


I also recently had the opportunity to go to the Phillipines to test out what i think is the future of filmmaking on the planet. the format is called ultra high definition and the camera is called

the red camera and it rocks like a mutha. Terbaik gambar dia, empat kali lebih besar dari resolusi high definition kerana dia berformat 4k.

My DOP heil is one lucky dude because he was the first person to actually do tests on the camera two days after it arrived in the phillipines.

There is only 2 of its kind in Asia, one is in japan and one is in the phillipines. there is a one and a half year waiting list for the camera as it is not only better quality, it is also 1/5 th the price of full blown hd cameras that are now on the market. I plan to use this camera for my last feature film that i will direct in malaysia called 'PAK PACAK'. After that i will concentrate on more tv work or unless there is a major change in the way the film business is run here in malaysia. we need change there too. INDUSTRI FILEM BARU!!!!! is what we need. i hope it comes.

A kind word though has to be said about a local film company called Tayangan unggul,

the producer of my movies Baik punya cilok, Papadom. Although they are also a business that also look at the financial aspects when it comes to filmmaking, they have given opportunities to many new directors with way out ideas and helped bring many visions to life, even though at times they were a bit risque. For that i thank you guys and i'm sure the industry thanks you too.

I just received some shocking news.... a sister of a friend of mine kene stroke at the age of 34. holy fReaking Krap!!! that's 2 years younger than me.... i want all of us to reflect on this and see how we should affect our lives based on this news. FRAKK. I promise myself at the beginning of the year that i will take better care of myself and i will do more to ensure that i get to see my kids have children.

Congratulations to Hans, who's movie made over rm 2.2 million at the box office despite some naysayers saying the movie wouldn't go beyond 1.5. it should have been more and we will fight the people who try to make us fail and fail bro. there are those who are out there who are beyond the law it seems and we will stop them and they will fall hard. The rakyat has shown anything can happen right.


Anyway have a great March guys may ur days be filled with love and rainbows, insya'allah.

Power to the people
Afdlin Shauki

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

Alhamdulillah... Cuci pecah panggung. CUCI JANGAN TAK CUCI

Me and my brothers want to thank you for your support. we love all of you, who have taken time out to watch the movie.
Me and my brothers at the press preview.

Bro gua Hans sedang menggeletaq kerana nak tahu result cerita cuci dia. Rata rata orang bagi feedback bagus. Jadi kena terus support kerja seni kami ni geng dengan membawa rakan-rakan, keluarga, saudara mara, ke panggung untuk enjoy filem ni. tujuan kami nak bagi you all have a good time as well as feel the sense of patriotism without sounding like a pesanan dari kerajaan type message. So mari kita sokong filem -filem tempatan dan support orang yang betul-betul cuba memberi sesuatu kelainan kepada rakyat Malaysia.

Aku ada impian untuk menjadikan filem malaysia disegani dan dibangai oleh rakyat tempatan dan rakyat dunia.

Aku sekarang merindui laut dan pasti akan pergi diving lagi bersama fellow DECO DIVERS ku selepas ini


Percaya pada dirimu dan kamu akan terbang!!!!

CHOICE IS POWER
Afdlin

Hidup kita tak lama, jangan dipersia... jangan buang masa!

Semalam aku pergi melawat sahabatku Rosyam Nor yang baru sahaja kehilangan ayahnya. Aku melihat mukanya tenang bila menyalam tangannya, tapi bila kudakap dirinya dapat ku rasa sebak didadanya. Aku ucapkan takziah kepada beliau serta Naa Murad dan JIt Murad yang juga kehilangan ayah mereka. Mari kita sedekahkan Al Fatihah bagi mereka.
Aku tertanya diriku sudahkah ku bersedia untuk melihat sesiapa dalam keluargaku pergi. Satu persatu wajah mereka muncul dari ayah ku, ke ibuku, ke adik-adik ku, ke keluargaku sendiri adakah aku cukup kuat untuk melihat mereka pergi. jawapannya tidak. Aku masih belum sanggup melihat sesiapa pergi kerana rasanya belum cukup masa yang dapat ku bersama diri mereka... Apa yang boleh aku lakukan?.... STOP TAKING LIFE FOR GRANTED.... bila-bila masa aje kita boleh jalan. so kenalah buat persediaan dan jangan buang peluang yang kita masih ada untuk menghargai apa yang kita ada dan jika ada sesuatu yang kita nak capai , let's do it now rather than tomorrow or later.... because we donno wether we got tomorrow or not.
I feel your loss bro Rosyam, Naa and Jit and may god bless their soul (cucuri rahmat ke atas roh mereka).

Selamat Tahun Baru. Aku sudah tahu apa aku mahu capai tahun ni.

Susah betul rasanya nak mula blogging tahun ini. berat jariku nak menaip abjad-abjad di laptop powerbook g4 aku ni.
Jiwa kacau. Banyak benda bermain di minda. Aku fikirkan semula apa niat aku adakan blog ini sebenarnya. Aku pertimbangkan apa yang penting bagi hidup aku. Adakah sekadar mahu berkongsi informasi ataupun mahu meransang perbincangan sihat. Pada usia aku yang meningkat ni, sanggupkah lagi aku nak melayankan karenah orang-orang yang sengal dan selalunya anonymous.Aku bukan seorang yang senang marah but i know i have a mean streak in me bila i am pushed into a corner. Saya tak suka berdendam atau menyimpan benci di dalam hati, kerana 'Benci' itu membuat kita jadi orang yang kecil dan tidak dapat maju di dalam hidup kita. Tak memberi reaksi emosi bukan bermakna aku tak kisah. Aku cuma lebih suka memikirkan jalan penyelesaian daripada memberi fokus kepada masaalah atau cemuhan itu sendiri.Apa dah jadi dengan negara aku. Aku cinta negaraku. Tapi aku rasa dah makin tak selamat, terutama sekali bagi anak-anak kita. Aku ingat dulu, mak bapak aku benarkan aku explore dunia ni... dengan bermain di padang tanpa kawalan mereka, jalan-jalan di pasar malam itu salah satu aktiviti yang menyeronokkan bagi kami sebagai kanak-kanak. Tahun baru disambut dengan berita yang mengacau ketenteraman jiwa, benazir bhutto dibunuh, satu lagi anak kecil 'Sharlinie' hilang, hindraf dan ancaman rusuhan, menteri kesihatan kena skodeng, Lingam dan handphonenya, faizal tahir bukak baju (ini pun boleh jadi hal) dan lain-lain lagi.
Kadang-kadang aku berfikir adakah semakin maju negara kita ni, semakin jahanam perangai penduduknya ataupun memang selama ni dah jahanam cuma sekarang ni baru keluar media dan baru sampai kat telinga kita, ATAUPUN kita telah menjadi orang yang suka mencari keburukan orang lain dan lupa untuk menggunakan masa kita dengan bersyukur kepada tuhan kerana pemberiannya.
Kalau kita asyik fokus pada benda buruk aje memang dah takde maknalah usaha kita didunia ni. Jadi, walaupun masih peka pada apa yang berlaku, aku akan memberi fokus kepada benda-benda yang positif dan insya'allah aku akan dapat menyebar keceriaan kepada sesiapa yang mencarinya.
Selamat tahun baru kawan-kawanku, cekalkan hatimu untuk menghadapi tahun yang baru. Terimakasih kerana terus menyokong perjuangan seni aku. masih banyak yang aku nak capai dalam hidup ini, masih banyak benda perlu aku pelajari. Dan aku akan terus maju dan tidak membuang masa dengan komplen aje tentang apa benda yang aku tak puas hati tapi sebaliknya melakukan sesuatu tentangnya. Kita kena buat sesuatu.
Janga lupa tengok filem arahan kawan aku 'CUCI' januari 24 ini. Satu percubaan yang bagus untuk kali pertama.
Susah betul rasa nak mula blogging tahun ni. Tapi sekarang aku dah mula. Aku akan terus .....

POWER TO THE PEOPLE
AFDLIN

Bismillahhirahmannirahhim.

Insya'allah pada hari sabtu 3 hb november ini akan bermulalah satu lagi perjalanan sebuah filem yang saya rasa mungkin menjadi salah sebuah filem terpenting saya, kerana topiknya amat dekat di hati saya iaitu perhubungan di antara seorang bapa dengan seorang anak. Kisah-kisah tentang kekejaman ke atas anak-anak kita telah mendorong saya untuk melihat semula perhubungan saya dengan keluarga dan membuat saya menilai betapa pentingnya kehidupan berkeluarga dalam hidup saya.

Papadom adalah kisah mengenai seorang bapa 'workoholic' yang bekerja keras untuk memberi kesenangan dunia kepada keluarganya tetapi satu hari kehilangan isterinya. Sebelum isterinya meninggal dunia beliau membuat suaminya berjanji agar beliau akan menjaga anak mereka sepertimana dia menjaga kerjanya. Dari situ bapa itu berubah dan menumpukan sepenuh masanya terhadap menjaga anaknya. Beliau menjadi seorang bapa yang terover misalinya.

Satu berita yang amat menarik dan menakjubkan juga adalah filem thai saya BRAVE ataupun BERANI telah pun mendapat penjual dari Amerika dan sekarang ini sedang di tayang di American Filem Market di Los Angeles untuk pengedar-pengedar disana. Untuk Mklumat lanjut mengenai BRAVE sila layari.

http://bravethemovie.com

Check it out! Menarik Tertarik Website ni memang the bomb. Trailernya pun dapat anda lihat.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Afdlin Shauki

P.RAMLEE THE MUSICAL. Another proud moment for Malaysians.

It's not a malaysian going to space (i still however feel very strongly that it should have been me in that Soyuz) but this is to me an equally as important landmark in the history of malaysian arts. P.RAMLEE THE MUSICAL WAS SOLD OUT FOR THE WHOLE RUN ON THE NIGHT IT OPENED.
Berduyun-duyun people came for the opening night

Needless to say being a musical slut myself, I've seen it twice and all i can say is that, the more i see it, the more i love it and my love affair with our very own legend P.RAMLEE is rekindled again. A man who was leaps and bounds ahead of his time. He knew what he wanted to see in a Malay Movie and he gave his movies all a special something (regardless wether it was one of his better work or his worst). This musical is a celebration of the legend and also a brief insight into his life's journey. The directors did an outstanding job briinging to life the story. Many clever cinematic like techniques were employed for the massive istana budaya stage. I am in awe and forever will be a fan of the outstanding mind belonging to Adlin Aman Ramli and Zahim Al Bakri. Kudos also to the Production designer , Raja Malek for his wonderful set designs and clever staging of them. These are the same people who helped conceptualise PGL the musical. I predict they will all get their respective datukships within the next five years if they keep this up.

As Adlin said while we were talking about the play the other day, it was a daunting task for him to intertwine a script about P. Ramlee's life and his journey through it with his 4 loves within a 3 hour time frame. In my view he did a fine job an no one scene was more memorable than those with his final muse SALOMA played by the wonderful Liza Hanim. Oh my god Liza Hanim is so gila babi good ok! There are moments she even looks like saloma from afar.The directors have done a fine job with her. I look forward for Liza's star in acting to shine even brighter with performances like those.









Power to P.Ramlee the musical.

Afdlin Shauki

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir Batin

Pertama sekali ingin saya memohon ampun dan maaf kepada kesemua pembaca blog saya jika ada terkasar bahasa dan tutur kata. Selamat Hari raya and maaf zahir batin jika ada perbuatan diri ku mengacau mindamu, membengkakkan hatimu dan menghiris emosimu. Sememangnya aku hanya manusia biasa yang banyak kelemahan dan yang senantiasa sedang mempelajari ilmu hidup. Have a great raya guys. .

Kini ku persembahkan agar sentiasa kekal abadi di mindaku, berberapa babak dari rumah terbuka saya yang ala kadar semalam.

Ako, Yazlan, Hans and Gua
Producer PAPADOM dan BAIK PUNYA CILOK , Gayathri along with bulat and heil at the smokers corner aka creative nak termuntah corner.
David Teoh tengah meracun minda DOP gua Heil.
Nell making her grand entrance.... in other words, she came late la.
Joanna , Priscilla and June. Bunch of Posers
My sister and her inconsoleable child.
My sister and sister in-law posing maut.
Cikgu diving gua. Capten Nizar and chewren!
Nurul and NOT HER boyfriend ... rrrr.
Joanna , Sharmaine and Zona. Women and their bags.
The Legendary director Mr. Othman Hafsham telan mamam.
Suasana meriah dimajlis ala kadar ku.
Kavin (pusher action figures gua) punya wife...HOT!
C Locco and Mr. Tech yang rap on SUMOlah tu
My Bonda and Joanna Bessey
Saw Teong Hin , Kai and Hans
pia contemplating the lemang.
my bro and budding entrepreneur.

Semoga semua selamat dan berbahagia di hari raya ni. love you all.

Peace on earth! Power to the people.

Afdlin Shauki