A prime minister wrote this script — and it's about a woman cursed for a crime she didn't commit.
Mahsuri is a Malay film produced in Singapore in 1959.It was produced in Black and white. Ti was based on a local Malay folklore.. The script was written by the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra and was bought by Cathy Keris at RM10,000.
Acting
Kasma Booty's heartbreaking final monologue before execution.
Writing
Tunku's script politicizes folklore into anti-colonial allegory.
Production
Shot in Singapore, financed by Cathay Keris at peak studio era.
Director
B. N. Rao
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mahsuri's curse supposedly kept Langkawi undeveloped until 1987 — the film helped revive tourism to the 'cursed' island.
Tunku Abdul Rahman wrote this while serving as Chief Minister — he sold the script to fund his political career, making this possibly the only feature film penned by a future prime minister.
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