Chinta
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| Directed by | B. S. Rajhans |
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| Music by | Zubir Said Alfonso Soliano |
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| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers |
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| Language | Malay |
Chinta (Malay: Love)[1] is a 1948 Singaporean Malay black-and-white romantic drama. Directed by B. S. Rajhans and produced by Malay Film Productions, it was released on 31 October 1948.[2]
Chinta was the first Malayan film after the Malayan Emergency declaration and marked P. Ramlee's screen debut. P. Ramlee also sang five songs for lead actor S. Roomai Noor.[3] It is the oldest surviving Malayan film.
Cast
[change | change source]- Siput Sarawak as Chinta
- S. Roomai Noor as King Kanchi and Sanchi
- Ja'afar Wiryo as Camban
- Harris as Vidush
- P. Ramlee as Putar
- Suhara Effendi as Ruchi
- Norsiah
- Lelawati
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Millett, Raphael (2006). Singapore Cinema. Editions Didier Millet. ISBN 981-4155-42-X.
- ↑ Amir Muhammad (2008). "Love in the time of Emergency". Tell Magazine (January).
- ↑ Poshek Fu, ed. (2019). China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema. University of Illinois Press. p. 158. ISBN 9780252075001.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Chinta on IMDb
- Chinta / Love (1948) at the Singapore Film Locations Archive
- Cinta / 1948 - Filem Malaysia