Mendadak Dangdut

Mendadak Dangdut (2006)

After a temperamental pop singer is caught in possession of drugs, she evades arrest by becoming a fledgling dangdut performer in a rural neighborhood.

Date of release
2006-08-10
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
Director
Rudi Soedjarwo

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Indonesia

Mendadak Dangdut is a 2006 Indonesian musical comedy-drama film directed by Rudy Soedjarwo and written by Monty Tiwa. Starring Titi Kamal, Kinaryosih, and Dwi Sasono, it details the rise and fall of an alternative rock-turned-dangdut singer and her sister-cum-manager.

Production

Mendadak Dangdut was directed by Rudy Soedjarwo. In an interview, Soedjarwo said that he directed the film to contrast city people and villagers, including economic differences; he often inserted messages on morality into his films. The script was written by Monty Tiwa, who initially had difficulty selling it as studios considered it uncommercial. He also wrote the film's soundtrack.

Former fashion model Titi Kamal was cast as Petris. For the role, Kamal took vocal coaching in both pop and dangdut. The low-budget work was filmed over a period of seven days in various parts of Jakarta.

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