Kembara Seniman Jalanan

Kembara Seniman Jalanan (1986)

Bujang newly arrived in the capital have inadvertently collided with Osman Rats (played by Habib preta) in stop Puduraya.Osman is a pickpocket @ thief full-time. The collision resulted in Single wallet also become victims of Osman. It is only realized after the Single burger stalls belonging to Imuda (Brader Joe) to cover the stomach before continuing goal to the recording studio owned by Mr. Johan, a recording company Bumiputera entrepreneurs involved with piracy.

Date of release
1986-02-22
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Music
Director
Nasir Jani

Casting

Interesting facts

Kembara Seniman Jalanan is a 1986 Malaysian musical adventure film directed by Nasir Jani. Starring M. Nasir, who also wrote the screenplay, it tells a story of a kampung boy named Bujang who has come to Kuala Lumpur to fulfilled his dream to become a singer. Unfortunately, he met Johan, a conman who owns a recording studio and tells him that he is not successful enough. The film co-stars Khatijah Ibrahim, Pyan Habib, Majed Salleh, Imuda and Ramli Sarip.

Production

Kembara Seniman Jalanan was a directorial debut of Nasir Jani, based on an original screenplay written by M. Nasir, who also served as the music score composer. Nasir wrote the screenplay in 1982 and was revised for seven months, after which he submitted the script to Nasir Jani and Zarul.

For the film, Nasir highlighted music piracy issues, which he described as "serious problem that the Government and the people should help to eradicate". ZSA Film Productions spent RM200,000 of budget to produce the film though they realise that the amount does not help them much for the film. The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS), a government film regulatory body, was responsible in providing the film equipments.

M. Nasir, a Singaporean singer-singwriter who is based in Malaysia, was cast as Bujang, an aspiring musician. Singer, Khadijah Ibrahim was cast as Ana, an entertainment journalist. Khadijah agree to cast in the film, though she doesn't take up on the offer after coming close to doing so. Kembara Seniman Jalanan was Nasir's and Khadijah's first leading role. Several supporting roles were taken by dR.

Principal photography took place in Kuala Lumpur, especially in Puduraya Stop and at the compound of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), in late April 1985. Cinematography was handled by Zainal Othman and Syed Mohammad, with editing by Meor Hashim, Ruhana Ismail and Nasir Jani himself. Kembara, a band which M. Nasir was one of its founding member, have a special appearances besides other established rock bands like Search, Blues Gang and Sweet Charity.

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