Labu dan Labi

Labu dan Labi (1962)

Haji Bakhil, a miser, have two servants, Labu - the cook, and Labi - the driver. The two of them have secret admiration for Haji Bakhil's beautiful daughter, Manisah. After a hard day's work, Labu and Labi started talking about their girlfriend not knowing that they both admire the same women. During bedtime, they lamented to each other about their life being poor and wondered what would happen if they were rich and famous. Labu pretended that he was a doctor and Labi a magistrate judge

Date of release
1962-04-01
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
P. Ramlee

Casting

Interesting facts

Labu dan Labi is a 1962 Singaporean Malay-language black-and-white buddy comedy film directed by and starring P. Ramlee. The movie was filmed in Singapore and it revolves around the antics of Labu and Labi, two servants with wild imaginations who work in the house of a wealthy but miserly man, Haji Bakhil bin Haji Kedekut. The movie is filmed in the style of a stage pantomime, with over-the-top comedy and featuring the characters occasionally breaking the fourth wall. The film's sequel is Nasib Si Labu Labi.

Trivia

During the dinner scene, Labu pretends that his eyes had been poked with the forks and he'd been blinded. During his over-the-top moaning, he says "Sampai hati tuan cucuk mata saya, macam Kassim Selamat." ("How cruel of you(so mean of you), sir, to poke in me in the eyes, just like Kassim Selamat.") This is a reference to the character of Kassim Selamat in Ibu Mertua-ku who poked his own eyes with forks to blind himself.

P. Ramlee also plays himself in the daydream night-club sequence.

The character name Haji Bakhil bin Lebai Kedekut is a pun (play on words), as "bakhil" and "kedekut" both mean stingy/miserly in Melayu. Some people use 'haji bakhil' to refer to miserly person.

It was hinted that the movie was released after 1962 Merger Referendum.

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