Chinta (film)

Chinta
Chinta
Directed by	B. S. Rajhans
Starring	Siput Sarawak; S. Roomai Noor;
Music by	Zubir Said; Alfonso Soliano
Production; company	Malay Film Productions
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers
Release date	31 October 1948;
Countries	Singapore; Malaya;
Language	Malay

Chinta (Malay: Love)^[1] is a 1948 Singaporean Malay-language black-and-white romantic drama film 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 released after the declaration of the Malayan Emergency, and also marks the first screen appearance of P. Ramlee.^[2] Ramlee also performed as a playback singer in the film, providing vocals in five songs for the lead actor S. Roomai Noor.^[3] It is the oldest surviving film of Malayan cinema.

Plot[edit]

A boat is caught in a huge tempest and sinks. Only King Kanchi (S. Roomai Noor) survives. A few fishermen find him on the shore and rescue him. The love story begins when Chinta (Siput Sarawak), a young village girl, takes care of him.

Cast[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ Millett, Raphael (2006). Singapore Cinema. Editions Didier Millet. ISBN 981-4155-42-X.
^ ^a ^b 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.

External links[edit]

Chinta at IMDb
Chinta / Love (1948) at the Singapore Film Locations Archive

(in Malay)

Cinta / 1948 - Filem Malaysia

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[1] Millett, Raphael (2006). Singapore Cinema. Editions Didier Millet. ISBN 981-4155-42-X.

[Amir-2] Amir Muhammad (2008). "Love in the time of Emergency". Tell Magazine (January).

[3] Poshek Fu, ed. (2019). China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema. University of Illinois Press. p. 158. ISBN 9780252075001.

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