FILMOGRAPHY

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P. Ramlee acted in 66 feature films and directed 33 between 1948 and 1973 — from the golden age of Malay Film Productions in Singapore to his later work at Merdeka Film Productions in Kuala Lumpur.

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Satu untuk kau, satu untuk aku... Nujum Pak Belalang · 1959

Bandingkanlah darahmu dgn darahku Antara Dua Darjat · 1960

Tumpuk-tumpuk..taik unta Pendekar Bujang Lapok · 1959

Nak bengkok dinding ke... Masam-Masam Manis · 1965

Aku punye bahasa tinggi de... Ali Baba Bujang Lapok · 1961

angkat kain hujan... Pendekar Bujang Lapok · 1959

Huruf mambang tanah... Pendekar Bujang Lapok · 1959

Anakku Sazali scene Anakku Sazali · 1956

Bukankah lebih baik kau menjadi haiwan Ibu Mertua-ku · 1962

Heeeyyy Hang Jebat Seniman Bujang Lapok · 1961

Tuah-Jebat Hang Tuah · 1956

Walaupun rupamu tidak kukenal... Seniman Bujang Lapok · 1961

Soalan 3 — Kahwin Nujum Pak Belalang · 1959

Sarkis... Pendekar Bujang Lapok · 1959

Hai mambang tanah... Pendekar Bujang Lapok · 1959

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Directed Films

33 films · 1955–1972

Penarek Becha

1955

Debut directorial work

Anakku Sazali

1956

★ Best Male Actor — AFF Tokyo 1957

Bujang Lapok

1957

Classic comedy trilogy

Pendekar Bujang Lapok

1959

★ Best Comedy — AFF KL 1959

Nujum Pak Belalang

1959

★ Best Comedy — AFF Tokyo 1960

Antara Dua Darjat

1960

Drama · dir. P. Ramlee

Seniman Bujang Lapok

1961

Bujang Lapok trilogy

Ali Baba Bujang Lapok

1961

Comedy · Bujang Lapok series

Ibu Mertua-ku

1962

★ Most Versatile Talent — AFF Tokyo 1963

Tiga Abdul

1964

Final MFP Singapore film

Madu Tiga

1964

★ Best Comedy — AFF Taipei 1964

Do Re Mi

1966

Comedy · dir. P. Ramlee

Laksamana Do Re Mi

1972

Final film as actor and director

As Actor

In addition to the 33 films he directed, P. Ramlee appeared as an actor in a further 33 films directed by others — including B.S. Rajhans, Phani Majumdar, S. Ramanathan, and B.N. Rao at Malay Film Productions. His debut was in Chinta (1948), directed by B.S. Rajhans, who discovered him at a singing competition in Penang.

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International Recognition

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International festival recognition, 1956–1964

Asian Film Festival awards and the Berlinale screening

HONG KONG19563rd AFFBest Musical ScoreHang Tuah

BERLIN19577th BerlinaleOfficial ScreeningHang Tuah† 1st Malay film

TOKYO19574th AFFBest Male ActorAnakku Sazali

KL19596th AFFBest ComedyPendekar Bujang Lapok

TOKYO19607th AFFBest ComedyNujum Pak Belalang

TOKYO196310th AFFMost Versatile TalentIbu Mertua-ku† prize for him

TAIPEI196411th AFFBest ComedyMadu Tiga

195519571959196119631965

Six AFF awards plus the Berlinale — across nine years, four cities, six films. The 1963 Most Versatile Talent prize was created specifically for him.

Fig. 5 — International festival recognition, 1956–1964.

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