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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Ayat-ayat cinta




I've been outdated lately. no time for movies or no money?haha
i guess it would be no appropriate time. my movie lists has grew longer.
Kungfu Panda, What Happen in Vegas, Get Smart, Incredible Hulk.. that was part of it.
But managed to find time for movies last weekend with Muja by watching Ayat-ayat Cinta was really worth it. I knew about this eversince there's a wide coverage by the media on the Dutch short film insulted Islam (refer to my older posts about this- about Fitna the Movie)

This movie was made by Indonesian. It tells the beauty of Islam and how pure it is. It tells that everyone is equal in this earth. Beside the soundtrack and the ost by Rossa was marvelous.

Oh and i really admired all the castings. They are just a great actor and actors. Most of the ladies are mix parentage.Like Carissa puteri she's a German-Indonesian. I still recalled when she's in the Hikmah 3 at the astro aruna. While Fedy Nuril(Fahri) and Surya Saputra(iqbal) was together in one of the sinetron at tv1 with Luna maya (my bad as i can't recall the title). The beauty of Rianti Cartwright who's also played a role as Aisya was a good choice. Thumbs up for the Director, Saaman Aristo and of course the mastermind of this story was Habiburrahman El Shirazy for having a novel on this.

There are a lot of moments where this story trying to connect our mind and soul to the One, Allah. It made us ponder and re-think on how us as a human being in His earth. The irony part was when Fahri was facing a huge problems where he was accused of raping Nurul and caused her pregnant. Us, the audiences knew the truth and was waiting patiently on how he's to overcome that. The touches part to me when his buddy in the prisoner tried to tell a story on Nabi Yusof a.s and Zulaikha. It was exactly like what Fahri was facing now. Nabi Yusuf a.s was accused raping Zulaikha and therefore be prisoned and sentenced to death for guilty. But He knew what was it all about. and Nabi Yusuf was praying that he rather be in the jail with Him than being outside with all the hypocrites and liars. The truth is Zulaikha had a crush on Nabi Yusuf and after find out that she can't have his love, she created a story and wished that he is hers.There's also a story which Maria (Carissa) was a Copthic Christian falls into Islam when she sees the beauty of Islam inside Fahri (Fedy)

Well, if i were to tell the entire synopsis on this wouldn't be that thrilled for others who have not seen it. I mean, if we can spent RM12 for a box office movie like Indiana Jones etc, just spend the same amount on a story like this. I'm not a bias, so be fair.

I managed to tracked down the ost for this. and down here is something that i found while surfing


KISAH DI BALIK LAYAR AAC I
Sutradara : Hanung Bramantiyo
Tayang Perdana : 19 Desember 2007

Aku mulai sadar bahwa tidak mudah membuat film agama. Itulah kenapa ibuku dulu berpesan kalau kamu sudah bisa membuat film, buatlah film tentang agamamu: Islam. Awalnya aku cuma tersenyum mendengar kata-kata ibuku. Senyum yang menyangsikan. Sebab pada waktu itu buatku film agama tidak lebih dari sekedar petuah-petuah yang membosankan. Lelaki berpeci dengan baju koko, bertasbih, kadang berewokan, mulutnya nerocos soal ayat dengan cara menghadap kamera. Membuat dirinya tampak suci dengan mengumbar ayat-ayat Quran. Ah, tidak terbayang olehku sebuah film agama. Aku terjun membuat film Cinta: Brownies, Catatan Akhir Sekolah, Jomblo, dsb ... dsb ... Tapi aku tetap yakin bahwa suatu saat akan datang masa aku membuat film tentang agama. Alhamdulillah, benar. MD Entertainment menawari membuat Film Ayat-Ayat Cinta (AAC). 'Kenapa anda membuat film ini?' Tanyaku 'Sederhana. Pertama, Ini film dari Novel best seller. Kedua, penduduk indonesia 80 persen muslim. Kenapa saya tidak membuat film tentang mereka? Kalau saya minta 1 persen dari 80 persen masak tidak bisa.' 1% dari 80% penduduk muslim Indonesia berarti sekitar 2 juta penonton. dikalikan 10 ribu per tiket. Berarti pendapatan kotor 20 milyar. Kalau bujet produksinya 10 milyar, keuntungan yang didapat 10 milyar. Lalu aku mulai memasuki tahap persiapan dan riset. Wallohu ... Aku melihat islam dari dekat sekali. Sangat dekat. Di Kairo, aku menatap Menara Azhar, aku menyentuh dinding dan lantai Azhar university, aku mencium bau apek baju-baju dan karpet mahasiswa Alzhar tetapi memiliki roman muka bersih dan santun. Aku melihat keikhlasan mereka saat bersujud diatas sajadah buluk. Bibir mereka pecah-pecah oleh panas sekaligus dingin hawa Kairo, tetapi dibalik bibir pecah itu terlantun dzikir panjang menyebut: Alloh ... Alloh ... Lalu aku melihat seorang syaih duduk bersila dihadapan murid-muridnya. 'Tallaqi' mereka menyebutnya. Aku mendengar seorang melantunkan ayat-ayat Al quran di sudut masjid. Dan juga di pinggiran jalan. Seolah quran bagaikan bacaan novel. Allohu Akbar ... Allohu Akbar. Inikah caramu membuatku dekat dengan agamaku, Ibu?

Darahku menggelora membuat mataku terbelalak. Islam sangat indah. Islam sangat eksotis. Tapi orang-orang islam seperti tidak mengerti semua itu. Orang-orang Islam di Jakarta lebih memilih jalan-jalan ke eropa daripada ke Kairo. 'Saya akan membuat film ini eksotis, pak' begitu kata saya ke producer. Dan mulailah persiapan dimulai. Semangatku menggelora. Aku baca buku-buku tentang Fiqih dan sunnah. Aku libatkan mahasiswa Al Azhar untuk mendampingiku. Aku sangat hati-hati sekali melakukan ini agar apa yang tertulis dalam novel dengan indah pula tersampaikan lewat gambar. Sebuah film yang lembut, yang indah, yang suci tergambar di depan mataku dan aku yakin sekali bisa mewujudkannya.

Namun semua impianku itu tidak begitu saja mudah diwujudkan. Pertama kali berita tentang pembuatan film AAC tersebar, halangan pertama datang justru dari pembaca. Diantara banyak yang berharap, mereka juga menyangsikan, sinis, dan mencemooh. Bahkan ada yang bilang : 'Wah, sayang sekali novel sebagus ini akan difilmkan. Jadi ill Feel, deh'. ada juga yang bilang 'Tidak pernah aku lihat Novel yang di filmkan hasilnya bagus, sekalipun Harry Potter. Apalagi ini.' Kami tahu bahwa film ini harus dibuat dengan hati-hati sekali. Kami juga tidak begitu saja memilih pemain hanya semata-mata ganteng dan 'menjual'. Karena itu kami menggandeng ketua PP Muhammadiyah Din Syamsudin sebagai penasehat kami. Sebelum aku melakukan casting, aku berdiskusi dulu dengan kang Abik. Kang abik sangat concern dengan sosok Fahri. Dia harus turut serta memilih tokoh Fahri. Semula kami membuka casting di pesantren-pesantren. Tetapi hasilnya Nol. Bukan berarti para santri tidak ada yang ganteng dan pintar seperti fahri. Tetapi banyak diantara mereka sudah menganggap 'Film' adalah produk sekuler. Oleh sebab itu banyak diantara mereka tidak mau ikut casting. Saya pernah membaca satu hadist, jangankan membuat film, menggambar manusia saja hukumnya Haram. Nanti di Neraka hasil gambar yang kita buat harus kita hidupkan. Kalau tidak bisa, Malaikat Jibril akan mencambuk kita dengan cambuk api.

Kami melakukan casting lebih dari 5 bulan. Semua yang ikut casting adalah pemain-pemain terkenal. Tapi diantara mereka banyak terjebak pada tuntutan atas 'Kesucian Fahri'. Lalu ditengah keputusasaan kami datang seorang lelaki. Ganteng, tetapi tidak sombong (tidak merasa dirinya ganteng). Sering kita lihat di Mal-Mal, banyak lelaki pesolek, sadar sekali bahwa dirinya ganteng. Tetapi lelaki ini tidak . Dia sangat santun. Bahasanya pun santun. Ketika berucap Alloh, dia agak-agak canggung. Bahkan tidak fasih seperti ustadz. Pada saat dia sholat aku melihat gerakannya jauh dari sempurna. Tetapi lelaki itu punya mata yang didalamnya mengandung semangat belajar. Dia adalah Fedi Nuril. Aku berdiskusi dengan kang Abik. Terjadi tarik ulur dan perdebatan panjang. Akhirnya kita sepakat memutuskan dia yang main sebagai Fahri. Alasanku adalah, Fahri bukan lelaki sempurna. Tapi yang membuat Fahri tampak sempurna karena dia sadar bahwa dirinya tidak sempurna. Keputusan Fedi Nuril sebagai Fahripun mengundang banyak kesangsian di kalangan pembaca fanatik AAC, terutama di Malaysia. Karena film Fedi Nuril sebelumnya menampilkan Fedi ciuman dengan perempuan bukan muhrim. Fedi pun mengakui itu. Yang membuat aku terharu, Fedi menganggap film AAC sebagai media dia buat dekat dengan Islam. Belajar kembali tentang Islam. Karena film ini, Fedi jadi rajin membuka-buka lagi buku tentang Islam. Bahkan Fedi menyadari segala tingkah lakunya yang tidak Islami selama ini setelah memerankan Fahri. Sungguh, baru kali ini aku rasakan dampak film yang begitu besar mempengaruhi keimanan seseorang. Terima kasih kang abik. terima kasih Ibu.

Pada saat kami mencari sosok Aisha dan Maria, semula kami bersepakat untuk mencari pemain Mesir. Tetapi setelah kami melakukan riset disana, sangat mengagetkan. Perempuan-perempuan Mesir lebih tua dari umurnya. Aku mengcasting seorang perempuan mesir bernama Roughda untuk berperan sebagai Aisha. Tidak hanya cantik, tetapi mainnya luar biasa. Tetapi setelah di sejajarkan dengan Fahri, terlihat Roughda lebih pas sebagai kakaknya daripada isteri Fahri. Padahal umurnya lebih muda 3 tahun dari Fedi Nuril. Lalu kami mencari pemain dengan umur 8 tahun lebih muda dari Fedi. Pada saat kami sejajarkan, sangat pas. Tetapi disaat dia berdialog tentang perkawinan, tidak bisa dipungkiri 'kedewasaannya' tidak tampak. Alias belum matang. Kami bingung dan akhirnya kami sepakat untuk mencari pemain indonesia saja.

Tidak gampang mencari pemain indonesia yang cantik sekaligus solihah. Pak Din Syamsudin berpesan kalau bisa pemain Aisha kesehariannya ber jilbab. Lihatlah siapa artis kita yang bertampang Bule yang seperti itu. Hanya Zaskia Meca saja yang berjilbab dan cantik. Selebihnya tidak ada. Sementara itu Zascia tidak bertampang bule. Dia sangat sunda. Pernah kita meng casting Nadine Candrawinata. Dia sangat cantik dan bermain bagus. Dangat cocok pula berdampingan dengan Fedi Nuril. Tapi Nadine bukan Muslim. Padahal Nadine sudah mau bermain sebagai perempuan Muslim. Aku pernah berdiskusi panjang dengan kang abik soal itu.

Aku bilang padanya ...
'Suatu hal yang unik, ketika tokoh Maria yang kristen dimainkan oleh seorang muslim, sementara tokoh Aisha yang Islam dimainkan seorang kristen. Ini akan memperlihatkan sikap toleransi dan demokratisasi dalam Islam seperti di India.' Tetapi kang abik dan pak Din Syamsudin menyarankan untuk jangan bertaruh terlalu besar di film ini. Masyarakat Islam di Indonesia berbeda dengan India. Di India, masyarakat moslem dan Non Moslem sudah terdidik tingkat kedewasaan dalam toleransi, sementara di Indonesia belum. Akhirnya dipilihlah Ryanti sebagai Aisha dan Carrisa Putri sebagai Maria.

Ketiga pemain itu dikursuskan bahasa arab secara privat untuk mendalami kehidupan Muslim di kairo. Mereka sangat antusias. Namun antusiasme itu harus berhadapan dengan kenyataan bahwa mereka juga punya kesibukan lainnya. Ryanti sebagai VJ di MTV dan Carrisa bermain sinetron. Ryanti yang bagiku sangat keteter ketika berperan sebagai Aisha. Asiha adalah sosok yang memiliki beban berat. Sementara Ryanti sebagai VJ MTV harus selalu tampak riang dan ringan. Sering sekali benturan itu membuat proses pendalaman karakter tidak sempurna. Aku frustasi sendiri. Tetapi aku ingat, bahwa di Film ini kesabaranku benar-benar di uji. Impianku mewujudkan keindahan dan kedalaman Islam terbentur oleh kenyataan sebaliknya: Ringan, Riang, Hedonistik dan Pop. Apalagi ketika producer tiba-tiba berubah pikiran melihat kenyataan penonton Film Indonesia banyak di dominasi anak-anak muda yang pop, ringan dan tidak menyukai hal-hal bersifat perenungan. Dia lantas ingin mengubah karakterr film AAC menjadi sangat pop seperti Kuch Kuch Hotahai ... Tuhanku! Tuhanku! selamatkan film ini ... Tidak jarang aku berperang mulut dengan producerku ketika meminta adegan Talaqi dibuang. Karena boring dan membuat penonton mengantuk. Lalu beberapa adegan yang bersifat perenungan, seperti pada saat Fahri dipenjara dan menemukan hakikat kesabaran dan keikhlasan dari seorang penghuni penjara yang absurd (dalam novel digambarkan sebagai seorang professor agama bernama Abdul Rauf), Tetapi di Film saya adaptasi sebagai sosok imajinatif, bergaya liar, bermuka buruk tetapi memiliki hati bersih dan suara yang sangat tajam melafatskan kebenaran. Semua adegan itu diminta untuk dibuang atau dikurangi dan lebih mementingkan adegan romans seperti AADC ataupun Kuch Kuch Hotahai ... Sabar ... Sabar ... Ikhlas ... ikhlas!!!

begitulah yang aku dapatkan di film ini. Film ini tidak hanya mampu merobah pandanganku tentang Film. Film ini mampu dan sudah merobah pandangan hidupku: tentang agama, kesetiaan, kerjakeras, komitmen, dan ... cinta. Berkali-kali aku berucap syukur yang besar kepada Tuhanku yang sudah memberikan aku jalan menuju kedewasaan. Berkali-kali aku berucap terima kasih kepada Kang Abik yang sudah secara tak langsung mempercayaiku menyutradarai film ini, dimana telah membuatku kembali merasa dekat dengan Islam yang indah, bersahaja dan penuh dengan toleransi. Dan terakhir, berkali-kali aku berucap syukur kepada Ibuku yang telah berpesan untuk membuat film tentang agama. Sekarang aku mengerti, kenapa Kau berpesan begitu Ibu. Tidak lain hanyalah untuk membuatku selalu dekat dengan Islam ... La haula wa kuwwata illa billahi ...

Oleh : Hanung Bramantiyo

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Balik Kampung!!!!!!

I had a tiring yet fun weekend at Singapore!!

It was a planned vacation with my darling. We traveled to Spore with coach at 1030pm and reached Spore at 3.30am!

our 1st day went with a loongg walked.we started from orchard road all the way and till we're at Peninsula mall as Dear would like to survey-ing for his shoes. But i'm a bit surprised that it was full with all the 'foreigners' ..i mean bangla/myanmar etc. and the smells..*oh dun mentioned that* after puas pusing2, Dear decided not to buy anything as it still expensive till we were at this one shop who sold souvenirs. we bought few for our friends and family. While waiting for my dearie cousin to pick us up to Esplanade, Dear bought the Bubbletea again, for the 2nd time *i can see that he's into it- but not like how he's really into that S$1 ice cream*

Then we went to Esplanade to see the Merlion and the Eye of Singapore (by that far). after a loong walk for the day, we ended by having our dinner (this is our 1st heavy meals beside the lunch). and we do definitely need enuff rest to restore our energy for tomorrow..

2nd day went a bit bored. we just spent our time at Yishun bazaar while then off to Orchard again to meet up Janice at 6pm. We visit the other part of Orchard where Wisma Atria, Lucky Plaza were there. But we don't realized that it was Sunday so the streets were fulled with Filipino's (sunday is their off day) to catch up with their friends & bf's..but it became so annoying to me as there are tooo many of them.*merimaskan*

Met up Janice was a relief and we're heading to Spaghedies at Paragon where we had our dinner. Long conversation between me and Janice was what i am looking forward as it's been 12 yrs ever since high school. Janice is my schoolmates back in primary & secondary school at Stmary. We are athletes for the school and were in the same sports house at the secondary. She's ver neat, meticulous in everything and she do have a nice posture and teeth (since her dad is dentist..lol). She's now attached with SIA and currently staying at Pasir Ris. It's good to be in touch with her and things remain the way it is. And she do introduced the sinful desert at Coffee Club, the Muddy mud pie. it's yummy, rich with chocs and oreo at the bottom.

It's our last day at singapore. we are off to Larkin bus station to catch our coach to KL at 3pm. It was fun yet tiring holiday. but it's all worth while (just the currency caused a whole in our pocket-haha). Thank you to my dearie cousin for the hospitality and foods. will visit u guys again, next year. Here's a few of pics taken back at singapore


Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Annual Dinner 2008





sorry for this late entry. was bz for the past 2 days for my AGM & dinner

We had dinner at Sheraton Subang ballroom. the place quite nice. I was in charged of the registration counter for hoteliers/non-hoteliers. it was ok at the beginning but turned into chaos when guests started to arrived and in bunch. i do met few of my ex-colleagues when i was attached with hotels before. good to know that some of them are with a better organization and on a high ranking post. not to forget quite few handsome Caucasians which most of them reached late 40's (most of them are GM's of the hotels)

The excitement part was when we sat and enjoying our dinner. It was Chinese theme so we had a chance to have 7 dishes plus the desert of course. then it's time for taking pictures. we snap here and there and we less care about the surroundings..haha. but thats the best part tho. to catch up with all of our old and new frens. put them as part of our sweet moments together.

nest day, woke as early as 630am to get ready for the AGM. again, i'm in charged of the registrations for Selangor states . it went smoothly eventho it's my 1st time handling all these proxies and ballots. then, after new board member been selected, we off for luncheon and group pic with all the secretariats.

do enjoy few of the pics taken and the rest u can have a look at my facebook..off now~

Friday, June 06, 2008

what's interesting for the weekend?

today is Friday, and tomorrow is hari tido sedunia..hehe
so what's my plan/upcoming event/hot topic been talking by others :-

  1. shima wed's at Danau Kota on Saturday nite to be attended. will be there wt Julie
  2. Tomorrow nuthing much, amir is off for pm shift. maybe i should check out the bridal boutique's at BBA wt ayu
  3. been invited for As befday cum gathering party at Intai2 Saturday nite. TBC to nina
  4. since the price of fuel has increased, i think most of the M'sians are not that satisfied with the government. Eventho i am using public transport now, but terasa gak tempiasnya as amir is using his MyVi. We need that to go everywhere. Thus, i need to re-look on our activity now on. should put a limit for that.poor my darling :(
  5. Starting tonite, the Euro 2008 started with Portugal vs Germany (if i'm not wrong). guess all the kedai mamaks will be packed. Demam bola sudah bermula
  6. Next week, i'll be quite bz with annual dinner @ Sheraton Subang.A day break on Wedn, then continue with the Diploma farewell at Sucasa, BBQ by the pool and finally on Fri, after working i'll be off to S'pore with darling to visit my dearie cousin and to check out the mad sale (that i heard).
Not that packed schedule but it do fill my free time...signing off

Sesi melepaskan geram

hahaha..battle of the sexes ke?actually aku ade work performance appraisal with bos (tetibe je my boss period nak buat mid year appraisal ni). i think it's all because he's a bit stressed till he thought that all of his staffs lack of performance and need to be review from time to time

Ape lagi, aku pun mengambil kesempatan ini untuk meluahkan segala yg terbuku dihati.
moreover, he's my fren cum boss, so whether personal issues or works still need to be debate.
i have made a list to be highlighted to him and whether he like it or not, he have to accept that.
It's notthat i want to be rude or tak respect but if u do know me, i'm the kind of person yang outspoken.
if there's something that i need to know, i will ask. if there's something that aku tak puas hati, i will spill and make sure to get the answer.if u do accused me of something that i don't do it, be prepared for the war..haha. time tulah aku jadi selfish and i dun care other ppl's feeling..i am mean rite?nyeh2

Finally, all been settled and discussed. things get clearer now. aku pun tanakla keje kat office yang environmentnye mcm tong sampah..ppl's behaviour tu is a common. we have to take it or leave it.

Now I'm looking forward for MAH Annual dinner at Sheraton Subang next week. Will update u guys with pictures and details.

have a good weekend ppl..daa~

Monday, June 02, 2008

Double celebrations






A week for those whose getting married. Yes, i'm talking about kenduri kahwin over the weekend while the school on mid term breaks.
Zamie was one of them. held at Keramat with blue as a theme, with a lil bit of rains, it still went smoothly.

The fun continued when it was also my 1st anniversary with darling. we had planned for this and assure that we had hell of fun that night. We went to Bijan restaurant at Jln Ceylon to have a dinner instead at Palete Pallate as it was packed. Bijan's food was marvelous especially the ikan percik (butterfish marinated with the coconut gravy) It just tasted different..and we like it.
We laughed, we had fun and we do say good words (obviously-haha) the ambiance was quite cosy. there's no doubt when Bijan was awarded the Best Resturant with malay food on 2004 and till now they have managed to be sustained and quite well known to all the foreigners who'd like to taste our local food in a unique ways.

It's time for the speeches. I had spilled mine and till his part. Managed to recorded it but let just be mine ok..and i'm glad that he like my gift too. it was such a romantic moments when he's reading my made by-myself- card while holding my hands..oww so sweet :)

Surprisingly, there's still more surprised form darling. he had sketched our pic together and put it in a frame (it's just one of his good skills at..designing stuffs) and finally, we're heading home

I'm a lil but tired tho but it's all worth for. the time we spent together, taking pictures together, celebrating our anniversary together..it meant something to us.

Faith makes all things possible.
Hope makes all things work.
Love makes all things beautiful.
I Love You my love

just pray that we're still together till the Big day has arrives ..amin~

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