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Directed by | B. S. Rajhans |
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Music by |
Zubir Said Alfonso Soliano |
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Distributed by | Shaw Brothers |
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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.
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.
(in Malay)