Chinta

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 black-and-white romantic drama. 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 after the Malayan Emergency declaration and marked P. Ramlee's screen debut. P. Ramlee also sang five songs for lead actor S. Roomai Noor.^[3] It is the oldest surviving Malayan film.

Cast

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

Related pages

P. Ramlee filmography

References

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

Other websites

Chinta on IMDb
Chinta / Love (1948) at the Singapore Film Locations Archive
Cinta / 1948 - Filem Malaysia

[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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