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 Siput Sarawak (left) and S. Roomai Noor (right) inChinta | |
| 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 1948SingaporeanMalay-languageblack-and-whiteromantic drama film directed byB. S. Rajhans and produced by Malay Film Productions. It was released on 31 October 1948.[2]
Chinta was the firstMalayan film released after the declaration of theMalayan Emergency, and also marks the first screen appearance ofP. Ramlee.[2] Ramlee also performed as aplayback singer in the film, providing vocals in five songs for the lead actor S. Roomai Noor.[3] It is the oldest surviving film ofMalayan 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)
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