Chinta (film) explained

Director:	B. S. Rajhans
Starring:	Siput Sarawak S. Roomai Noor
Music:	Zubir Said Alfonso Soliano
Production Companies:	Malay Film Productions
Distributor:	Shaw Brothers
Country:	Singapore Malaya
Language:	Malay

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.

Plot

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.

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

External links

• • Chinta / Love (1948) at the Singapore Film Locations Archive

• Cinta / 1948 - Filem Malaysia

Notes and References

1. Book: Millett, Raphael. Singapore Cinema. 2006. Editions Didier Millet. 981-4155-42-X.
2. Amir Muhammad. Amir Muhammad (director). Love in the time of Emergency. January. 2008. Tell Magazine.
3. Book: Poshek Fu. [{{Google Books |uJh2iuFNr4YC|page=158|plain-url=yes}} China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema]. 2019. 9780252075001. 158 . University of Illinois Press.