Magika Explained

Magika
Director:Edry Abdul Halim
Producer:
Starring:
Music:Mohd Mohsin
Cinematography:Azlan Taharuddin
Distributor:KRU Studios
Runtime:94 minutes
Country:Malaysia
Language:Malay
Budget:MYR 2.40 million
Gross:MYR 3.14 million

Magika is a 2010 Malaysian Malay-language musical adventure fantasy film directed by Edry Abdul Halim starring Diana Danielle, Mawi and Fimie Don.[1]

Plot

Ayu and Malik, two siblings are going through their darkest moments of lives when their beloved mother just died. Malik feels so depressed believing that he was the main cause of his mother's death. During one of the evenings after a fight with his sister, Malik left to take a stroll in the forest. On and on he went until he realised he was lost and the next very moment, he appeared in another dimension called Magika.

Not only had he gotten himself lost, he was captured by a Nenek Kebayan and her follower, Awang Kenit. He is now subjected to be used as an experiment by the Nenek Kebayan to produce Essence of Youth made of human child's tears. Upon hearing Malik's cries for help, Ayu rushed to help her brother and she too is sucked in the Magika mystical land.

Ayu had to endure various types of challenges and obstacles to find and save her brother in her journey in the Magika world. And so begins the encounters of both the siblings with famous Malay heroes and myths like Badang, Dragon of Chini Lake, Nenek Kebayan, Puteri Bunian, Pak Pandir, Hang Tuah and the Warriors of Malacca, Mount Ledang Princess, Bawang Putih and a lot more characters, all of whom communicate with each other in song.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Review Movie: Magika . 29 May 2012 . Othman, Nur Safina.