Chinta

Chinta
Directed by	B.S. Rajhans
Produced by	Malay Film Productions
Release dates	1948
Country	Malaysia
Language	Malay

Chinta is a 1948 film directed by B.S. Rajhans and produced by Malay Film Productions. It was released on 31 October 1948.^[1] The term chinta literally means 'love' in the Malay language.^[2]'

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

Trivia

Chinta was the first Malayan film released after the declaration of the Malayan Emergency, and also marks the first screen appearance of P. Ramlee.^[1] It is the oldest surviving film of Malayan cinema.

References

1 2 Muhammad, Amir (2008). "Love in the time of Emergency". Tell Magazine (January).
↑ Millett, Raphael (2006). Singapore Cinema. Editions Didier Millet. ISBN 981-4155-42-X.

External links

Chinta at the Internet Movie Database

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