FILM REVIEW - 2

3 Abdul is a 1964 Malaysian comedy film directed by P. Ramlee. P. Ramlee is a director and scriptwriter of this film. He is also a main character as well. The film was released on 1964.

Synopsis

3 Abdul is based on a traditional Malay fable where two elder brothers, named Abdul Wahab and Abdul Wahib, conspire to cheat their youngest brother, Abdul Wahub out of his share of the inheritance left to them by their newly deceased father. Abdul Wahab and Abdul Wahib are soon tricked into marrying the daughters of greedy businessman Sadiq Segaraga, who cheats them out of their wealth and sells them into slavery. It's then up to Abdul Wahub to recover his family's fortune, rescue his brothers and teach everyone a lesson in honesty, filial piety and family loyalty. 

The way of P. Ramlee present the film

P. Ramlee is using different ways to present the story of sitcom to the audience such as narrator, characters, different setting in this film. The beginning of the story, there is a narrator leads the audience to know the story about. Moreover, the narrator also leads the audience to the new scene. In the story, the characters create some interaction with the audience as well. The narrator uses the friendly tone to talk about the story, Abdul Wahib asks for opinion about his sculpture. Other than that, all the characters speak very clearly with exaggerate body action and expression as well. It brings out the feature of the sitcom.

What is the setting of the film?

The settings of the film have their superior home, stable, shop, and the market of slaves. For example, they allocate his father’s properties. Ghasidah asks Abdul Wahub sleep in the stable with the horses. Sadiq Segaraga plan to cheat money from the 3 Abdul brothers. After that, Abdul Wahub’s 2 brothers and Sadiq Segaraga have been redeemed by the Abdul Wahub in the slaves market.

What do you think about P Ramlee?

P Ramlee is a very talented person because he is not only a film actor, he also is a director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer. He has produce a lot of works. Due to his contribution to the entertainment field, he is consider as the Malay entertainment icon in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and Sumatra.

What have you learn through this film?

I learned some moral value from this film that is we do not cheat other people to get the benefit from them. It is because karma will happen in our lives. For example, Sadiq Segaraga is trying to cheat Abdul Wahub properties, but his plan is unsuccessful. Not only this, he and his 2 daughters become a slave to be sold in the slaves market.

In my opinion about the film, I suggest to use different colour for the subtitle. It’s because the film colour is black and white, so the subtitle is not very clear for the audience to read. Other than that, the effect of Abdul Wahub met his father in his dream, the effect applies on his father is too bright. Therefore, without the subtitle, audience won’t know who he is. So, my suggestion is using colour correction to make the colour more darkness a bit.