Muallaf

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Muallaf
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Muallaf Singapore poster
Directed by Yasmin Ahmad
Produced byRosnah Kassim
StarringBrian Yap
Sharifah Amani
Yeo Yann Yann
Sharifah Aleysha
Distributed byMHZ Film Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)
The Picturehouse (Singapore)
Release dates
  • 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)(Singapore)
  • 24 December 2009 (2009-12-24)(Malaysia)
CountryMalaysia
LanguagesEnglish
Malay
Cantonese
Budget MYR 1.3 million
Box office MYR 190,000

Muallaf (English: The Convert) is a 2008 Malaysian Malay-language drama film directed by Yasmin Ahmad. It tells a tale of three souls finding solace in religion. This is Yasmin Ahmad's fifth film after Rabun , Sepet , Gubra and Mukhsin . [1]

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Cast

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Production

The film was financed by an elderly Chinese businessman who was impressed by her previous film and invested in Muallaf to encourage her to continue to produce films. [2]

Michael Wong was the original casting choice for Brian Goh but Wong was unable to commit to the film schedule in Malaysia due to him being required to stay in Taiwan. [2]

Release

As Yasmin's previous films, Muallaf opened with the usual Islamic verse Bismillahirahmanirrahim ("In the name of God, the most Gracious and most Merciful"). What set Muallaf apart from her previous works was that the verse was displayed in Chinese in this movie, i.e. "奉大仁大慈真主的尊名" (Pinyin: fèng dà rén dà cí Zhēn Zhǔ de zūn míng). It was understood that the verse would be displayed in Tamil in her next film, Talentime .

As Yasmin's second feature film, Sepet, Muallaf was first screened in Singapore instead of Malaysia, where it was shot. The film ran for 4 weeks in Singapore from 27 November to 24 December 2008, recording turnouts more than that of Sepet. Muallaf was first denied screening in Malaysian cinemas due to the Malaysian censorship authorities request of key scenes to be cut, thus rendering the story meaningless. However, one year later, Muallaf finally opened in Malaysia nationwide on 24/12/09 with a few dialogues muted.

Accolades

Awards won

Official selection

References

  1. "Yasmin Ahmad's Muallaf (2008) - Alvinology". 8 December 2008.
  2. 1 2 "马国电影《皈依》男主角原属意光良". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese (Singapore)). 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2025.

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