Award-winning actor-musician Faiq drives this documentary theatre with original tunes that reimagine Hang Tuah - the 15th-century warrior who still shapes Malaysia’s ideas of loyalty, identity, and power. Photo: The Star/Art Chen
Part legend, part myth, part enigma, Hang Tuah has loomed large in the Malaysian imagination for centuries. The 15th-century Malay warrior is celebrated in the Hikayat Hang Tuah as a paragon of loyalty and skill, his name etched into school textbooks, street names, the arts, and the national narrative.
Yet beyond these official frames, Tuah remains unsettled.
