This actor had nothing to say in Pekak

Uda (portrayed by Zahiril Adzim) works as a drug dealer to earn money so he can get a cochlear implant in Pekak. Photos: Grand Brilliance

Actor Zahiril Adzim faced one of the biggest challenges of his career when he was given the script for Pekak. In the film hedirected by Mohd Khairul Azri, Zahiril plays Uda, a deaf drug dealer, whose only reason for the job is to save up enough cash for a cochlear implant.

“As an actor, I rely on dialogue to express my character’s motivation, thoughts and so on. Suddenly I didn’t have any dialogue because my character does not speak. I panicked. I was unsure about how to act as Uda,” he said during an interview in Kuala Lumpur.