Compiled by IYLIA MARSYA ISKANDAR and ALLISON LAI
DESPITE having played several major roles on the big screen, award-winning actress Maya Karin dreams of portraying a female warrior or legend.
Berita Harian reported that Maya wishes to act as a tough but sexy woman in an epic movie such as the role of Xena in Xena: Warrior Princess.
“I also like the character Tun Teja and I really wish to act as Mahsuri. I have always wished to portray Mahsuri because the story is very touching,” she said.
Tun Teja was the beautiful wife of Sultan Mahmud Shah who ruled Melaka from 1458 to 1511 during the time of Hang Tuah.
With 23 years in the acting industry, Maya said she was blessed to have a versatile look to fit several roles.
“Makeup plays a huge part in changing a character’s look.
“Not only am I able to look Chinese, Indian or American, but I can also look like a classic Malay lady after a makeover.
“I am indeed lucky,” the actress of Malay and German descent said.
She said she understood that producing epic films was expensive and Malaysia had yet to make one since the 2004 fantasy epic Puteri Gunung Ledang, but added she was proud that the film Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan had piqued Malaysians’ interest in such movies.
“Mat Kilau paves the way and proves that epic works are not rejected by the public.
“Who would have thought that a lot of people like watching historical and epic movies? However, the production is way too expensive,” she said.
> Kosmo! Ahad reported that a man said he saw the spirits of two women while guarding his family’s durian orchard in a northern state – 40 years ago.
Kamal Abu, 60, said it was midnight went he saw two beautiful women clad in a baju kurung, kain batik and red shawl.
He said they were walking from a durian tree in the 0.4ha orchard.
“Both were beautiful and even managed to smile at me before disappearing,” he said.
He added that he screamed in fear and that the women left a “fragrant” scent around the tree.
“I’m not sure what their motives were and why they were around the durian tree. I’m also unsure if they were bunian (supernatural beings) or durian ghost that appeared in human form,” he said.
● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
