Compiled by C. ARUNO, MESHVINNY NELSON and R. ARAVINTHAN
THE music produced by Santosh Logendran was praised by filmmakers, including owner of the Skop Productions Sdn Bhd empire Datuk Yusof Haslam who considers Santosh’s touch to be of international standard, Berita Harian reported.
In addition to the story plot, actors and filming techniques, the music element in a film is no less important in giving soul to the work produced.
The film Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan, which grossed more than RM90mil, is still the talk of the town but many may not know the person behind the production of the musical score with a Malay soul.
Santosh, 30, who started his career as a music engineer about nine years ago, said his work would have been better with a bigger budget.
“Even with a tight budget, I tried to give the best touch. In total, it took me six months to complete the entire music score of the film because there were many changes at the last minute,” he added.
He studied traditional music from a young age and the exposure allowed Santosh to understand music in the country.
> Shopkeepers at Pasar Tani Kekal Lekir, in Lumut, Perak are struggling with fewer customers visiting their shops, Utusan Malaysia reported.
One of the shopkeepers said customers were not coming even though their shops are in a strategic location, which is at the main road connecting Teluk Intan and Lumut.
Another shopkeeper, Osman Mutalip, 58, said they faced the problem ever since the movement control order was announced.
It remained the same up until now even though people are free to move around.
“I open my shop every day in the morning and close around 4pm. Even if I open till later, there will not be any customer and I end up being tired,” added Osman.
> The BMX bicycle that became a craze among teenagers in the 1980s now continues to be in demand by collectors abroad and in the country, Kosmo! reported.
BMX Appollo is one of the most popular brands at the moment and has reached the price of thousands of ringgit.
This bicycle was also used by the country’s famous actor, Faizal Hussein, in a film called Bujang Selamat and is said to be a unique and difficult item to obtain now.
The report said a survey on several social media sites as well as online sales sites found that the BMX Appollo has gone up to RM5,000 a piece.
The above articles are 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 a >, it denotes a separate news item.
