Compiled by CHARLES RAMENDRAN, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
AFTER more than four decades working mostly behind the scenes, movie producer and director Raja Azmi Raja Sulaiman has finally heeded a long-standing call to act.
Berita Harian reported that the industry veteran from Kuala Kangsar, Perak, believes in the principle that “every phase in life should be explored and every area of art must be experienced”.
“I have done so many things such as writing, producing, directing but in the end, I realised my heart belongs to acting.
“I directed one film but I dared not take on another.
“Directing is very challenging; so I continued as a producer. But as I grew older, I gained more courage to act,” said Raja Azmi.
She has produced seven movies and made her acting debut in the drama Marhaban Kome Oi.
“Acting has become enjoyable and inspiring. It has a calming effect on me. Sometimes, when I do not have acting jobs for three or four months, I miss it and feel lonely,” she added.
Despite acting taking up more of her time, she still writes novels, dramas and film scripts.
> To feed his drug addiction, a 14-year-old student spent more than half of the RM5 pocket money his father gave him on three drops of magic mushrooms for his vape, Kosmo! Ahad reported.
Now he is undergoing rehabilitation at a centre in Kota Baru, Kelantan.
The teenager, who wanted to be identified only as Azfar, said he would spend RM2 on food at school and save the rest to feed his addiction.
He said he purchased the drug from a friend.
“School authorities found me constantly intoxicated and I was expelled,” he said, adding that his addiction had made him rebellious.
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.
