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Do Re Mi (1966 film)

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Do Re Mi
Directed byP. Ramlee
Written by
  • P. Ramlee
  • A. R. Tompel
Screenplay byP. Ramlee
Starring
  • P. Ramlee
  • A. R. Tompel
  • Ibrahim Din
  • Rohaya Rahman
  • Noran Nordin
  • Wan Chik Daud
Music by
Production
company
Merdeka Film Productions
Distributed byShaw Organisation
Release date
  • July 3, 1966 (1966-07-03) (Malaysia)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryMalaysia
LanguageMalay

Do Re Mi is a 1966 Malaysian Malay-language black-and-white satirical comedy film directed by and starring P. Ramlee.[1] The concept was partly based on the idea of The Three Stooges[2] with Ramlee playing the character Do. Its success led to two sequels, Nasib Do Re Mi (also 1966) and Laksamana Do Re Mi (1972), Ramlee's last film before his death.

Synopsis

A musical film that portrays three comical men whose adventures creates satirical laughter.

Cast

  • P. Ramlee as Do
  • A. R. Tompel as Re
  • Ibrahim Din as Mi
  • Rohaya Rahman as Minah
  • Noran Nordin as Midah
  • Wan Chik Daud as Milah
  • Mahmud Jun as Do's father in-law
  • Minah Hashim as Do's mother in-law
  • Sharif Babu as Cetti
  • Usman Eot as Debt Collector
  • Bakar M. as Landlord
  • Idris Hashim as Rich Man
  • A. K. Jailani as Ahli Mesyuarat Tingkap
  • Ahmad Dadida as Pak 'Jebon'
  • Saloma as Buloh Inn's singer
  • Karim Latiff as Buloh Inn's visitor
  • Yusof Bujang as Penyamun Long Ranger
  • A. Bakar Jaafar as Snatcher
  • Minah Mahmud as Ahli Mesyuarat Tingkap wife's

References

  1. ^ Kai Khiun Liew, Stephen Teo Singapore Cinema: New Perspectives 2016 1317407482 p16 "Do Re Mi reprises the formula of cultural materialism, showing that it has hardly changed from the Bujang Lapok days (though P. Ramlee's character in Do Re Mi is actually married, he resorts to virtual bachelorhood in order to find a job, as if ..."
  2. ^ Malaysia at Random 2009 -Editions Didier Millet 9814217956 p.103 "Bujang Lapok (Three Raggedy Bachelors, 1955) and the Do Re Mi series were based on The Three Stooges. "