Bidasari

Based On “Syair Bidasari”

Bidasari is a 1965 Singaporean Malay-language black-and-white romantic drama film starring Jins Shamsuddin and Sarimah. The film is notable for having dialogue that is written almost completely as rhyming poetry. The story is based on Syair Bidasari, a very popular romantic Malay poem during 18th and 19th century in the Malay world believed to be written as early as 1750. The poem, based on the Kembayat Negara annals and mentioned by Dr.

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Release date:

1965

Director:

Jamil Sulong

Cast:

Sarimah Ahmad

Country:

Singapore, Malaysia

Language:

Malayo-Polynesian

Year page:

1965 in adaptations