BRUNEI'S BIG CINEMA BLITZ
By Ignatius Stephen

Bandar Seri Begawan – Two local cinemas are making history by screening a top Malaysian Malay movie simultaneously at both end of the state, in the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan and at Seria oil town down south.

It is also causing a sensation here because the highly rated love story, Pasrah (Broken Hearted), by Malaysia’s top film director, Yusof Haslam is being shown in Brunei tonight ahead of screening in Kuala Lumpur and other Malaysian cnetres.

The film starring Malaysia’s No 1 actress, Erra Fazira, is scheduled to run for three weeks here, the longest season, which will mark another milestone.

Yet another first is that never before has a Malay movie been screened during Hari Raya Season.

“But we are willing to venture,” said a Hassanal Bolkiah Theatre official. “We are embarking on an advertising blitz with full page coverage in the local newspapers,” he added.

The film is based on a real time drama based on a love story involving Erra and another actor called Alwi which leaves Erra devastated when things do not turn out well in the end.

Traditionally the end of the fasting season which culminates in Hari Raya Id festivities is a time for families to visit each other and not for picture going.

The Hassanal Bolkiah Theatre management is taking a big gamble in screening the movie during this season, said observes.

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