Banglasia

Banglasia
猛加拉殺手
Directed by Namewee
Produced by 張捷惟
Written by Namewee
Starring Namewee
Nirab Hossain
Saiful Apek
David Arumugam
You Yamin
Zhu Yu-six
Kinki Ryusaki
Lin Big Yong
Michell Lim Huei Sun
Country Malaysia
Language Malay, Mandarin, English, Bengali
Budget MYR 2 million

Banglasia (Chinese: 猛加拉殺手), is a 2013 Malaysian action comedy film directed by Namewee. The budget was more than MYR2 million, and was shot in Kuala Lumpur's Petaling Street.[1] The cast included Bangladeshi actor Md Shakhawat Hossain Nirab, Saiful Apek, David Arumugam of the Alleycats, Zhu Yu-six, female tattooist Kinki Ryusaki, Singaporean artist Ai Dika (Atikah Suhaime) and "Laozhabor" You Yamin.[1][2]

Despite the filming having completed in 2013, Namewee revealed in a 2014 video that the Malaysia Censorship Board had banned the film over scrutiny of 31 scenes that were deemed objectionable by the board.[3][4]

Cast

Banning

The film was originally scheduled for release on 30 January 2014, the Lunar New Year's Eve in Malaysia, but because the film dealt with Malaysian politics, it faced difficulties from the Film Censorship Board of Malaysia. Fixing all thirty-one plot points would require re-shooting the film, but because those points make up most of the film, it could not be saved. After several twists and turns, Banglasia was officially declared banned.[5][6] Nevertheless, the film was publicly shown for the first time in Southeast Asia at the Singapore International Film Festival held in December 2015.[7]

Kickstarter campaign

In December 2015, Namewee had opened up a Kickstarter campaign seeking to raise USD 500,000 within 40 days to partially recoup their initial production cost of more than RM 4,000,000 (USD 1,000,000) so that they can afford to release the movie globally for free. Part of the funds would be used to pay for extra post-production editing, and qualified donors would receive their mentions in the front and end credits. Wee however failed to reach his accomplished goal as he confirmed on his Facebook page where he only collected USD186,468, which did not even reach half of his intended money needed.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 黄明志新片《猛加拉杀手》 "孟加拉刘德华" 跨国演出 [Namewee movie "Banglasia" "Bengal Andy" transnational performances] (in Chinese). Nanyang Siang Pau. 12 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Xie Lifen (12 June 2013). 《猛加拉殺手》開鏡‧吸引外勞舉機猛拍 ["Banglasia" open mirror ‧ attract foreign workers held a quick photo machine] (in Chinese). Sin Chew Daily.
  3. ↑ [Namewee Tokok] 029 禁止賀歲 Censored CNY 31 January 2014
  4. ↑ "Namewee's 'Banglasia' banned for insulting national security". Malaysiakini. 23 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Namewee film suddenly banned (in Chinese)
  6. ↑ ""Banglasia" By Namewee Banned". Malaysian Digest. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Yap Pik Kuan (4 December 2015). "Namewee's banned movie, 'Banglasia', screened in Singapore". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Erny Suzira (19 January 2016). "Namewee's Kickstarter campaign for "Banglasia" fails". Cinema Online.
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