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Chinta

Chinta
Directed by B. S. Rajhans
Produced by Runme Shaw
Starring Siput Sarawak
S. Roomai Nor
Jaafar Wiryo
Daeng Harris
P. Ramlee
Music by Zubir Said
Cinematography Chow Cheng Kok
Kwo Chang Tsan
Production
company
Release date
1948
Country Malaysia
Language Malay

Chinta (Malay:'Love') is a 1948 film directed by B. S. Rajhans and produced by Malay Film Productions. It was released on 31 October 1948.

Chinta was the first Malayan film released after the declaration of the Malayan Emergency, and also marks the first screen appearance of P. Ramlee. It is the oldest surviving film of Malayan cinema.

A boat is caught in a huge tempest and sinks. Only King Kanchi (S. Roomai Noor) survives. A few fishermen find him on the shore and rescue him. The love story begins when Chinta (Siput Sarawak), a young village girl, takes care of him.



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