Muallaf

Muallaf is a 2008 Malaysian drama film directed by Yasmin Ahmad. It tells a tale of three souls finding solace in religion. This is Yasmin Ahmads fifth film after Rabun, Sepet, Gubra and Mukhsin.

As Yasmins previous films, Muallaf opened with the usual Islamic verse In the name of God, the most Gracious and most Merciful Bismillahirahmanirrahim. What set Muallaf apart from her previous works was that the verse was displayed in Chinese in this movie, i.e. Pinyin fng d rn d c Zhn Zh de zn mng. It was understood that the verse would be displayed in Tamil in her next film, Talentime.As Yasmins second feature film, Sepet, Muallaf was first screened in Singapore instead of Malaysia, where it was shot. The film ran forweeks in Singapore fromNovember toDecember 2008, recording turnouts more than that of Sepet. Muallaf was first denied screening in Malaysian cinemas due to the Malaysian censorship authorities request of key scenes to be cut, thus rendering the story meaningless. However,year later, Muallaf finally opened in Malaysia nationwide on 241209 with a few dialogues muted. ........

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