Sembilu

1994 film

Awie
Erra Fazira
Ziana Zain
Mustapha Kamal

Edited bySalehan Samsuddin

Production
company

Skop Productions

Release date

18 August 1994 (1994-08-18)

Running time

109 minutesCountryMalaysiaLanguageMalayBox officeMYR 4.2 million

Sembilu (English: Painful) is a 1994 Malaysian Malay-language romantic drama film directed by Yusof Haslam starring Erra Fazira in her first acting debut, Awie, Ziana Zain and Mustapha Kamal. The story concerns on a love story between a famous rock singer, (Awie), with his lover Wati (Erra Fazira) which is opposed by Wati's brother (Mustapha Kamal).

Synopsis

Wati, a lovely undergraduate was courting Awie, the famous rock star. They were childhood sweethearts with their parents' blessings. Their relationship was well accepted, except for one person, Azman who is Wati's brother. Azman, with a history of his wife, Maria leaving him for a singer, was against all artistes. Maria later died in a tragic accident and Azman was outraged. Ziana, a nightclub singer had fallen for Awie and tried to lure him. However, the relationship between Wati and Awie remained strong when Awie sang 'Di Ambang Wati' as a symbol of their love. On the other hand, Azman was still trying to break up the pair. When Awie was in misery, Ziana took advantage of seducing Awie. Awie finally fell for Ziana's lust. Knowing this, Wati felt that she was cheated and wanted to call it quits. Nevertheless, the fling between Awie and Ziana did not go far when he realised that his heart was still with Wati..

Cast

Main Characters

Awie as Awie
Erra Fazira as Wati
Ziana Zain as Ziana
Mustapha Kamal as Azman

Supporting Characters

Aida Rahim as Maria
Noraini Hashim as Salmah
Alice Voon as Alice
Khairil Anwar as Joe
Adik Khairullah as Hafiz

Reception

The film was released on 18 August 1994 and became a commercial success, being the highest-grossing film for the year with a gross of RM4.2 million ($1.8 million).^[1] Despite the film's box office success, it received negative reviews from critics.