Today... Malaysia lost one of its best movie directors of all time.
Today... We bid farewell to Yasmin Ahmad. =(
Some of you may be familiar with some of her work, most notably "Sepet" and "Talentime". For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, remember how they have those Petronas ads every festive season that never fail to make you laugh and cry? Well, she was behind them all. In one way or another, her works have touched the hearts of millions of Malaysians across Malaysia, promoting racial harmony and love. In fact, she recently did an advertisement for Singapore's Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports entitled "Funeral", which in my opinion was one of THE best advertisements I've ever watched.
I'll quote a friend who said this about Yasmin Ahmad :"She was the most vulgar yet the sweetest of souls".
A life cut short, such great talent lost! We will definitely miss you Yasmin. May you rest in peace.
As a tribute to Yasmin's work and as a celebration of her life, here are two of my favourite Yasmin Ahmad ads. Enjoy. ;)
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