I’m back with the second instalment of my APM2017 series. Apologies for making you wait this long for this entry as I was juggling editing the rest of the photographs I took that night and revising with the kids for their final-year exams which will end this coming midweek. Even though I have finished editing the photographs, the proper review entry is still in the pipeline and will not be up till probably next weekend or slightly later. So I hope you can wait a bit more. I’ll try to do it as soon as possible as it has been three years since I last did one. Anyway, I have come to observe that people usually come to this domain of mine to view photographs of recent event happenings, or to look out for photographs of local personalities they would like to get to know, especially the new faces. You might also have stumbled upon my page cos you were Googling for some personalities and this page happens to be one of the top search hits.
For the regional readers, they might not know who is who in the Singapore Malay entertainment scene, so in a way I am providing that yeoman service of assisting your queries. I’ve even had feedback from production companies that my blog has been of great help for them to scout for talents. Just glad I am able to help in any way I can, that too without hoping for any rewards or payments. This is also another reason that gave me that wee bit of drive to continue blogging when I recently felt I wanted to pack it all in. I’ll stop blabbering for now and just share with you some selected shots I took during the Red Carpet segment and Post-Event Reception at Anugerah Planet Muzik 2017. Didn’t take that many shots but I guess they will do for now before I come up with my last instalment entry.
Sofia Arissa seen here with Arus Band and Nu Kingdvm Music Group’s CEO, Art Ilham (right)…
Fiza O
Anugerah 2017 finalist Nor Shafiq Ridzwan came with his new beau, actress / host Farhana M Noor…
Huda Ali & Den Sabari
Aiman Tino
Local band Adnalie with their front man, Anugerah 2004 winner Aqmal N…
Nurul Aini & Izyan Mellyna
Best New Female award nominee Nurul Isnina (2nd from left) with her entourage which included her producer Fakir J Mario (second from right)…
The Paranormal entourage led by their big boss Prashan Chitty a.k.a. Melakaboy (left) and also includes Indonesian singer, Mytha Lestari (second from left)…
Local singer Yanti came with her mum, Madam Salawati. An interesting trivia I found out sometime back was Madam Salawati was the inspiration behind the hit Dikir Barat song “Salawati”. It became a radio hit last two years when now-defunct band Audionauts recorded it as a single…
Norfasarie attended the show with her son, Mika Bazil…
The stunning Wany Hasrita…
Best Collaboration (Artiste) nominees Daiyan Trisha from Malaysia and Calvin Jeremy from Indonesia…
Wany Hasrita being interviewed by one of the Malaysian’s news outlets…
Isyana Sarasvati looked a little pale as she was not feeling well that night…
Best Band nominees Jivva from Indonesia…
Goofy Ayda Jebat’s personality shone on the night…
Winner of the inaugural The Owesome Voice, Yushini Qistina (right), seen here with her friend, Asmira Haryati…
Former Miss Universe Singapore, Nuraliza Osman came with the newly-anointed winner, Manuela Bruntraeger…
Hael Husaini
Dato’ Adi Putra was accompanied by actress / host Deanna Manto. During the time of event, he was not yet conferred a Dato’…
Sufi Rashid
The world finally knew they are together – Fakkah Fuzz and Aisyah Aziz…
Songwriter and entrepreneur, Jai Wahab and missus, Rozza Ramli…
Iyaad Salleh (middle) with The Lion Story members, Judah Lyne and Haramain Osman…
Aku DJ RIA winner, Kyrul Ashrie and his morning show partner-in-crime, Nity Baizura…
Farid Kamil and Sofia Dendroff…
Kilafairy
Local singer Adriana, whose hit Cakar Hati with Ryan Sufiyan, was in the running for the Most Popular Singapore song award…
Another solo shot of the beautiful Sofia Dendroff…
Mohammad Shahfiq and Liwani flanking Ms. Sabariah Hirma of S.Ria Productions…
A new face in the local television industry, Zachary Ibrahim…
A combined shot of the two newbies in the scene, Zachary and Sofia…
Anugerah 2017 winner, Mohammad Shahfiq and 2nd runner-up Liwani Izzati…
Madam Rusedah Tawahid from PERKAMUS came with legendary singer Sanisah Huri…
Another shot of Jai Wahab and Rozza Ramli…
Reunion of The Faculty series actresses, Hannah Delisha and Sofia Dendroff…
Virgoun
Singer / songwriter Didicazli came with his wife, Eliyana…
Winner of APM2017’s Best New Female Artiste, Gloria Jessica…
Local band Klutz featuring actor Rafaat Hamzah…
The newly-wedded couple, local singer, Kai Nizam and wife Nabillah…
The relative newbies of the Malaysian music industry – Ismail Izzani, Wany Hasrita and Hael Husaini…
Aura Shai (middle) seen here with former colleague Ms. Isadhora Mohamed and one of their former interns…
Izzue Islam seen here with representatives of Impact Music Group…
Actor & Poet, Rafaat Hamzah…
A beaming Mr. Darren Choy (left) from Warner Music Malaysia with his compatriots Raja Muhammad Nazreen and prolific lyricist Shah Shamshiri…
Cheryl Tan posed with Manja host Fadhli Abdullah and Sofia Dendroff…
Izzue Islam…
Ms. Zakiah Halim (middle) and Mr. Hassan Salleh (right) with distinguished guests which included Dr. Maliki Osman (second from right) and missus, and former Mediacorp Board of Director, Mr. Ahmad Nizam Abbas (third from left) and missus…
Ms. Zakiah Halim and Sufi Rashid…
Din Ilango (middle) and his mentors cum managers, Jufri Salim and Surayah Akbar of Kraton fame…
A happy Hannah Delisha about to leave the event venue accompanied by her team…
That satisfied look on Sufi’s face revealed all the hard work had paid off…
Dalina Jaapar, host of Mediacorp Suria’s interstitial video for APM2017…
This photograph summed up the essence of APM2017, which is the friendship forged between the three countries. Seen here are members of Jivva, Mytha Lestari, Daiyan Trisha, Calvin Jeremy, Mohammad Shahfiq and Liwani Izzati. In the middle is Ms. Cecille Christophia Sihombing, who manages the Indonesian and Malaysian artistes seen in this photograph…
Fiza O and award-winning designer Raffiey Nasir…
Haikal and Iyaad Salleh with Piscesca Pristifani (left) and Asmira Haryati…
Fiza and Raffiey were joined by (from left): Hafizuddin Abraham, founder of Doux Skincare, Riz Sunawan and Fizi Azmi…
I know that most of you entering this site would expect to read something on the Anugerah 2011 Grand Finals this past Tuesday night. While it is tempting to type on something which is still so fresh in my head, it is not something that I do immediately after a show on a regular basis. Yes I was at the show live, but I always make it a point to watch it again via the Catchup site to listen to the contestants’ vocals once again for clarity sake. So you guys coming in here would have to wait till at least the end of the week before I put up my entry and share what I feel, with regards to the Grand Finals. First up is Konsert Ramuan, which was successfully held at Goodman Arts Centre on 19th June 2011. The concert, as was mentioned in my promo a couple of weeks ago, was a fundraising affair in support of “Ramuan Rahasia“, a locally-produced film directed by award-winning director, Sanif Olek.
Hosts for the day – Junaidi Sali & Effandy Idris…
It has been quite awhile since I last attended an event of such magnitude, which brought together an array of local acts to grace the stage with their different sets of styles, genres and ensembles. I think the last one I had attended was RIA‘s Birthday Bash in February 2010 where a cast of strictly local acts had graced the Republic Polytechnic’s Convention Centre stage. Even then the number of acts were not as many as this one. Here, all the acts, a total of twenty-five of them according to Sanif himself via his Twitter, came together for a common cause, a bond that unites them, a shared vision to see through a mission of realising the dreams of finally seeing our first true local Malay film on the silver screens. Oh how heartening it was to see everyone, from the mainstream to the indies, joining forces for one goal – To raise funds for the making and completion of Ramuan Rahasia.
Sanif Olek, the film director of “Ramuan Rahasia” addressing the audience…
The timing of the event (11:00am) till evening (I had left at around 4:45pm not to know what time the whole thing ended) felt like a Malay wedding event. Besides being entertained by stellar acts, the event became a reunion of sorts amongst people who have not met in ages, just like a Malay wedding scenario. A lot of happy faces were seen, tired but satisfied looks by the organisers and people who had worked hard behind the scenes to make this event a success. Though the turnout could have been better, it was still a good start and I sincerely hope that it would have gone some way to ease the funding burdens. The event reminded me of the local music festival “Melayu Ada“, which was also organised by Cokelat Events & Production. This time round, they joined forces with Sanif‘s “Reeljuice” company and a number of good friends in the local industry.
Due to family and other commitments, I could not be at the event throughout and only reached the venue slightly before 3:00pm. By then, I had missed out on the performances of several artistes like Anugerah Planet Muzik nominee SleeQ, Projek Rentak 2010 winner X-Clusive, former Bhumiband vocalist Adha, and acts like Tujuh, Revolusi, Yunos Erksan and Asnida Daud amongst others. As I had planned to join up with the rest of my family members who were at City Square Mall for the Anugerah Finals Roadshow, it meant I missed out on watching acts I’ve not seen in a long while, most notably Roze Kasmani, Imran Ajmain, Klutz and Kraton. But I’m sure everyone who came enjoyed themselves and I was no exception. I enjoyed watching Dinodi making a rare live appearance and belting their haunting hit “Cinta Tragika“, but most people forget / do not know that they did record an album with excellent tracks other than that hit.
For $10 / $12 entrance fees, and watching so many acts performing under one roof, it was certainly value for money and proved that Singapore do not lack quality talents. They just lack the support from locals who are more in tune with what is across our shores and beyond. Or from my personal observations, the regular monthly wedding / halal food exhibitions at Singapore Expo have somewhat contributed to the decline in interest of watching paid concerts / shows / gigs amongst local entertainment lovers because they can watch them for free at these events. The only way for our local music industry to grow is if we make the time and effort to come down and watch them, regardless of entrance fees or buying their singles / albums and not downloading them illegally. It was heartening to see local acts, singers, bands, actors coming together and show their solidarity. It certainly bodes well for the local industry to have people fighting for one another. I leave you with a song specially composed and written for this fundraising effort and performed live during the concert by Anugerah 2004 winner, Aqmal. A lovely song for a noble effort. I hope you would help to contribute too as efforts are still ongoing. For more information, do drop by www.ramuanrahasia.com…
Snapshots of Konsert Ramuan
One half of the wacky hosts – Junaidi Sali…
The other half – Effandy Idris…
The supporters of local music…
Some of the items being sold at the flea market outside the event hall…
A new face on television thanks to the Kopi Bujang series – Raimi Liandy Safari (right) – manning the ticketing booth…
This hip-hop duo who call themselves “A-Phat“, reminds me of 90s group Nico from their dress sense and having a group member’s moniker as the name of the group…
Anugerah 2004 winner, Aqmal, never fail to wow me with his voice…
I did not understand a single word that the lead vocalist of A.U.M. sang that day (or should that be screaming???), but their music is infectious, I felt like headbanging along…
A comeback long-awaited – Dinodi…
Shafyre‘s showmanship is top-notch. Like a true rocker…
Izzat Yusoff, lead vocalist of Shine, was another who did not disappoint. Another group that made me want to dance along to their reggae beats…
Zaibaktian came on stage to join Dinodi in performing the former’s hit “Dunia Yang Fana“. This song collaboration was made into a soundtrack for the “Mimpi Mekah” programme which aired on Suria last year…
Zax entered the earlier rounds of this year’s Anugerah 2011 competition. Though he was quite decent with his delivery, I just felt his rendition of “Seroja” was too similar to how Ace had performed during the recent semi-final rounds…
Sanif with Sani Hussin and Aidli “Alin” Mosbit, two actors who are part of the “Ramuan Rahasia” film…
